By Bob Gourley Leon Panetta spoke today at the Symantec government conference in DC. No matter what your politics are, I hope you see this man as a great American who always puts country above himself. I believe that. He has spent his entire adult life proving that. He is a fantastic speaker. He hel...
“As electric companies continue to restore power from Hurricane Sandy, a potentially more devastating threat is looming — from cyber criminals who may try to get control of the power grid. Cyber criminals and nations are increasingly using the Internet, as well as traditional spying tech...
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“U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta made some alarming predictions during a speech on Oct. 11. Cyber attacks are looming, he said. They ‘could be as destructive as the terrorist attack of 9/11’ and might amount to a ‘cyber Pearl Harbor.’ Strong words — and ones that have the vir...
via Ottawa Citizen PEARL HARBOR — Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded a $500 million maximum, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) multiple award contract (MAC) to Island Pacific Energy LLC, Pacific Energy Solutions LLC, and Photon Finance LLC, Aug. 19. The MAC...
A cyber-terrorism attack could cripple America’s electric grid, shutting down everything from communications to transportation to law enforcement. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says such an attack could be America’s “next Pearl Harbor.” Are we prepared to protect our po...
via Daily Mail Online A loosely aligned group of computer hackers calling themselves Lulz Security said they broke into the U.S. Senate’s computer network today. There was no immediate comment by the Senate Sergeant at Arms Office, which oversees the chamber’s security. Lulz Security, wh...
via Stars and Stripes NAPLES, Italy – The breach of Google’s Gmail accounts comes only a week after U.S. defense contractor Lockheed Martin announced that it had weathered a “sustained and tenacious” hack on its computer networks. Cybersecurity experts say, while such attacks...