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Cyber Attacks: 80 Percent Are Preventable, Senate Panel Told

wired.com | Posted 11.18.2009 | Technology

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If network administrators simply instituted proper configuration policies and conducted good network monitoring, about 80 percent of commonly known cy...

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China Hacks U.S. Networks, Proves Aggressive Cyberspace Foe

washingtonpost.com | Ellen Nakashima and John Pomfret | Posted 11.12.2009 | Technology

Read More: Cyberspace, Computer Security, China Hackers, China Cyber Threat, Obama China, China Cyberspace, Obama China Visit, China Cyber Attack, Cybersecurity, China, Security, Cyberattack, Technology News

China is significantly boosting its capabilities in cyberspace as a way to gather intelligence and, in the event of war, hit the U.S. government in a ...

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Jason Linkins

On Bush's Watch, U.S. Suffered Its "Electronic Pearl Harbor"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Cybersecurity, Cyberterrorism, Cyberwar, Media News

Sunday's 60 Minutes featured a pretty terrifying report on the potential threat the United States faces from cyberterrorism. It's territory that the ...

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NSA To Build $1.5 Billion Cybersecurity Data Center

InformationWeek | Posted 11.02.2009 | Technology

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The massive complex, comprising up to 1.5 million square feet of building space, will provide intelligence and warnings related to cybersecurity threa...

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Cybersecurity - A Dark Horse in the National Race for Resources

Sarah Granger | Posted 10.21.2009 | Technology

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Sarah Granger

Congress is well aware that cybersecurity is a concern. It's not just a political phrase to drop in hopes of greater appropriations; the language is making its way into some major bills.

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Identity Theft Is Really No Big Deal. Idiot.

Robert Siciliano | Posted 10.19.2009 | Technology

Read More: Cybersecurity, Wall Street Journal, Identity Theft, Fraud, Internet Fraud, Internet Seurity, Technology News
Robert Siciliano

It bothers the heck out of me when someone looks me straight in the eye and tells me that identity theft is no big deal, that I should get over it.

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Russian Hackers: Cybergangs Infect "More And More" Computers

tech.yahoo.com | Posted 11.25.2009 | Technology

Read More: Malware, Refreshstats, Cyberattacks, Russian Hackers, Fake Antivirus Softwar, Sophos, Cybergangs, Computer Hacking, Cyber Crime, Cybersecurity, Hacker, Technology News

Russian cybergangs have established a robust system for promoting Web sites that sell fake antivirus software, pharmaceuticals and counterfeit luxury ...

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ATM Skimming Identity Theft Reaches $1 Billion in Losses

Robert Siciliano | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Cybersecurity, Mastercard, Visa, Identity Theft, Atm, Atm Scams, Business News
Robert Siciliano

Skimming can occur in a few different ways. The most common is when a store clerk takes your card and runs it through a device that copies the information from the magnetic strip.

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Mischel Kwon, Top Cybersecurity Official, Resigns Citing Bureaucratic Obstacles, Lack Of Authority

Washington Post | Ellen Nakashima | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics

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A top operational official in charge of protecting civilian government computer networks has resigned, dealing another blow to the federal effort to e...

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Melissa Hathaway, Cybersecurity Czar, Steps Down

Wall Street Journal | SIOBHAN GORMAN | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

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The White House's acting cybersecurity czar announced her resignation Monday, in a setback to the Obama administration's efforts to better protect the...

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Mike McConnell: An American Spymaster on Cyberwar

Nathan Gardels | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

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Nathan Gardels

One of America's top spymasters, Mike McConnell, spoke with me recently at his office outside Washington.

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U.S. And Russia Differ On Treaty For Cyberspace

New York Times | JOHN MARKOFF and ANDREW E. KRAMER | Posted 07.28.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Cyberspace, Cybersecurity, Us, Internet, Cyber Safety, World News

The United States and Russia are locked in a fundamental dispute over how to counter the growing threat of cyberwar attacks that could wreak havoc on ...

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Its Official! Pentagon Cyber Command Gets Ready to "Stand Up"

Frida Berrigan | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

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Frida Berrigan

It seems to me that the Pentagon, the administration and the military industrial complex are all treating cyberspace like any other battle domain.

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NSA Ill-Suited for Domestic Cybersecurity Role

Frank Naif | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

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Frank Naif

Does the federal government need to be involved in coordinating private sector cybersecurity? Perhaps, but only in a coordinating role.

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Cyberscares About Cyberwars Equal Cybermoney

Frida Berrigan | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

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Frida Berrigan

Is the United States really in a hypercrisis that warrants putting the word "cyber" in front of everything and multibillions more in the pockets of military-industrial corporations?

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Cyber Crimes, Small Businesses and Obama's Cyber Security Announcement

Tom Patterson | Posted 07.03.2009 | Business

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Tom Patterson

Cybercrime by organized criminals and foreign governments is fast becoming a national security issue, and America's businesses are on the front line.

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Obama's CyberSecurity Speech Shows He Gets the Open Web

Art Brodsky | Posted 06.29.2009 | Media

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Art Brodsky

Administration support for an open, non-discriminatory and competitive Internet is wonderful. It will be even more wonderful when we get some Congressional support for that Internet.

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Internet Of The Future: Pentagon Plans Cyberweapons Attacks

New York Times | DAVID E. SANGER, JOHN MARKOFF and THOM SHANKER | Posted 05.28.2009 | Home

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When American forces in Iraq wanted to lure members of Al Qaeda into a trap, they hacked into one of the group's computers and altered information tha...

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Homeland Security Dept. Seeking Computer Hackers To Help Secure Federal Systems

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 05.19.2009 | Home

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WASHINGTON — Wanted: Computer hackers. Federal authorities aren't looking to prosecute them, but to pay them to secure the nation's networks....

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Seize the Net: Save the Net

Leslie Harris | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cybersecurity, Commerce Department, Internet, Steel, Harry Truman, President Obama, Intenet, National Security, Computers, Politics News
Leslie Harris

Earlier this week, two Senators introduced a bill that gives the President the power to seize and shut down the Internet or any other "critical infrastructure " in the "interest of national security."

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Rod Beckstrom, Top US Cybersecurity Official, Resigns Amid Turf Battles

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 04.07.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The head of the nation's cybersecurity center has resigned amid persistent turf battles and confusion over the control and protecti...

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Cybersecurity: Why The Hell Was Secret White House Helicopter Data Found On A Computer In Iran?

Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.22.2009 | World

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Stuart Whatley

It is a case of perverse but predictable irony that the first administration to truly harness the Internet's full power likewise faces the greatest threat from it.

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White House Presidential Helicopter Data Found On Iranian Computer

Reuters | Posted 04.22.2009 | Politics

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Potentially sensitive engineering documents about the U.S. presidential helicopter were found on a computer in Iran after they were inadvertently disc...

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