As part of the Stop. Think. Connect. campaign, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security outlined yesterday several tips parents can use to protect their children from Internet predators. “Cyber predators are real,” DHS wrote in a blog post. “They use the anonymity of the Internet to target victims, especially today’s youth, with unwanted solicitations, harassment, [...]
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security kicked off its seventh annual cybersecurity conference this week in Nashville. The Government Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams conference is hosted by the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team and brings together the top information security professionals and government officials to discuss the latest in cybersecurity news, trends [...]
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Boeing subsidiary Narus, Inc. will exhibit at the seventh annual GFIRST National Conference held next week in Nashville, Tenn., an event that brings together cybersecurity experts, information security professionals and government officials to discuss the latest in cybersecurity news and trends. Narus will showcase its traffic intelligence solution, the NarusInsight Solution for Cyber Protection, at [...]
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Officials from the Department of Homeland Security warned Congress yesterday that potential variants of the Stuxnet worm could threaten important U.S. infrastructures. Roberta Stempfley and Sean P. McGurk from the DHS’ Office of Cyber Security and Communications appeared before House members and stressed the importance of strengthened cybersecurity efforts across the federal government. They said [...]
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Randy Vickers, director of the United States Computer Emergency Response Team, unexpectedly resigned from his position Friday following a recent spike in the number of cyber attacks against government agencies and private contractors. According to an email sent to employees by Roberta Stempfley, acting assistant secretary for cyber security and communications at the Department of [...]
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The United States and India signed a Memorandum of Understanding today to strengthen ties and promote information sharing between the nations’ organizations tasked with cybersecurity, the Department of Homeland Security announced. Signed in New Delhi by Jane Holl Lute, DHS deputy secretary, and R. Chandrashekhar, secretary of the India Department of Information Technology, the MOU [...]
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US-CERT is warning consumers of reports that some users on the Xbox 360 video-game system are receiving potential phishing attempts through an in-game messaging service. In-game message phishing is not a Microsoft issue and has nothing to do with Xbox LIVE, the agency said in a release. Games are products of third-party developers that can [...]
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Consumers should be extra cautious when receiving unsolicited emails this upcoming holiday season as they could be part of phishing scams or malware campaigns, the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team warns. These campaigns may include electronic greeting cards infested with malware, or requests for charitable contributions that could be phishing scams. Consumers should also beware [...]
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