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Facebook posts source code on site by mistake
You would expect a site of the size and resources of Facebook not to fall victim to the most amateurish of programming errors, but it did; users who put a lot of personal data in their Facebook pages may want to reconsider
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Politics, profit create conditions hospitable to Internet security disaster
The Internet offers lucrative opportunities for hacking chaos and rampant crime owing to serious computer defense flaws, specialists told cyber security experts from around the world at a major conference in Las Vegas
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The bumpy road to a better Internet
Would that we had an Internet which would cut online crime, tackle child pornography, halt crippling viruses, and get rid of spam; scientists are working on it, but with less government support than was the case 40 years ago, when the Internet was born
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Zero-day vulnerabilities are the top security concern
Most IT managers say that zero-day vulnerabilities are their main concern; 29 percent of organizations deployed critical updates within two hours during 2007 compared to just 14 percent in 2006
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DHS issues security guidelines for U.S. power infrastructure operators
Growing fears of physical and cyber attacks on U.S. power infrastructure lead DHS to issue detailed protection plans against for industry
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FCC puts 700 MHz item on 31 July
Since 9/11 there have been calls for making part of the 700 MHz spectrum a dedicated public-safety band; the FCC is inching toward a ruling on the issue
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New quantum key system combines speed, distance
Detection stage of the NIST prototype quantum key distribution system: Photons are “up-converted” from 1310 to 710 nm by one of the two NIST-designed converters at right, then sent to one of two commercial silicon avalanche photo diode units to the left. Credit: NIST
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CheckPoint awarded DOD IT security contract
A year-and-a-half ago CehckPoint withdrew its application to acquire Sourcefire in the face of sure CFIUS denial; nor the Pentagonm selects CheckPoint to protect sensitive military information
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Cybercrime Is funding organized crime
Cybercrime is so profitable that organized crime is using it to fund its other exploits; U.S. law enforcement receives more cooperation from abroad in fighting back
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GAO's cybercrime report addresses cyber threats, responses
The FBI estimates that the annual loss due to computer crime was estimated to be $67.2 billion for U.S. organizations; nation-states and terrorists could conduct a coordinated cyber attack to seriously disrupt electric power distribution, air traffic control, and financial sectors; GAO studies the issue
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Endpoint data protection specialist raises $13.5 million
As more employees carry portable devices, and as transmission and storage devices of all types proliferate throughout the organization, endpoint data protection becomes more urgent; investors bet on specialist in the field
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Westlin, Zogmo offer dual data center IT continuity deal
Interest is growing in disaster communication continuity solutions, and two Texas companies join hands to offer a dual data center solution
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Data breaches do not often lead to ID theft
GAO report says that large data breaches do not appear to lead to identity theft; proposals requiring companies to notify customers of beaches may be costly an unnecessary
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One-time passcode generator for mobile devices unveiled
The safest password in the world is one which is used only once, then discarded; California company launches a one-time pass code genrator
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Airwave emergency communication radios "seriously flawed"
In 2002 London launched a £3 billion emergency communication service; 7/7 highlighted shortcomings in the system, and a new study finds that two years later the system is still flawed
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The long view
States Rush to Combat AI Threat to Elections
This year’s presidential election will be the first since generative AI became widely available. That’s raising fears that millions of voters could be deceived by a barrage of political deepfakes. Congress has done little to address the issue, but states are moving aggressively to respond — though questions remain about how effective any new measures to combat AI-created disinformation will be.
Ransomware Attacks: Death Threats, Endangered Patients and Millions of Dollars in Damages
A ransomware attack on Change Healthcare, a company that processes 15 billion health care transactions annually and deals with 1 in 3 patient records in the United States, is continuing to cause massive disruptions nearly three weeks later. The incident, which started on February 21, has been called the “most significant cyberattack on the U.S. health care system” by the American Hospital Association. It is just the latest example of an increasing trend.
Chinese Government Hackers Targeted Critics of China, U.S. Businesses and Politicians
An indictment was unsealed Monday charging seven nationals of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) with conspiracy to commit computer intrusions and conspiracy to commit wire fraud for their involvement in a PRC-based hacking group that spent approximately 14 years targeting U.S. and foreign critics, businesses, and political officials in furtherance of the PRC’s economic espionage and foreign intelligence objectives.
Autonomous Vehicle Technology Vulnerable to Road Object Spoofing and Vanishing Attacks
Researchers have demonstrated the potentially hazardous vulnerabilities associated with the technology called LiDAR, or Light Detection and Ranging, many autonomous vehicles use to navigate streets, roads and highways. The researchers have shown how to use lasers to fool LiDAR into “seeing” objects that are not present and missing those that are – deficiencies that can cause unwarranted and unsafe braking or collisions.
Tantalizing Method to Study Cyberdeterrence
Tantalus is unlike most war games because it is experimental instead of experiential — the immersive game differs by overlapping scientific rigor and quantitative assessment methods with the experimental sciences, and experimental war gaming provides insightful data for real-world cyberattacks.