The new plan spells out a research and development program aimed at improving trustworthiness on the Internet.
Under the draft bill, introduced by the chairman of the House Homeland Security Cybersecurity Subcommittee, Daniel Lungren (R-Calif.), the organization would share cyber threat information among various government and private-sector groups. The Homeland Security Department would take a lead role in the new organization by organizing the information sharing across the government and its private sector counterparts.
Eight companies are headed to court over their use of Carrier IQ software, Computerworld reports. The lawsuit says the companies have violated federal wiretap laws because Carrier IQ\'s services, which provides analytics, are intrusive and infringe on users\' privacy.
Viewing cybersecurity as a growth area, Raytheon buys up its ninth cybersecurity firm since 2007.
Alan Paller, the vice president for research at the SANS Institute told In Depth with Francis Rose the appointment of Mark Weatherford to head the DHS cyber division has reinvigorated the agency\'s operations.
The survey warns shopper to be on alert for fake merchant sites and to take steps to protect their personal information.
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say that the current system, which includes federal, state and local entities, is inefficient and could leave gaps in security, Reuters reports.
Sanjay Sardar, FERC\'s CIO, joined to discuss the agency\'s FISMA stance.
A week of simulated cyber battling took place at Nellis Air Force Base just outside Las Vegas.
A bill to let spy agencies share intelligence on cyber threats with private companies was backed by a House of Representatives intelligence panel.
Global cybersecurity spending is expected to reach $60 billion this year and is forecast to grow at 10 percent every year during the next three to five years.
Phil Cirrulli, the chief information officer for the managing and operations contractor for the site, is improving the national lab\'s infrastructure to support widespread wireless access. He also is shutting down legacy mainframe systems after implementing a new ERP system. December 1, 2011
SophosLabs reports spammers are targeting users and tricking them into clicking on and infecting their computers with a Trojan horse. The messages, sent from what appears to be the U.S. Postal Service use a variety of subject lines such as, \"Track your parcel\" and \"Your package is available for pickup.\"
Hackers responsible for the botnet known as Duqu, have been clearing their tracks. Computerworld reports the hackers have cleraed and cleaned all their known servers all the way back to 2009.
USA Search, which hosts search services over more than 500 government sites, topped the list of award winners presented by CTOlabs.com.