Long Island’s business and technology leaders began an effort Tuesday to start a new industry here that would focus on protecting companies, government agencies and individuals from cyber attacks that have been increasingly causing chaos in the financial world and other industries. More than 1...
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In a bulletin sent to the Falmouth Police Department, the Department of Homeland Security’s National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center warns of an increase in email phishing scams in the weeks leading up to the April 15 deadline for filing tax returns. According to the bullet...
The FBI is one of a handful of U.S. agencies tasked with investigating computer crimes and one of the many roadblocks that has stood in the way of more successful cases and prosecutions is a lack of resources, mostly in the form of trained agents. It looks like the bureau will be getting the money [...
To get ready for the FedCyber Summit on Wednesday, we spoke to some of our sponsors about the current state of the Federal Cyber ecosystem, and what they are doing to advance it. I spoke with Joseph Giordano, Assistant Professor In Economic Crime Management, Chair, MS in Cybersecurity at Utica Co...
One year ago a malicious software program called Stuxnet exploded onto the world stage as the first publicly confirmed cyber superweapon – a digital guided missile that could emerge from cyber space to destroy a physical target in the real world. While Symantec, the big antivirus company, and othe...
via eWeek.com Cyber-criminals continue to target United States businesses, the country’s financial institutions and government agencies in an ongoing effort to steal both money and information. Still, despite the best efforts of local, state and federal law enforcement, these cyber-criminals s...
via Computerworld Last week, a “premier intelligence and national security organization” was hacked and then hundreds of intelligence officials, ranging from the NSA, FBI, CIA, the Pentagon, the White House, had their names, email addresses, some phone numbers and even home addresses pos...
via PCWorld U.S. government agencies are getting better at sharing information about cyberattacks with private companies, but cybercrime shows no signs of slowing down, cybersecurity experts told lawmakers Wednesday. The U.S. Secret Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of ...