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In cybersecurity, our greatest enemy may be...
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- Published Wednesday 3rd 2010
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When it comes to cybersecurity, we are constantly reminded of the threats
posed by external adversaries, or about the inadvertent problems we
sometimes cause because of our own lax practices. But what if the
greatest damage comes from a deliberately designed weakness?
Cybersecurity Chief Confronts Google Attack, Cloud Security
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- Published Wednesday 3rd 2010
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The nation's new cybersecurity coordinator,
Howard Schmidt, says the task of overseeing government-wide computer
security has been "non-stop" in his first two weeks on the job.
CSC Names Andy Purdy Chief Cybersecurity Strategist
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- Published Tuesday 2nd 2010
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FALLS CHURCH, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CSC (NYSE: CSC) named Donald “Andy” Purdy chief cybersecurity
strategist. He will report to Samuel S. Visner, CSC lead for Cyber and
vice president for strategy and business development of the North
American Public Sector (NPS) Enforcement, Security and Intelligence
Group.
In their words: Experts weigh in on Mac vs. PC security
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- Published Tuesday 2nd 2010
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When I am asked the question "Which is more secure,
Mac
or PC?" I find myself stumbling around for a response because I don't
have a clear-cut answer. I use both. And I use antivirus software with
both.
House to Consider Cybersecurity Bill on Wednesday
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- Published Tuesday 2nd 2010
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Computerworld - The
U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote Wednesday on a
proposed bill that is designed to bolster federal cybersecurity
research and development activities, and stimulate the growth of a
cybersecurity workforce in the country.
AT&T, Verizon, other carriers eyeing Federal government cybersecurity deals
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- Published Tuesday 2nd 2010
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Most U.S. federal government agencies are expected to meet
cybersecurity defense requirements by buying managed security services
from carriers such as AT&T, Qwest, Sprint and Verizon through the
federal umbrella telecommunications contract known as Networx.
Arrest Warrant against Floyd Landis in France for Illegal Computer Hacking
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- Published Monday 1st 2010
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Arrest Warrant against Floyd Landis in France for illegal computer
hacking. Last month an arrest warrant has been issued by a French judge Thomas
Cassuto against cyclist Floyd Landis regarding a computer hacking case.
So if Floyd goes to France he will be arrested.The judge wants Landis
for questioning about the data hacking the happened in the fall of 2006
at the Châtenay-Malabry antidoping lab, the facility where tests on
Landis's urine samples were conducted in 2006.
Symantec: Cyber attacks spark security concerns
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- Published Monday 1st 2010
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Reflecting
the growing threat posed by Internet hackers, every one of the 2,100
businesses and government agencies surveyed worldwide by Symantec last
month said they had money stolen, lost intellectual property or were
damaged in other ways in 2009 from cyber attacks, according a report
released today by the Mountain View security-software firm.
Home > Politics Secret Service Computers Only Work at 60 Percent Capacity; Agency Uses 1980s Mainframe
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- Published Monday 1st 2010
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A classified review of the United States Secret Service's
computer technology found that the agency's computers were fully
operational only 60 percent of the time because of outdated systems and
a reliance on a computer mainframe that dates to the 1980s, according
to Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn.Experts think up smarter honeypot traps to track malware
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- Published Monday 1st 2010
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Honeypot traps designed to protect computers from Botnets, which are used to carry out fraudulent and criminal activity on the Internet, are now vulnerable to attack because of advances in Botnet malware, computer scientists say. Botnets are armies of networked computers that have been compromised by malicious software.

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