“Symantec Corp took the rare step of advising customers to stop using one of its products, saying its pcAnywhere software for accessing remote PCs is at increased risk of getting hacked after blueprints of that software were stolen.” (Source: Symantec tells customers to disable pcAnywhere software | Reuters.)
“Despite the increased frequency and severity of online crime and espionage in 2011, many American corporations and consumers are still not taking the threat seriously, the FBI’s top cyber official said Thursday. The risk posed by criminal hackers is “existential, meaning it could eliminate whole companies,” said Shawn Henry, the FBI’s executive assistant director. If [...]
“A Pentagon pilot program that uses classified National Security Agency data to protect the computer networks of defense contractors has had some success but also has failed to meet some expectations, according to a study commissioned by the Defense Department. The program showed that Internet carriers could be trusted to handle the NSA data, that [...]
“Microsoft has proven that it can take down huge, global botnets like Kelihos, Rustock and Waldec. Now the company is ready to start making the data it acquires in those busts available to governments, law enforcement and customers as a real time threat intelligence feed. Representatives from the Redmond, Washington software maker told an audience [...]
“A number of the largest US banks are teaming with New York University’s Polytechnic Institute to establish a center that would sift through bank data to detect potential cyberattacks.” (Source: Infosecurity – US banks teaming with NYU to set up cybersecurity center.)
DISA has released STIGS for common smartphones including Android and IOS. “The Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) and the NSA Guides are the configuration standards for DOD IA and IA-enabled devices/systems. Since 1998, DISA Field Security Operations (FSO) has played a critical role enhancing the security posture of DoD’s security systems by providing the Security [...]
“Let this be the day that you change your password practices. On December 24th, 2011, Anonymous, the group of hackers that includes anyone who chooses to adapt that label, announced that they had broken into the servers of the defense intelligence organization Stratfor. Despite Anonymous’ belief in a vast military-industrial-government conspiracy, Stratfor is merely a [...]
“Hackers reportedly plan to fight back against Internet censorship by putting their own communications satellites into orbit and developing a grid of ground stations to track and communicate with them.” (Hackers Said to be Planning to Launch Own Satellites to Combat Censorship | PCWorld)
“Sure, you can install anti-virus programs. You can even go a step further and encrypt your data and heavily protect your passwords. In fact, these are but a few of many steps business owners can take to prevent cybersecurity breaches and subsequent data theft.” (Cybersecurity insurance: What small businesses need to know – On Small [...]
“Hackers’ exploits this year were not necessarily new, but neither was the prioritization of the issue by policymakers, the media, and to a lesser extent, the private sector. Those who have been around the cybersecurity space for a while have seen much of this movie before — though maybe this year was not a remake [...]
