The Department of Defense says it was hit by a cyberattack by a "foreign intelligence service" that managed to pilfer 24,000 sensitive files.The attack, which occurred in March, was perpetrated by an unnamed "nation state," according to Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III. Lynn who disclosed the breach during a speech Thursday outlining the Pentagon's new cyber strategy for dealing with cyber-breaches.
Sarah Jacobsson Purewal |
16 Jul |
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Romanian law enforcement officials on Thursday executed 117 searches targeting more than 100 people in an ongoing effort with the U.S. Department of Justice to break up a large Internet auction fraud scheme, the DOJ said.
Grant Gross |
16 Jul |
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The U.S. Department of Defense has announced a set of five guiding strategic principles for better preparing its forces to handle operations to defend the nation in cyberspace.
Robert Lemos |
16 Jul |
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Sony's president of network entertainment must look at the world through rose-colored glasses because he describes the hacking that took down the PlayStation Network as "a great learning experience."
Brennon Slattery |
15 Jul |
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US talkshow host Jay Leno, singer Madonna, actress Cameron Diaz and President Barack Obama share an unpleasant secret their publicists are powerless to do anything about.
John E Dunn |
15 Jul |
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Russia and the U.S. are working to reduce chances for a cybersecurity incident that could damage the countries' relationship, according to the top cybersecurity adviser to U.S. President Barack Obama.
Jeremy Kirk |
15 Jul |
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Mobile staff of a large financial firm in China are enjoying the convenience of working remotely through a security solution provided by Check Point Software Technologies.
Veronica C. Silva |
14 Jul |
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A Minnesota man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after he hacked a neighbor's Wi-Fi <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/120909-network-router-cheat-sheet.html?ts0hb&story=rtrcheat">router</a> and then launched a vengeful two-year campaign to frame them with child pornography and threats to government officials, including Vice President Joe Biden.
John Cox |
14 Jul |
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Managing consumer or citizen identities comes with two key problems--scale and cost--prompting organizations that require onboarding, authentication, and <a href="http://www.csoonline.com/article/684895/password-management-systems-how-to-compare-and-use-them">password management</a> to look for ways to outsource this effort. Entertainment websites, online retailers, and even US federal government-to-citizen websites are experimenting with a federated model for more of their identity management life cycle. By using single sign-on (SSO) and attribute-sharing between "social" identity providers (IdPs) (i.e. Google and Facebook) and relying parties (RPs), this model effectively reduces cost and improves the customer experience.
Eve Maler |
14 Jul |
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Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange finished their arguments on Wednesday in London's High Court as to why the WikiLeaks founder should not be extradited to Sweden to face questioning on potential charges of molestation and rape.
Jeremy Kirk |
14 Jul |
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London Grid Ltd, a London Grid for Learning subsidiary, has signed a framework contract with Atos for identity management services.
Anh Nguyen |
13 Jul |
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Symantec's decision to migrate its managed security services (MSS) customers off RSA’s SecurID tokens is the beginning of a complete phase out, Grant Geyer, Symantec's vice president of global managed security services told CSO.com.au.
Liam Tung |
13 Jul |
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Outgoing president of Intel-owned security vendor McAfee, Dave DeWalt, will be replaced by two co-presidents drawn from McAfee's ranks.
Liam Tung |
13 Jul |
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There has been a bit of a splash in the press recently about a mention by former CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden of the idea of creating new, extra secure internets for government or commerce. Users would have to give up their privacy to use these versions of the Internet, with a requirement for the use of real names and all their traffic subject to deep packet inspection. The vision seems to be that government would use one such network and services such as banking would use another.
Scott Bradner |
13 Jul |
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The curtain has fallen on the 50 day performance by hacker group LulzSec. Its campaign of mayhem and destruction, peppered with witty commentary captivated the world.
In an alternate universe where Lulzcats reign and anti-security is the norm, it might have even earned a spot on its first target, The X-Factor. But on this earth its members may still be captured by its later targets: the CIA, US law enforcement and the FBI.
Liam Tung |
12 Jul |
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Former Manchester United and Real Madrid football player David Beckham has become the latest celebrity to find himself on the receiving end of a website defacement.
John E Dunn |
12 Jul |
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Security researchers have found more malicious Android apps on Google's official download site and being spread through Chinese app stores.
Gregg Keizer |
12 Jul |
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I was talking to a friend about data security over lunch today and we discussed 'dirty bombs' and a what-if scenario for small-and-medium sized businesses.
Gregory Machler |
12 Jul |
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There's been an incredible number of records breached this year, including:
George V. Hulme |
12 Jul |
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For a few hours on Thursday, credit card donations once again flowed to WikiLeaks through a payment gateway at Icelandic hosting company DataCell. Then Visa shut it down again.
Peter Sayer |
08 Jul |
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