It's urgent for the U.S. Senate to pass a cybersecurity bill now stalled because of opposition from several lawmakers, officials from the U.S. White House said Wednesday. Four White House officials called on the Senate to pass the revised ...
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CSO - It happened more than three and a half years ago. So it presumably would be old news that Chinese hackers broke into soft-drink behemoth Coca-Cola's computer systems and stole confidential files relating to its effort to acquire the ...
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Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), the department that oversees three airports in the LA area, recently implemented a business continuity and disaster recovery plan for the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). As part of the effort, the ...
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The U.S. government needs a comprehensive doctrine addressing cybersecurity instead of the current patchwork of policies and agencies dealing with cyberthreats, according to a group of experts. The lack of an overarching cybersecurity ...
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International oil company Saudi Aramco claims to be over a cyber attack on 15 August and maintains that oil production was not disrupted. The company said around 30,000 workstation computers that were hit by a virus attack are back ...
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Mandatory risk management for social networks could form part of a European Commission legislative proposal on network and information security, it was revealed as a public consultation on the issue was announced on Monday. Europe's law ...
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Computer vulnerabilities and how they can affect Americans' security are on the agenda for the U.S. Senate, and strong rhetoric is being used to support new legislation. The Cybersecurity Act of 2012 is expected to move to the Senate ...
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The U.S. Senate on Thursday failed to end debate on a comprehensive cybersecurity bill, pushing action on the bill into September and potentially killing it. The Senate voted 52-46 to end debate and move toward a final vote on the revised ...
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Threat data Future of hardware-assisted security Why Intel bought McAfee Defence in isolation and containment Social media, cloud, big data and mobile apps Video: McAfee co-president Michael DeCesare on consumerisation and security The ...
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With cybercrime revealed to cost Scottish businesses an estimated 5bn academics are urging firms to ensure IT staff have the right skills to overcome new and emerging threats. To enable them to do that, Edinburgh Napier University is ...
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The hand of government is not all that heavy on businesses when it comes to notification requirements about data breaches that affect personal information. And it looks like it won't get much heavier, even if a bill sponsored by U.S. Sen. ...
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Germany's cybersecurity agency on Monday urged users to drop Internet Explorer (IE) and switch to a rival, like Chrome or Firefox, until Microsoft patches a new critical bug in its browser. In an alert released Monday, Germany's Federal ...
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The cost of protection against cyber crime can far exceed the cost of the threat itself, a Cambridge University-led international study has concluded. The first systematic study of the cost of cyber crime recommends that less should be ...
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Pwnie Express, a Vermont cybersecurity startup, and creator of the Pwn Plug, the first-to-market penetration testing drop box, will unveil two new pentesting products at Black Hat USA 2012 and Defcon 20. Black Hat is being from July 21-26 ...
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ITU today announced the finalists of the Young Innovators Competition. Open to young social entrepreneurs between ages 18 and 25 from around the world, the competition seeks innovative digital solutions in the form of initial concepts or ...
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