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Eighteen-page presidential memo reveals how Barack Obama has ordered intelligence officials to draw up a list of potential overseas targets for US cyber attacks 
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Cyber attacks on computers that run the nation’s energy grid, nuclear reactors and water-treatment plants are increasing with potentially lethal effects, the Department of Homeland Security’s top investigator said.
Successful infiltrations of computer networks have the potential to create large-scale power outages or cause “physical damage, loss of life and other cascading effects that could disrupt services,” Charles Edwards, the agency’s acting inspector general, said in prepared testimony for a congressional hearing today.
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Cyber attacks on computers that run the nation’s energy grid, nuclear reactors and water-treatment plants are increasing with potentially lethal effects, the Department of Homeland Security’s top investigator said.
Successful infiltrations of computer networks have the potential to create large-scale power outages or cause “physical damage, loss of life and other cascading effects that could disrupt services,” Charles Edwards, the agency’s acting inspector general, said in prepared testimony for a congressional hearing today.
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Internet security has changed the bureau’s priorities on national security
INFOSEC: CYBER CRIME is fast becoming a threat to surpass terrorism, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said on Wednesday,
===> announcing that it has changed its priorities to focus on cyber security as "a national security threat". <===
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INFOSEC: CYBER CRIME is fast becoming a threat to surpass terrorism, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said on Wednesday, announcing that it has changed its priorities to focus on cyber security as "a national security threat".
Learn more:
- https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/naivety-in-the-digital-age/
- https://gustmeesen.wordpress.com/2012/03/16/beginners-it-security-guide/
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INFOSEC: CYBER CRIME is fast becoming a threat to surpass terrorism, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said on Wednesday, announcing that it has changed its priorities to focus on cyber security as "a national security threat".
Learn more:
- https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/naivety-in-the-digital-age/
- https://gustmeesen.wordpress.com/2012/03/16/beginners-it-security-guide/
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On Tuesday, March 5th, The European Institute, in cooperation with the Embassy of Italy, will hold a meeting of the Transatlantic Roundtable on Telecommunications & IT with Dr.
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Starting this week, those downloading movies, TV shows and music illegally in the U.S. are going to start getting called out for committing Internet fouls.
Copyright holders RIAA and MPAA in partnership with five major Internet service providers are launching the “Copyright Alert System” a.k.a. “Six Strikes” a.k.a. “The Copyright Surveillance Machine.” What does it mean?
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Repeated cyber intrusions into critical infrastructure demonstrate the need for improved cyber security.
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Repeated cyber intrusions into critical infrastructure demonstrate the need for improved cyber security.
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(AP)—High-level talks with the Chinese government to address persistent cyberattacks against U.S. companies and government agencies haven't worked, so officials say the Obama administration is now considering a range of actions.
"We have to begin making it clear to the Chinese," Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday, "that the United States is going to have to take action to protect not only our government's, but our private sector, from this kind of illegal intrusions."
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The cold war starts to heat up...
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Even if you've never downloaded copyrighted content in your life, the new policy may put a damper on your Web surfing at the local cafe.
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Most Cyberattacks Are Launched by the United States, Not Against Them, Experts Say...
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Hague announces plan for new cyber security centre to guard against cyber attack and offer nations advice on improving their cyber defences...
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Three websites which distributed copyrighted smartphone 'apps', or applications, have been shut down by law enforcement authorities in the US, in which the Department of Justice (DoJ) said was the first case involving "cell phone app marketplaces".27 Aug 2012
The DoJ said that the seizures were the result of "comprehensive enforcement action taken to prevent the infringement of copyrighted mobile device apps" involving international authorities, including those in France and the Netherlands. Visitors to any of the three sites - applanet.net, appbucket.net and snappzmarket.com - will now find a banner notifying them that the relevant domain name has been seized by the authorities and informing them that "wilful copyright infringement" is a federal crime.
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Case against Internet fraud ring reveals millions unknowingly affected worldwide.
