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Obama administration ignores the big leaks

Baltimore Sun — Sat, 25 May 2013 11:17:24 PDT

[articles.baltimoresun.co] It is interesting that the Obama administration (and I am sure Attorney General Eric Holder knows nothing about this either) is going after a Fox News reporter, but nothing has been done about the White House leaks of the "hit list" for drones or the [infosec,cyber,security]

Techzone360 Week in Review

admin — Sat, 25 May 2013 09:14:59 PDT

[cybercrimesunit.com] The big news this week, at least for some of us, was the announcement made at the beginning of the week that Yahoo has reached an agreement to acquire Tumblr. While that is certainly great news for Tumblr, given the $1.1 billion price tag, and even better news for its senior management team that Tumblr [brand security,cyber crime,cybercrime]

Report: Wave of cyber attacks on US originating in Iran

Jerusalem Post — Sat, 25 May 2013 06:28:41 PDT

[jpost.com] Iran is responsible for a wave of computer attacks on US corporations, with targets including oil, gas and electricity companies, The New York Times reported Friday, citing American officials and corporate security experts. ... Last week, NERC Chief [infosec,cyber,security]

Cyber command will be formed soon: Antony

The Hindu — Sat, 25 May 2013 06:28:41 PDT

[thehindu.com] The government has mechanisms to handle cyber security issues in the country, he said adding that the cyber command was being set up in view of the growing threat of cyber warfare. Mr. Antony said in response to a query on the proposed infrastructure [infosec,cyber,security]

Haifa mayor: Unaware of Syrian cyber attack on water system

Ynetnews — Sat, 25 May 2013 06:28:41 PDT

[ynetnews.com] Mayor Yona Yahav denied any knowledge of a Syrian cyber attack on Haifa's water system, following a statement on the issue made by Yitzhak Ben-Yisrael, chairman of the National Council for Research and Development. "We are not aware of any [infosec,cyber,security]

'Syria cyber attacked Haifa's water system'

Ynetnews — Sat, 25 May 2013 06:28:41 PDT

[ynetnews.com] A senior Israeli official revealed on Saturday that Syria has attempted two weeks ago to launch a cyber attack against Haifa's water system, in retaliation to the alleged Israeli attack in Damascus a month ago. Yitzhak Ben-Yisrael, chairman of the [infosec,cyber,security]

KDN Collaborates With SKMM, Cyber Security To Check Unlawful Contents

Bernama — Sat, 25 May 2013 06:28:40 PDT

[bernama.com.my] BAGAN DATOH, May 25 (Bernama) -- The Home Ministry, via the police, will work together with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) as well as the Malaysian Cyber Security to check immediately the channelling of contents [infosec,cyber,security]

US Air Force notice on military use of social media

Pierluigi Paganini — Sat, 25 May 2013 03:18:17 PDT

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Patching your business, Yahoo breach, Google Glass, DDoS-for-hire

admin — Sat, 25 May 2013 03:14:50 PDT

[cybercrimesunit.com] Our 60 Second Security videos are back! In the last series, we produced episodes every two weeks; this time, we’re hoping to publish a weekly roundup that’s quick, fun and useful. There is a serious side to these videos: we want to give you punchy computer security anecdotes to use in your own “elevator advocacy.” [anti-virus,anti-virus,cyber crime,cybercrime]

Cyber crime ‘costs small companies £800m a year’

admin — Sat, 25 May 2013 03:14:47 PDT

[cybercrimesunit.com] One in five FSB members said they had taken no steps to protect themselves from cyber crime. Mike Cherry, FSB chairman, said: “Cyber crime poses a growing threat for small firms and it isn’t something that should be ignored. The cost of crime can act as a barrier to growth. For example, many businesses will [cyber crime,cybercrime,news]

Government-Backed Report Gets The Cost Of Cyber Crime Wrong

admin — Sat, 25 May 2013 03:14:46 PDT

[cybercrimesunit.com] A government-backed report which says cyber crime costs British small businesses £800 million a year is based on highly questionable data, and is probably an over-estimate, according to security experts. Online crime is having a huge impact on smaller businesses, says the report, which was signed by two government ministers and has been reported in high profile publications [cyber crime,cybercrime,news]

