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Terrorist Capabilities for Cyberattack: Overview and Policy Issues: The United States and international community have taken steps to coordinate laws to prevent cybercrime, but if trends continue computer attacks will become more numerous, faster, and more sophisticated. In addition, a recent report by the Government Accountability Office states that, in the future, U.S. government agencies may not be...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Hacking, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, The Library of Congress, cyberattack, computer attack, U.S., computer, agency; White papers 2005-10-20

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What is the new French defence strategy, and should we follow suit?: The big question Why are we talking about this? Because Nicolas Sarkozy, the French President, unveiled plans yesterday to overhaul France's defence and security strategy for the first time in 14 years. The French reforms come after 9/11 and they respond to the strategic...; Articles 2008-06-18
DARPA Turns to Telcordia for Secure-by-Design Networking System: Telcordia , a global leader in thedevelopment of IP, wireline and mobile telecommunication software andservices, has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA to develop ZODIAC Zero Outage Dynamic Intrinsically AssurableCommunities, a secure-by-design system that directly supports theintegrity, availability, reliability, confidentiality and...; Articles 2008-06-17
Small businesses and banks are vulnerable to cyber-attacks: Think your company is too small to attract a hacker? Think again. "Small businesses are a hacker's dream... Hackers know that most small business owners have the 'It won't happen to me' or 'I don't have anything that they'd want' mentality and prey on it," said Renee...; Articles 2008-05-30
Dirty deeds done dirt cheap: disgruntled employees looking to take a "cheap" shot at a corporate or governmental enemy have plenty of opportunity: [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Launching a botnet attack from a foreign country is cheap and in many cases you can almost get away with it, according to cyberattack expert. Take the April 26, 2007, attack that crippled Internet access in the entire Baltic state of Estonia as an...; Articles 2008-05-01

DHS Cybersecurity Exercise: HOMELAND SECURITY The U.S. Department of Homeland security DHS hosted a large cybersecurity exercise that simulated a coordinated cyberattack on information technology, communications, chemical and transportation systems and assets. Described by department officials as the largest such exercise ever organized, Cyber Storm II encompassed 18 federal departments...; Articles 2008-05-01
US radio websites in Eastern Europe hit by cyberattack: bosses: PRAGUE AFP — Websites run by US Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, based in eastern Europe, have been hit by an "unprecedented" cyberattack, management said Monday. "The attack, which started on April 26, initially targeted the website of RFE/RL's Belarus Service, but quickly spread to other sites," a statement...; Articles 2008-04-28
SKorean presidential palace hit by hackers: official: SEOUL AFP — South Korea's presidential mansion, the Blue House, has come under cyber-attack from overseas hackers who accessed some confidential information, officials said Tuesday. The attacks were discovered about two weeks after they happened when the entire computer network underwent a security check in early March, the...; Articles 2008-04-21
NATO boosts cyber-attack response force: senior official: BUCHAREST AFP — NATO has put in place special emergency response teams to deal with cyber terrorism following a serious attack on member state Estonia last year, a senior official said on Friday. Estonia's government websites were crippled for nearly two months in 2007 by Internet attacks believed...; Articles 2008-04-04
US holds largest ever simulated cyber-attack exercise: WASHINGTON AFP — US officials said Thursday that "real and growing" threats to US computer and telecommunications networks were behind the holding of the largest-ever cyber-security exercises this week. Computer security experts from five countries, more than 40 private sector companies, and numerous government and state agencies are...; Articles 2008-03-13
Nottingham City Council Chooses Sophos NAC; Sophos stops unauthorised users and protects 7,000 desktops from cyberattack.: M2 PRESSWIRE-11 March 2008-SOPHOS: Nottingham City Council Chooses Sophos NAC; Sophos stops unauthorised users and protects 7,000 desktops from cyberattackC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:11032008 IT security and control firm Sophos today announced that it has signed a deal worth...; Articles 2008-03-11
TELECOMMUNICATIONS : NETWORK SECURITY: ENISA RECOMMENDS A DECENTRALISED SYSTEM.: In order to successfully combat cyberattacks in the EU, the European Network and Information Security Agency ENISA recommends the implementation of a "decentralised system," which it believes is the only means to overcome the associated linguistic, cultural, social and political barriers. However, the scheme recommended by...; Articles 2008-03-03
Estonia convicts first 'cyber-war' hacker: prosecutors: TALLINN AFP — An ethnic Russian has become the first person convicted for involvement in a "cyber-war" on Estonia last year amid unrest during the removal of a Soviet-era war memorial, prosecutors said Wednesday. "Dmitri Galushkevich is the first hacker to be sentenced for organising a massive cyber-attack...; Articles 2008-01-23
McAfee, Inc. Honors Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Role in Raising National Awareness of Cybersecurity: To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS Contact: Joris Evers of McAfee, Inc., +1-408-346-3310,joris_evers@mcafee.com; or Mindy Whittington of Red Consultancy, +1-415-618-8811, mindy.whittington@redconsultancy.com, for McAfee, Inc. LAS VEGAS, Jan. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- McAfee, Inc. (NYSE:MFE) today presented the McAfeeR Cybercrime Fighter Award toGregory T. Garcia, Assistant Secretary for Cyber Security andCommunications at the US Department...; Articles 2008-01-21
CIA warns about utility hackers: WASHINGTON -- In a rare public warning to the power and utility industry, a CIA analyst last week said cyber-attackers have hacked into the computer systems of utility companies outside the United States and made demands, in at least one case causing a power outage that affected multiple cities. ...; Articles 2008-01-20
FAA worries on-board Net opens jets to cyberattack: WASHINGTON -- The government is enacting rules to stop a new kind of cyberthreat: a computer attack that could compromise the safety of the much-anticipated Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The Dreamliner, scheduled to go into service by the end of the year, is built with unprecedented on-board networks and...; Articles 2008-01-09
Penn student arrested in 'botnet' cyber-attacks: PHILADELPHIA -- A University of Pennsylvania student and a New Zealand hacker hijacked a university computer server last year, the FBI charged Thursday, part of an investigation into cyber-attacks called "botnets." The indictment of Ryan Goldstein, 21, of Ambler, is part of a larger international probe into...; Articles 2007-11-30
U.S. military braces for cyberspace-age warfare: WASHINGTON -- While U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan engage the enemy with guns, tanks, airplanes and missiles, the American military is quietly fighting a much different kind of war on a new front: cyberspace. Military officials say that a cyber-attack by foreign enemies or terrorist...; Articles 2007-11-26
Finjan warns of hackers abusing trusted domain names: INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-C1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Web security solutions provider Finjan Inc announced on Thursday (15 November) that hackers and cyber-criminals are exploiting a loophole in the domain name registration process to infect visitors to legitimate websites and increase the life cycle of cyber-attacks. According to...; Articles 2007-11-16
AT&T Private Intranet Protect to Provide Security Alerting, Notification and Analysis for Threats within Private Networks: AT&T Internet Protect Service Family Expands Offerings With Private Intranet Protect SAN ANTONIO -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) has announced the availability of Private Intranet Protect, an alerting and notification tool designed to analyze traffic on the user's Virtual Private Network VPN and help detect intrusions, cyberattacks and other...; Articles 2007-10-08

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