Booz Allen Draws Out Cybersecurity Trends with Financial Organizations in Mind

Booz Allen Hamilton recently released what it found to be the top ten trends in cybersecurity, particularly for those in financial services.

With senior executives standing as the moving targets of cyber threats and mobile device security making the list, the firm suggests that these threats have effects that can permeate all parts of a financial services organization. 

“These trends…

Feds Say Illinois Water Pump Was Not Hacked

Last week, the story broke that a water pump at a Springfield, Ill. utility had failed and hackers were to blame. Now, the Department of Homeland Security is saying that no such thing happened. 

The Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team released a report outlining the steps taken in assessing the situation. The group said…

Did Hackers Shut Down Illinois Water Pump? Feds Looking Into It

A water pump at a Springfield, Ill. utility failed Nov. 8. Usually this would be considered a technical difficulty, but this failure has raised eyebrows of the federal government.

Joe Weiss, a cybersecurity expert, disclosed the incident on his blog Thursday and pointed the finger at foreign cyber attackers. Now the U.S. Department of…

Could Bringing Own Device to Work Also Bring Hackers?

Federal employees who bring their own iPhones and Android devices to work may also bring a growing risk of hackers creating chaos, according to a forecast from M86 Security Labs.

The network security firm is expected to release its annual prediction of the top security threats to both businesses and government, according to…

Sony Appoints Former US DHS Official Philip Reitinger to Head Cybersecurity

Sony named Philip Reitinger, a former top U.S. Department of Homeland Security official, to lead its cybersecurity efforts months after a massive hacking attack.

Reitinger  has previously held security roles with U.S. National Cyber Security Center, Departments of Defense and Justice, and Microsoft. He has been appointed Sony’s chief information officer and senior vice president acting as Sony’s top cybersecurity executive…

Researchers Unearth File that Triggered RSA SecurID Breach

Security researchers have located an infected email suspected to be the culprit of the RSA SecurID hack in March.

In March, unknown attackers tricked EMC staff with a legitimate-looking hiring message that contained a “backdoor,” allowing the culprits to invisibly lurk inside the company’s computer systems until they found the SecureID network login information. 

Allegedly the hacker could not successfully break into the desired databases without access to the RSA…

McAfee Q2 2011 Threats Report Shows Significant Growth for Malware on Mobile Platforms

McAfee released the McAfee “Threats Report: Second Quarter 2011” showing a 76 percent jump of malware directed toward Android devices making it the most attacked mobile operating system.

With the vast amounts of personal and business data now found on user’s mobile phones, mobile malware is steadily increasing, often mimicking the same code as PC-based threats.The rapid rise…

Verizon to Hold Webinar Offering Tips to Reduce Authentication Risks

Verizon is to hold  a webinar this Thursday (Aug. 25) entitled “Strengthen Your Security Infrastructure with Universal Identify Services,” discussing the continued need for strong second-factor authentication and available options.

According to the Verizon “2011 Data Breach Investigation Report,” authentication and credential exploits are responsible for almost half of data breaches involving hacking.

With an increase of second-factor authentication…

Researchers: Hackers Can Access and Control Cars’ Anti-Theft Systems

Security systems in cars are now vulnerable to hackers, according to researchers.

Don Bailey and Mat Solnik, researchers from security firm iSec Partners, found recently that a car’s doors can be forced to unlock and its engine can be tricked to start without a key, simply by sending a text message sent to the…

Former IT Admin Pleads Guilty to Cyber Attack

A Georgia man pleaded guilty this week to hacking the computer system of Shionogi, Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of a Japanese pharmaceutical company, and wreaking havoc on its internal servers.

According to federal prosecutors in New Jersey, Jason Cornish, 37, admitted to using a public server in Smyrna, Ga., to infiltrate the network of the Shionogi subsidiary after he had ended his employment as an information technology administrator…