“Bloomberg News has identified six of the energy companies targeted in recent series of ‘coordinated covert and targeted cyberattacks’ and says the victims could face legal liability for choosing not to disclose them to shareholders. The roster includes Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell, BP, Marathon Oil, ConocoPhillips, and Baker Hughes, according to an article the [...]
“The U.S. Defense Department is planning to spend $500 million to research new cyber security technologies including cloud computing and encrypted data processing, Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn said today. The Pentagon will also provide seed capital for companies to develop dual-use technologies that serve our cyber security needs,’ Lynn said in prepared remarks delivered [...]
“The Department of Homeland Security has accidentally seized 84,000 innocent domains. This time, Immigration and Customs Enforcement accused the wrong domain of hosting child porn. Unfortunately, that didn’t just shutter one blameless domain — the knock-on effect killed all the other domains on its shared hosting service. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers ponder the implications for [...]
“China-based hackers have launched an unprecedented cyber-attack on the Canadian government, penetrating the computer systems of two key agencies and forcing them offline, CBC reported. Asked about the report, the Treasury Board issued a brief statement recognizing it had detected an ‘unauthorized attempt to access its networks,’ but did not elaborate. ‘Employee access to the [...]
“The deputy secretary of Defense, the Honorable William J. Lynn III, delivered remarks at the RSA conference that captures a snapshot of DoD cyber policies. This is consistent with the continually improving path the department has been on for the last several years. I recommend a good read of the remarks and hope you share [...]
“‘The potential for the next Pearl Harbor could very well be a cyber-attack,’ he testified on Capitol Hill Thursday before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper also appeared, telling the committee, ‘This threat is increasing in scope and scale, and its impact is difficult to overstate.’ “ (CIA [...]
“Hackers who appear to be based in China have conducted a ‘coordinated, covert and targeted’ campaign of cyber espionage against major Western energy firms, according to a report expected to be issued Thursday by cybersecurity firm McAfee Inc. Law-enforcement agencies said they are investigating the incidents, which McAfee said have been going on at least [...]
“Hackers have repeatedly penetrated the computer network of the company that runs the Nasdaq Stock Market during the past year, and federal investigators are trying to identify the perpetrators and their purpose, according to people familiar with the matter. The exchange’s trading platform—the part of the system that executes trades—wasn’t compromised, these people said. However, [...]
“The London Stock Exchange’s new open source trading system may have been hacked last year, according to a report. The alleged attack came as the LSE began the switch over to the Linux-based systems, according to the dates referred to in the Times newspaper.” Source: London Stock Exchange ‘under major cyberattack’ during Linux switch – [...]
“Internet users across the world are at risk of being hacked due to a massive security flaw in Internet Explorer, according to a Microsoft announcement. The flaw, which affects all versions of the popular web browser, puts 900 million people across the globe at risk of being hacked and will require an interim patch update [...]
