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?

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.

   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.

       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.

     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.

     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. 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.

      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.

   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.

      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.