Cybersecurity
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A bill to let spy agencies share intelligence on cyber threats with private companies was backed by a House of Representatives intelligence panel.
December 02, 2011 -
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.
December 02, 2011 -
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
December 01, 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.\"
December 01, 2011 -
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.
December 01, 2011 -
USA Search, which hosts search services over more than 500 government sites, topped the list of award winners presented by CTOlabs.com.
December 01, 2011 -
Two recent cyber incidents hightlight the real threat that cyber attacks can have, Vance Taylor, a partner Catalyst said. He penned a blog post on SecurityDebrief.com calling the most recent of these a \"stark reminder.\"
November 30, 2011 -
Your password might not be as secure as you think. Do these passwords sound familiar: \"123456,\" \"password\" and \"monkey.\" Those are just a few of the 25 worst passwords according to Splash Data.
November 30, 2011 -
Bipartisan legislation introduced in the House today would allow the federal government to share classified cybersecurity threat information with private companies.
November 30, 2011 -
In June 2011 alone, Adobe software received more than 14,000 attacks, compared to only 1,500 attacks on Microsoft products.
November 30, 2011 -
The Justice Department and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement led a government-wide effort to stem the flow of counterfeit products. The White House launched a public-service campaign to let citizens know the impact of fake products on the economy. The Senate passed more stringent rules for DoD and its vendors to make sure military parts are original.
November 30, 2011 -
Several large departments have failed to close cybersecurity workforce gaps that could hinder efforts to protect their computers and networks, according to congressional auditors.
November 29, 2011 -
Bradley Anstis is the vice president of technical strategy at M86 Security, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the network threats, why the Android platform is an increasing target and what agencies can do protect themselves.
November 29, 2011 -
Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, calls for \"whole government\" approach to dealing with online threat.
November 29, 2011 -
The Justice Department, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the FBI have teamed up to take 150 websites that are alleged to have sold counterfeit products.
November 28, 2011
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