“Iranian hackers took over a University of Michigan computer network during a massive cyber attack on U.S. financial systems last week that continued following comments on the strike by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. According to reports by a leading Internet security-monitoring firm, the cyb...
By RyanKamauff Here is the top cyber news from the weekend and this morning. An HP-sponsored study has found Cybercrime costs on the rise – This study, “2012 Cost of Cyber Crime Study,” conducted by the Ponemon Institute found that the average annual cost to US organizations rose ...
By AlexOlesker Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking “mathematical and computational models that predict whether a person is likely to commit suicide” and to detect homicidal intent. More here. Th...
via Security News Daily Sony, the data-security firm RSA, Lockheed Martin, the email wholesaler Epsilon, the Fox broadcast network, NASA, PBS, the European Space Agency, the FBI, the British and French treasuries — and, just this morning, the banking and insurance giant Citigroup. What do all ...
via InformationWeek The Qakbot worm, which targets consumers’ financial website credentials, appears to be growing more sophisticated and virulent. The long-running worm appeared in 2009, but in the past month there’s been a spike in the overall number of infections seen at any given tim...