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Twitter complies with court order – hands over account details
Twitter complies with court order – hands over account details
Guido Fawkes in the UK is the pseudonym of an award-winning anti-establishment blog operated by Paul Staines. In the US it is a name associated with a Twitter account handed over to law enforcement. Around the world is has become associated with the Anonymous movement.
March 5, 2012
Cyber churn at DHS: And Schaffer makes six
Cyber churn at DHS: And Schaffer makes six
Greg Schaffer is leaving his post as head of the US Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Cybersecurity and Communications, marking the sixth high-ranking cyber official to leave the agency since June 2011.
March 5, 2012
Pentagon and Mexican Presidential Servers Hacked by Yei zeta and Database leaked
Pentagon and Mexican Presidential Servers Hacked by Yei zeta and Database leaked
The Pentagon’s military based server l, Mexican Presidential server www.presidencia.gob.mx , University of Washington and  Cambridge CEEDS Society servers
March 3, 2012
The ten most important security events and issues from 2011, and what they presage for the future
The ten most important security events and issues from 2011, and what they presage for the future
Kaspersky Lab’s analysis of the ‘evolution of malware’ during 2011, from the rise of hacktivism to the emergence of Mac malware; and the consequent lessons for the future.
March 2, 2012
Compromised websites leading to banking malware
Compromised websites leading to banking malware
M86 Security is warning that recent spam campaigns are luring victims to compromised websites that redirect to malicious Phoenix-hosting sites, which in turn seek to infect the visitor with the Cridex trojan.
March 2, 2012
“ACTA’s harm greatly exceeds its potential benefits...”
“ACTA’s harm greatly exceeds its potential benefits...”
Yesterday the Directorate General for External Policies at the European Parliament held a workshop on the The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).
March 2, 2012
Infosec professionals unsure about abilities to stop cyber attacks
Infosec professionals unsure about abilities to stop cyber attacks
Three-fourths of information security professionals lack confidence in their ability to address cybersecurity threats, according to a survey by LogRhythm.
March 2, 2012
RSA 2012: Top G-Man says Anonymous, not Al-Qaeda, will be top security threat
RSA 2012: Top G-Man says Anonymous, not Al-Qaeda, will be top security threat
Cybersecurity threats will overtake terrorism as the top US national security concern, FBI Director Robert Mueller told the RSA Conference on Thursday.
March 2, 2012
RSA 2012: Are software liability laws needed?
RSA 2012: Are software liability laws needed?
Software liability laws are needed to hold software companies accountable for making faulty products, argued Bruce Schneier, chief technology security officer with BT during a pro-con debate held Wednesday at the RSA Conference.
March 1, 2012
RSA 2012: Anonymous shakes up complacent corporate management
RSA 2012: Anonymous shakes up complacent corporate management
Anonymous has had at least one beneficial effect: top management at companies are starting to pay attention to information security, judged Grady Summers, vice president at MANDIANT, who participated in a Wednesday panel discussion on hacktivism at the RSA Conference.
March 1, 2012
Bodog takedown: maybe SOPA and PIPA and ACTA and DEA just aren’t necessary
Bodog takedown: maybe SOPA and PIPA and ACTA and DEA just aren’t necessary
Civil liberties groups are happy that SOPA has, at least temporarily, gone away; and that ACTA seems to be running into problems in some European countries. But given recent LEA takedowns, are these new laws even necessary?
March 1, 2012
RSA 2012: Hacking, external actors dominate 2011 data breaches
RSA 2012: Hacking, external actors dominate 2011 data breaches
A full 86% of the data breach cases investigated by Verizon Business in 2011 originated from hacking, and 92% were carried out by an external agent rather than an insider or partner, according to select findings from its 2012 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) released at the RSA Conference.
March 1, 2012