By Jose Nazario Wow, what a month. Two big stories to note: USCC is seeking to grow over 5x to 4900 people, and the NYTimes (and WSJ it seems) have been hacked, purportedly by the Chinese over their China coverage. In other news, a new discovery of the ‘Red October’ campaign filled the h...
“Yet, where it’s climbed the most is Russia. Russia now hosts 23.2 percent of the world’s malware, meaning most of the attacks on global computer systems — from PCs to networks to smartphones — originated by code writer in Russia. The U.S. came in second with 20.3 percent.” S...
“The Obama administration is preparing an executive order with new rules to protect U.S. computer systems, after Congress failed earlier this summer to pass a cybersecurity bill. The provisions include voluntary standards for companies, a special council run by the Homeland Security Department...
“United Airlines passengers faced delays and massive queues today after some of its major computer systems and its website failed. The glitch was another in a long string of technology problems that began when the US airline merged computer systems with Continental in March.” Source: Cha...
via BND.com COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The United States is still “hugely vulnerable” to cyber attacks, but so are most other nations, a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday. “We’re way late” in preparing to defend critical computer systems from...
via FPTECHDESK Attacks against sensitive computer systems, such as those victimizing the Canadian government this week, pose a unique problem for law enforcement. The anonymous nature of Internet use means cyber attacks are virtually never traced back to their source, so those responsible can never ...
via Stars and Stripes The U.S. still is not well equipped to respond to cyberwarfare attacks and is not taking the threat seriously enough. That is the blunt assessment of two key congressmen charged with overseeing the Defense Department’s efforts to protect U.S. computer systems, setting a tone ...