Cyber Attack

States Unprepared To Defend Against Cyberattacks, Report Finds

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 05.03.2012

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While the nation has made strides in preparing for a wide range of potential disasters, state and local officials said they feel least prepared for an...

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Iran Capable Of Launching Cyberattack Against U.S., Experts Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 04.26.2012

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When American experts talk about cyber threats from other countries, they often cite elite hackers in China and Russia. On Thursday, some warned ag...

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U.S. Government Warns Conglomerate To Fix Security Flaws

Reuters | Jim Finkle | Posted 02.21.2012

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* Researchers say flaws make systems vulnerable to attack by hackers * Siemens says first fixes will be released in January (Adds comm...

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Nasdaq's Poor Computer Security Led To Cyber Attack

Posted 11.18.2011

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A federal investigation into last year's cyber attack on Nasdaq OMX Group found surprisingly lax security practices that made the exchange operato...

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NYSE Website Outages Prompt Suspicions Of A Cyber Attack

AP | Posted 12.11.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO -- The New York Stock Exchange's website was apparently hobbled twice Monday, possibly the result of computer attacks as part of the ant...

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How Do You Tell When You're Under Cyber Attack?

Henry Harrison | Posted 11.07.2011

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The easy answer to the question is that you don't need to -- you can simply assume that you are, all the time. Even your home network is constantly be...

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Rogue Hacker Dumps 20,000 Government Employees' Data

eWeek | Fahmida Y. Rashid | Posted 10.25.2011

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A solo attacker has hacked into an events management company and obtained sensitive information belonging to 20,000 individuals, many of whom were Uni...

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Why Doesn't Anyone Want to Shout About Cyber Attacks?

Henry Harrison | Posted 10.24.2011

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I was wondering recently why more companies aren't reporting being victims of cyber attacks. What would happen if companies were forced by legislation to report a breach? What if they could do it anonymously?

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"Cyber Attack" -- Why It's Not a Great Phrase (But We're Stuck With It)

Henry Harrison | Posted 10.24.2011

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It sounds fantastically sci-fi, and I can see why journalists in particular like it. But "cyber attack" is a really misleading term.

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Cyberattacks Target More Government Facilities

Posted 09.06.2011

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By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. government-funded research laboratories and a defense contractor were targets of a "highly sophistica...

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Governments Scramble To Keep Up With Hackers

Posted 08.31.2011

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By Michael Shields VIENNA (Reuters) - The technical sophistication of cybercriminals is swamping the world's ability to cope, a top U.S. offici...

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Pentagon Sets Stage For U.S. To Respond To Computer Sabotage With Military Force

The Wall Street Journal | Siobhan Gorman & Julian E. Barnes | Posted 07.31.2011

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The Pentagon has concluded that computer sabotage coming from another country can constitute an act of war, a finding that for the first time opens th...

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Retired General: U.S. 'Hugely Vulnerable' To Cyber Attacks

AP | By DAN ELLIOTT | Posted 06.11.2011

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The United States is still "hugely vulnerable" to cyber attacks, but so are most other nations, a former chairman of the Jo...

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Pentagon Commander: U.S. Unprepared To Face Cyber Attacks

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. military does not have the trained personnel or the legal authorities it needs to respond to a computer-based attack on America...

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Audit Shows State At High Risk Of Cyber Attack

Audit: State at 'high risk' of cyber attack | Posted 05.25.2011

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The state's computer systems are at "high risk" of online attack, and a cyber security firm hired to secretly hack into agencies' systems easily gaine...

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Government's Earlier Failure to Act Clouds the Facts

Art Coviello | Posted 05.25.2011

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Recent disparaging comments about private sector engagement in U.S. national cyber defense misrepresent collaboration and hard-won progress with the U.S. government and public sector.

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Cyber Attack On Government Workers Disguised As White House Christmas Email

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A malware-laden e-mail masquerading as a White House Christmas card was a sinister move by hackers to steal sensitive documents fro...

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A Whole New Generation of Revolutionaries: WikiLeaks and Julian Assange

Michelle Kraus | Posted 05.25.2011

WikiLeaks raises some of the most poignant questions of our time about the power of cyber warfare, the role of hackers, and the future of the Internet...

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WikiLeaks Founder Releases Statement From Prison

Posted 05.25.2011

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As he remains in a London jail awaiting his bail hearing, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has denounced Visa, MasterCard and PayPal as "instruments o...

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The Scary Reality of Our Cyber Vulnerability

Sen. Tom Carper | Posted 05.25.2011

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If you think cyber crime and cyber terrorism aren't real, let alone scary, think again. Eventually, I hope Americans focus on this critical issue every day, not just one month out of the year.

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FAA Computers Vulnerable To Cyberattack

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Federal Aviation Administration computer systems remain vulnerable to cyber attacks despite improvements at a number of key radar facil...

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The "Kill" Bill: Obama, the Internet and the Beginning of a Congressional Odyssey

Christina Gagnier | Posted 05.25.2011

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While PNCAA (the so-called "Internet Kill Switch" bill) seems to advocate a cross-sectoral approach to tackling cybersecurity threats, it doesn't use private sector best practices when establishing what is supposed to be a response to potential "cyber warfare."

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Cyber Command Nominee Keith Alexander: Military Must Return Cyber Attacks

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. should counter computer-based attacks swiftly and strongly and act to thwart or disable a threat even when the attacker's ...

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China's Google Syndrome

Libby Liu | Posted 05.25.2011

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So successful is China's model of internet censorship that other authoritarian governments strive to emulate it. And Google's move brings attention to this reality.

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Global Cyber Attacks On The Rise:STUDY

Times Online | Nigel Kendall, Technology Editor | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the last 12 months, 75 per cent of businesses worldwide have experienced a "cyber-attack", according to a survey published today by the security sp...

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