“Now, with a new fraud alert service developed by Microsoft, institutions will have a faster way to know that a customer’s account information has been compromised. People who find customer credentials will have a place to hand over that information to a trustworthy source. On June 17, the computer giant announced the Internet Fraud Alert [...]
“Sophisticated hackers aren’t the only ones gaining access to sensitive data on the Internet. A large amount of personal information is being left exposed or poorly protected by companies and governments. The number of identity-theft victims in the U.S. jumped 12% to 11.1 million in 2009, according to research company Javelin Strategy & Research. Fraud [...]
“New legislation expected to be introduced today would give the Homeland Security Department broad new authorities and powers over federal civilian networks. The bill, however, does not include a ‘kill switch’ for private sector networks, as widely reported previously. The legislation, Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010, sponsored by Sens. Joseph Lieberman [...]
“North Korea has mounted a cyber campaign — using stolen identities of South Korean Internet users — to spread its claim that Seoul faked evidence on the sinking of a warship, officials said Tuesday. Intelligence officials believe the North hacked into the Internet identities of housewives, students and others for its campaign, the Munhwa Ilbo [...]
“The chief of the Pentagon’s new cyber-security command on Thursday endorsed talks with Russia over a proposal to limit military attacks in cyberspace, representing a significant shift in U.S. policy. The U.S. has for years objected to Russian proposals to establish a kind of arms-control treaty for cyber weapons, arguing that international cooperation should first [...]
“U.S. intelligence agencies have obtained a Chinese military book that will provide new insights into the Chinese military’s information-warfare plans. The book is being translated, but Inside the Ring obtained its table of contents, which reveals Beijing’s priorities for high-technology warfare using computers and electronic-warfare weapons. The 322-page book, ‘Information Warfare Theory,’ was published in [...]
“Momentum is growing on Capitol Hill for passage of cybersecurity legislation that would update the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) and set policy for protecting the nation’s critical infrastructure, a Senate staffer said today. ‘Cybersecurity is an issue that members of Congress are focusing on,’ said Deborah Parkinson, senior policy analyst on the Senate [...]
“Officials in charge of the reliability of the U.S. electric grid are taking a closer look at how to respond to cyberattacks and other possible catastrophic events. The North American Electric Reliability Corp., or NERC, and the U.S. Department of Energy in a report to be released Wednesday call for a range of steps– from [...]
“In another round of bank vs. customer, a Maine business has sued its bank, alleging that the institution failed to prevent fraudulent ACH transactions totaling more than $500,000. Patco, a Sanford, Maine-based construction company, had its corporate bank account raided over a six-day period last May by cyber thieves who were able to move over [...]
“In an effort to increase internal security, Google is reportedly in the midst of an effort that would make many IT professionals envious: It’s effectively banning Windows. Instead, the company is directing employees to use Macs or Linux PCs, according to the Financial Times. Google employees tell the Times that the company started promoting the [...]
