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A Survey of U.S. Utilities Shows Many Are Facing Frequent Cyberattacks
May 28, 2013A survey of U.S. utilities shows many are facing frequent cyberattacks that could threaten a highly interdependent power grid supplying more than 300 million people, according to a congressional report. More than a dozen utilities said ...
Tags: US, Cyberattack, Power Companies
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Mobile Devices Are Getting Hit by a Boom in Malware Similar to The One
May 28, 2013Mobile devices are getting hit by a boom in malware similar to the one that hit PCs starting with the rise of the Web, a security software executive said Tuesday. "Mobile platforms, for a lot of attackers, represent a new target-rich ...
Tags: Mobile Malware, Computer Products, Android
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Designs for More Than Two Dozen Advanced U.S. Weapon Systems
May 28, 2013Designs for more than two dozen advanced U.S. weapon systems, including missile defenses, combat aircraft and ships, were reportedly accessed by Chinese hackers. The systems were listed in a previously undisclosed section of a report ...
Tags: US, Chinese Hackers, Weapons System
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U.S. Military's Reliance on Foreign Is Putting The Nation's Security at Risk
May 10, 2013The U.S. military's reliance on foreign-made products, including telecommunications equipment and semiconductors, is putting the nation's security at risk by exposing agencies to faulty parts and to the possibility that producing nations ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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The U.S. House of Representatives Moved Closer Toward The Passage of CISPA
Apr 22, 2013The U.S. House of Representatives moved closer Wednesday toward the passage of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), despite concerns that the cyberthreat information-sharing bill will allow Web-based companies to share ...
Tags: Computer Products, CISPA
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CISPA Will Be Debated on The Floor of The U.S. House of Representatives
Apr 18, 2013The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), a controversial cyberthreat information-sharing bill, will be debated on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives this week, despite continued opposition from some privacy and ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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A U.S. House of Representatives Committee Failed to Make The Changes
Apr 15, 2013A U.S. House of Representatives committee failed to make the changes necessary to allay fears about government surveillance in a controversial cyberthreat sharing bill that's moving toward a House vote, critics said. The House ...
Tags: CISPA, Surveillance Bill
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Cyberattacks Are Near The Top of The List of Most Serious Threats Facing The U.S.
Mar 14, 2013Cyberattacks are near the top of the list of most serious threats facing the U.S., with the rivaling concerns about terrorism and North Korea, intelligence officials with President Barack Obama's administration said. James Clapper, the ...
Tags: cyberattack, private networks, networks
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A Top U.S. Official Called on China to Investigate and Stop Cyberattacks
Mar 13, 2013A top U.S. official called on China to investigate and stop cyberattacks, which he said pose a growing threat to the countries' economic relationship. Tom Donilon, U.S. President Barack Obama's national security advisor, said the U.S. ...
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Demand for Information Security Experts Is Outstripping The Available Supply
Mar 11, 2013Demand for information security experts in the United States is outstripping the available supply by a widening margin, according to a pair of recently released reports. A report from Burning Glass Technologies, which develops ...
Tags: information security, Burning Glass Technologies, cybersecurity
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The U.S. Is Dangerously Unprepared to Face a Full-Scale Cyberconflict Launched
Mar 8, 2013The U.S. is dangerously unprepared to face a full-scale cyberconflict launched by a peer adversary, a report by the military's Defense Science Board (DSB) warns. The report, released in January, and first reported on by The Washington ...
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Hackers Are Adapting Distributed Denial of Service Attacks to Infiltrate Banks
Feb 27, 2013According to a new report from Gartner, hackers are adapting distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and combining these with social engineering tactics to try and infiltrate banks. The report, called Arming Financial and E-Commerce ...
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Lawmakers Plan to Reintroduce a Controversial Cybersecurity Bill
Feb 18, 2013Two U.S. lawmakers plan to reintroduce a controversial cybersecurity bill that allows private companies to share customers' personal information related to a wide range of cyberthreats with government agencies. Representatives Mike ...
Tags: cybersecurity, U.S., bill
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Privacy Rights Groups Launched an Assault Against The CISPA
Feb 18, 2013In what is turning out to be a repeat of last year, privacy rights groups launched an assault against the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), barely a day after the controversial legislation was reintroduced in Congress ...
Tags: privacy rights, CISPA, controversial legislation, US
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Obama Sign an Executive Order Requiring Federal Agencies to Share Cyberthreat Information
Feb 17, 2013U.S. President Barack Obama has signed an executive order requiring federal agencies to share cyberthreat information with private companies and to create a cybersecurity framework focused on reducing risks to companies providing critical ...
Tags: Barack Obama, cyberthreat information, cybersecurity framework