How the U.S. Government Hacks the World

siavash — Sat, 25 May 2013 02:15:13 PDT

[cyberwarzone.com] Share to: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Obscured by trees and grassy berms, the campus of the National Security Agency sits 15 miles north of Washington’s traffic-clogged Beltway, i [infosec,cyberwar,cybercrime,cyber war,cyber crime]

Hackers appear to probe US energy infrastructure, suspicions about Iran

CNN (blog) — Sat, 25 May 2013 01:47:22 PDT

[security.blogs.cnn.com] While the official did not identify any suspected origins of the apparent hacking , a U.S. lawmaker raised suspicions about Iran. The United States has over the past year become more concerned about Iran and cyber security . American officials said last [infosec,cyber,security]

US traces cyber attack wave to Iran

Ynetnews — Sat, 25 May 2013 01:47:22 PDT

[ynetnews.com] American officials and corporate security experts examining a new wave of potentially destructive computer attacks striking American corporations, especially energy firms, say they have tracked the attacks back to Iran, the New York Times reported on [infosec,cyber,security]

Revenge Landmines of the Arab Spring

JOE SHEFFER — Fri, 24 May 2013 20:00:06 PDT

[foreignpolicy.com] In the mountains of Yemen, a strange and deadly face-off between elite soldiers and rebellious villagers could have big international consequences

SANS Pwn'ing APT1 with Yara Signatures - Wednesday May 29, 2013 (1:00 PM EDT)

sans_webcasts — Fri, 24 May 2013 18:30:51 PDT

[sans.org] Featuring: Jake Williams Please visit http://www.sans.org/webcasts/show.php?webcastid=96675 for complete information and to access this event [infosec,forensic,webcast,sans]

Syrian Electronic Army Hacked British ITV Twitter

siavash — Fri, 24 May 2013 16:16:12 PDT

[cyberwarzone.com] Share to: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn British broadcaster ITV news was the latest mainstream media outlet to have its Twitter feed infiltrated by hackers in the Syrian Electronic Army [infosec,cyberwar,cybercrime,cyber war,cyber crime]

Experts: Network security deteriorating, privacy a lost cause

theregister.co.uk — Fri, 24 May 2013 16:15:58 PDT

[theregister.com] One suggestion: 'Don't armor the sheep, hunt the wolves' Ethernet Summit Internet and network security is bad, and it's going to get worse before it gets better. To make it better, CIOs and IT admins need to rethink the way that they approach protecting their networks from hackers and other miscreants.… [infosec]

Schnucks wants federal court to handle data breach lawsuit

jvijayan@computerworld.com (Jaikumar Vijayan) — Fri, 24 May 2013 13:07:00 PDT

[computerworld.com] St. Louis-based grocery chain Schnuck Markets has claimed that a potential class action lawsuit filed against it in an Illinois state court over a recent data breach really belongs in federal court because of the case's scope and damages involved [data breach,federal court,infosec,schnuck markets,schnucks,security]

Holder Signed Off on Warrant Identifying Fox News Reporter as Criminal Conspirator

Kim Zetter — Fri, 24 May 2013 12:14:19 PDT

[wired.com] Attorney General Eric Holder signed off on the controversial warrant application that the Justice Department used to obtain the personal emails of a Fox News reporter

The Indispensable Nation's Indispensable Weapon

JAMES TRAUB — Fri, 24 May 2013 11:53:00 PDT

[foreignpolicy.com] Obama can't live without drones, Pakistan can't live with 'em. So the president bowed to the Islamic street

Holder Should Demand Feds Get a Warrant to Read Our E-mail

David Kravets — Fri, 24 May 2013 10:30:37 PDT

[wired.com] Attorney General Eric Holder is on record the Department of Justice supports legislation that generally would require the government to get a probable-cause warrant to read your e-mail. That we're having this discussion is because federal law, dating to the

