Security News

Director of US-CERT quits abruptly
2011-07-26 05:33

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218636/Director_of_US_CERT_quits_abruptly By Jaikumar Vijayan Computerworld July 25, 2011

Military set to lead on US domestic cyber-security
2011-05-26 05:03

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/25/pentagon_lead_us_cyber_security/ By Lewis Page The Register 25th May 2011 The US military will play a leading role in defending homeland America from cyber...

Hack attacks on US could spark military action
2011-05-18 08:36

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/17/white_house_cyberspace_strategy/ By Dan Goodin in San Francisco The Register 17th May 2011 The Obama Administration has put the world on notice that hack...

US CERT warns of critical industrial control bug
2011-05-12 07:14

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/12/critical_iconics_scada_bug/ By Dan Goodin in San Francisco The Register 12th May 2011 The US Computer Emergency Readiness Team is warning oil refineries,...

US-CERT Current Activity - Osama Bin Laden's Death Email Scams, Fake Antivirus, and Phishing Attack Warning
2011-05-03 14:51

http://www.us-cert.gov/current/index.html#osama_bin_laden_s_death US-CERT Current Activity Osama Bin Laden's Death Email Scams, Fake Antivirus, and Phishing Attack Warning Original release date:...

US-Russian dictionary defines cyber war, other concepts
2011-04-29 15:13

http://gcn.com/articles/2011/04/28/us-russia-cyber-dictionary.aspx By William Jackson GCN.com April 28, 2011 It is all very well to talk about cyberspace and cybersecurity, but what do they mean,...

Cyberespionage: US finds FBI agents in elite unit lack necessary skills
2011-04-28 07:35

Forwarded from: Justin Lundy http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2011/0427/Cyberespionage-US-finds-FBI-agents-in-elite-unit-lack-necessary-skills By Mark Clayton Staff writer The Christian Science...

Leaked US cables finger Chinese army hackers for cyber-spying
2011-04-19 06:07

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/18/byzantine_hades_cyber_espionage/ By John Leyden The Register 18th April 2011 Leaked US diplomatic cables have provided some of the first hard evidence that...

Hackers break US government smart card security
2011-01-28 13:20

http://news.techworld.com/security/3258312/hackers-break-us-government-smart-card-security/ By Robert McMillan Techworld.com 27 January 11 The US government has been stepping up its use of smart...

US cyberwar firing range to demo by July
2011-01-27 11:17

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/26/cyber_range_demo_date_set/ By Lewis Page The Register 26th January 2011 DARPA has announced that its planned "National Cyber Range" – an artificial,...