- Learn about DNSChanger malware and how it can affect your computer
Read more: http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011/november/malware_110911
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Iran Captures US Drone with Cyber Attack...
Iran celebrates a major victory on the United States after they managed to take over the controls of an RQ-170 stealth drone by launching a cyber attack against it.
There was no physical weaponry utilized to bring down the aircraft, cyber weapons being much more effective in this case, DEBKAfile reports.
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Exclusive: Top-secret directive steps up offensive cyber capabilities to 'advance US objectives around the world'
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overseas target list for cyber-attacks...
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Une nouvelle vague de cyber-attaques frappe les entreprises américaines. Cette fois-ci le but de ces attaques n’est pas l’espionnage mais le sabotage, et les spécialistes de la sécurité aux Etats-Unis, soupçonnent que ces intrusions viennent du Moyen-Orient sans préciser le pays d’origine. D’après le journal The New York Times, dans un article paru le 12 de ce mois, les attaques sont axées essentiellement sur les sociétés d’énergie, les criminels cherchant à s’introduire dans le système informatique pour prendre le contrôle et exécuter leurs programmes malveillants.
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Taking a page from China, the United States is scouring high schools for hackers, finding recruits with contests that aim to get them excited about cyberdefense.
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United States is scouring high schools for hackers...
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With media coverage of cyber attacks proliferating, and public sector policy shops giving security increasing attention, the US Department of Homeland Security finds itself at the front lines of securing the nation’s digital assets.
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President Obama signed a cybersecurity executive order yesterday. Our own David Gewirtz, one of America's leading cybersecurity experts, explains why Mr. Obama didn't go far enough.
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Wait and see what will be next steps...
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President Barack Obama is expected to issue a cybersecurity executive order in the days after his Feb. 12 State of the Union address.
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This summer, citizens in cities across the Nation will join together to improve their communities and governments as part of the National Day of Civic Hacking.
Civic Hacking Day is an opportunity for software developers, technologists, and entrepreneurs to unleash their can-do American spirit by collaboratively harnessing publicly-released data and code to create innovative solutions for problems that affect Americans.
While civic hacking communities have long worked to improve our country and the world, this summer will mark the first time local developers from across the Nation unite around the shared mission of addressing and solving challenges relevant to OUR blocks, OUR neighborhoods, OUR cities, OUR states, and OUR country.
National Day of Civic Hacking will provide citizens an opportunity to do what is most quintessentially American: roll up our sleeves, get involved and work together to improve our society.
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January 24, 2013 2:30 AM
Ready to get involved in YOUR community? You can learn more about the National Day of Civic Hacking at: http://www.hackforchange.org/.
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More than half of U.S.Department of Energy desktop systems failed to apply security patches for known vulnerabilities, though the software fixes were issued months...
Read more: http://www.govinfosecurity.com/energy-fails-to-patch-vulnerable-pc-apps-a-5301
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US blames Iran hackers for cyberattacks: U.S. authorities believe that Iranian-based hackers were responsible for cyberattacks that devastate...
Read more: http://gadgets.ndtv.com/others/news/us-blames-iran-hackers-for-cyberattacks-279437
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Some of the US government's most sensitive networks were reportedly infiltrated by hackers, in a worrying development in the escalating ‘cyber war' taking place between nations.
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Summary: Defense analyst John Arquilla believes the U.S. should stop prosecuting elite hackers and instead hire them to wage an online war against terrorists as well as other American enemies. He argues if the U.S.should stop prosecuting elite hackers and instead hire them to wage an online war against terrorists as well as other American enemies. He argues if the U.S. played its card rights with hackers, the war on terror would have been long over.
Read more: http://www.zdnet.com/defense-expert-us-should-hire-hackers-to-conduct-cyberwarfare-7000000920/
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Much has been said about the role social media has come to play in the global landscape over the last few years.
According to the Washington Post, President Obama will today issue an executive order that gives U.S. officials the ability to impose sanctions on foreign bodies that use these “new technologies” to carry out human rights violations.
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