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Cyber Storm drill under way
Nation-wide (indeed, international) cybersecurity drill under way
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State of federal-state cybersecurity cooperation unsatisfactory
There is a lot of talk about the need for greater federal-state cooperation on cyber security, but much is still to be done
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Big cybersecurity vendors join to combat spyware
The big hitters in the cybersecurity industry are teaming up to fight spyware, but small spyware companies are worried
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DHS, private industry in national IT emergency exercise
Most of the nation’s critical infrastructure is privately owned including the communication infrastructure, so DHS is going to test government-private industry coordination in the event of emergency
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DHS WAN susceptible to service disruptions
DHS IG says department WAN susceptible to disruption and data loss
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Metrics: Money allocated to security grows
Motivational speakers accentuate the positive, but fear is also a great motivator — just see what countries and companies are planning to spend on defense this year
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IDS shows biometric identification system with proprietary 384 Bit algorithm
Biometrics company combines finger-print recognition with 384 Bit security and touts the superiority of finger printing over other forms of biometric identification
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DHS beefs up cybersecurity budget
Cybercrime reaches record level and shows growing sophistication; DHS beefs up its cybersecurity efforts, even as state and local cybersecurity officials say not enough is done to coordinate federal-state cyber defense efforts
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DHS to tighten security of information included in national infrastructure plan
Infrastructure and IT companies are supposed to provide DHS with information to help fashion an effective infrastructure protection policy; these companies are worried about who would have access to that information
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Protecting data over wide-area networks
For business to recover from disaster it has to have its data and applications protected; to do that effectively, both hardware and software encryptions are required, and both transmitted information and stored information should be proected
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DHS buys 150,000 Camouflage CyberKeys
You can take it with you: DHS buys a nifty little device to help its work force be mobile and secure at the same time
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Identity Systems shows upgraded identity search-and-match solution
Businesses are becoming more aware of the need to know exactly who their clients, suppliers, and employees are, so the upgrade to an already-popular search and identify solution will be welcomed
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Emblaze acquires majority interest in secure information specialist Smart Content
Versatile communication security company acquires a content delivery company with sophisticated technology; beyond meeting consumer demand for more consumer-tailored contents, the system may be used for homeland security purposes
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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.