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American Utility Providers Are Under Constant Assaults From Hackers
May 28, 2013American utility providers are under constant assaults from hackers, a new Congressional report reveals, with one electricity firm reporting 10,000 attempted cyber attacks in one month. Congressmen Edward Markey and Henry Waxman surveyed ...
Tags: Computer Products
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Apple Says It Has Been Hit by Hackers But Evidently Failed to Steal Any Data
Feb 20, 2013Apple says it has been hit by hackers who wormed their way into the California company's system but evidently failed to steal any data. The maker of iPhones, iPads, iPods, and Macintosh computers said it is working with law enforcement ...
Tags: APPLE, iPhones, iPads, iPods, Macintosh computers
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Massive ERP Software Projects at The U.S. Army Are in Danger of Missing Crucial Deadlines
Feb 18, 2013Massive ERP (enterprise resource planning) software projects under way at the U.S. Army are in danger of missing crucial deadlines due to inadequate planning and management on the part of officials, according to a new auditor's report. ...
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Iran's Growing Cyber Capabilities Are a "Force to Be Reckoned with"
Jan 22, 2013Iran's growing cyber capabilities are a "force to be reckoned with", a senior United States Air Force officer has warned. General William Shelton, commander of the US Air Force Space Command, made the comment to reporters at a Defense ...
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2012 Turned out to Be a Relatively Uneventful Year
Jan 7, 2013For all the apocalyptic prognostications, 2012 turned out to be a relatively uneventful year from an information security standpoint. A cyber Pearl Harbor did not happen. Stuxnet and its kin did not take out any power grids or shut down ...
Tags: apocalyptic prognostications, 2012, information security, cyber
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The Most Controversial Tech Issue Taken up by The Outgoing Congress Was The SOPA
Jan 5, 2013The most controversial tech issue taken up by the outgoing Congress was, by far, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). This legislation drew a humongous public outcry that prompted a wholesale retreat by its supporters. But thanks to the ...
Tags: SOPA, legislation, controversial tech, outgoing Congress
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U.S. Is Facing a Dramatically Increasing Threat From Cyber Attacks and a Future Attack
Dec 31, 2012IDG News Service - The U.S. is facing a dramatically increasing threat from cyber attacks and a future attack on the country's critical infrastructure could have an effect similar to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks of 2001, the U.S. ...
Tags: cyber attacks, critical infrastructure, Internet, cyber security, US
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US Defence Department Had Developed Tools to Trace Attackers
Dec 27, 2012US intelligence officials say there is growing evidence Iran was behind recent cyber attacks that disabled computers across the Saudi oil industry. These attacks contributed to a warning last week from Defense Secretary Leon Panetta that ...
Tags: Iran, cyber attacks, oil industry, disabled computers
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Kaspersky Lab Is Developing a Secure Operating System for Industrial Control Systems
Dec 25, 2012Russian security firm Kaspersky Lab is developing a secure operating system for industrial control systems, its chairman and CEO Eugene Kaspersky said on Tuesday. "Quite a few rumors about this project have appeared already on the ...
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There Was a Solar Event So Extreme That Witnesses Reported Seeing Brilliant Lights
Dec 20, 2012In 1859, there was a solar event so extreme that witnesses reported seeing brilliant lights, electrical flashes, red glows and other aurora events, even in the South. It was the lead story on Sept. 3 of that year in the Memphis Daily, ...
Tags: solar event, aurora, solar maximum, solar storm
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Rice Has Drawn Heavy Fire From Republicans for Remarks
Dec 19, 2012Rice has drawn heavy fire from Republicans for remarks she made in the aftermath of a September 11 attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, in which four Americans were killed, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. "I am highly ...
Tags: Chemicals, Susan Rice, State Candidate, Secretary
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The Danger From Cyber-Attacks Has Increased Significantly
Dec 13, 2012Defence contractor Lockheed Martin has warned that the danger from cyber-attacks has increased significantly, after it recorded a big rise in the number of threats to its own systems. The firm, the Pentagon's number one defence supplier, ...
Tags: Defence firm, cyber-attacks, Computer
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The US and Iraq Discussed Efforts to Continue Strengthening Their Security Cooperation
Dec 10, 2012Under the auspices of the Strategic Framework Agreement, the Governments of the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq reaffirmed their commitment to an enduring strategic partnership during the second meeting of the Defense and ...
Tags: US, Iraq, strategic partnership, commitment
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US Is at Risk of a "Cyber-Pearl Harbour" Attack From Overseas Hackers
Oct 12, 2012The US is at risk of a "cyber-Pearl Harbour" attack from overseas hackers and needs to take precautions against such threats. Government systems, financial networks, transport and the national power grid are all potential targets for ...
Tags: cyber-Pearl Harbour, Leon Panetta, cyber actors, cyber criminals