Reports: FTC examining Googles display ads

(Zach Miners) — Fri, 24 May 2013 10:20:00 PDT

[computerworld.com] The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has reportedly launched an investigation into Google's display ad business amid complaints from rivals that the company is abusing its power in how it sells online-graphical and video ads [google,infosec,security,u.s. federal trade commission]

Training Baggage Screeners

schneier.com — Fri, 24 May 2013 10:17:02 PDT

[schneier.com] The research in G. Giguère and B.C. Love, "Limits in decision making arise from limits in memory retrieval," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences v. 19 (2013) has applications in training airport baggage screeners. Abstract: Some decisions, such as predicting the winner of a baseball game, are challenging in part because outcomes are probabilistic. When making such decisions, one [infosec]

Researchers warn of increased Zeus malware activity this year

(Lucian Constantin) — Fri, 24 May 2013 10:01:00 PDT

[computerworld.com] The amount of cybercriminal activity associated with the Zeus family of financial Trojan programs has increased during the past few months, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor Trend Micro [infosec,security,security researchers,zeus]

Phishing attacks Target Moore Tornado Tragedy

siavash — Fri, 24 May 2013 09:50:55 PDT

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Oracle, managed services provider to settle suit over third-party support

(Chris Kanaracus) — Fri, 24 May 2013 09:45:00 PDT

[computerworld.com] Oracle and managed services provider ServiceKey have come to a proposed settlement of an intellectual-property lawsuit Oracle filed against the company last year [infosec,oracle,security]

Wikileaks leaks documentary script about Wikileaks

theregister.co.uk — Fri, 24 May 2013 08:53:11 PDT

[theregister.com] Simply no teddies left in this pram Wikileaks has released a transcript of a documentary about its history so it can add notes to each section saying "Wrong!", a day before the film debuts.… [infosec]

US Electric Grid Under Continuous Attack

sans_newsbites — Fri, 24 May 2013 08:13:47 PDT

[sans.org] Computer systems at utility companies that make up the US electric grid are under attack daily, according to a Congressional report [infosec,forensic,sans]

Obama Just Made Himself a Prisoner of His Own Gitmo Policy

Spencer Ackerman — Fri, 24 May 2013 07:43:59 PDT

[wired.com] wants to close Guantanamo and capture more terrorists than he kills. But unless Obama is about to get way radical, this is kind of an either/or situation

Researchers find unusual malware targeting Tibetan users in cyberespionage operation

(Lucian Constantin) — Fri, 24 May 2013 07:41:00 PDT

[computerworld.com] Security researchers from antivirus vendor ESET discovered a piece of cyberespionage malware targeting Tibetan activists that uses unusual techniques to evade detection and achieve persistency on infected systems [cyberespionage,infosec,malware,security,security researchers,tibetan activists]

Security Twitteratti: Twitter's 2FA does sweet FA for biz

theregister.co.uk — Fri, 24 May 2013 07:28:11 PDT

[theregister.com] Shared accounts? #FacebookIsBetter Security-watchers don't appear overly impressed with Twitter's introduction of two-factor authentication (2FA) to its service.… [infosec]

Twitter SMS authentication security won’t stop attacks, say experts

John E Dunn) — Fri, 24 May 2013 06:46:00 PDT

[techworld_security] Twitter’s long overdue rollout of two-factor authentication doesn’t plug every angle of attack and won’t guarantee that customer accounts aren’t compromised in future, experts have warned. [infosec,security]

New Report on Teens, Social Media, and Privacy

schneier.com — Fri, 24 May 2013 06:40:57 PDT

[schneier.com] Interesting report from the From the Pew Internet and American Life Project: Teens are sharing more information about themselves on their social media profiles than they did when we last surveyed in 2006: 91% post a photo of themselves, up from 79% in 2006. 71% post their school name, up from 49%. 71% post the city or town where they [infosec]

Tax Returns: Slovakian spyware campaign

Robert Lipovsky — Fri, 24 May 2013 05:08:10 PDT

[eset.com] ESET’s Security Research Win32/Sazoora.A is designed to steal a victim’s logon credentials from Intercept Extract stored credentials from Inject fraudulent HTML code into webpages in order to steal credit-card related data ESET LiveGrid® detection rates Other victims Kudos to Peter

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