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Sacked employee crashes employer's computers in malware revenge attack
An employee in a company which provides IT systems to fast-food restaurant is fired; he plants three malicious systems-cacheing files on systems connected to the company’s extranet, causing damage estimated qt $49,000
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List of worst 25 programming errors ever Released
Leading cyber security organizations release a list of the worst 25 programming errors ever; it is a scary list
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The cyber security agenda of the new administration
U.S. national leaders do grasp the importance of network security and information assurance — but seeing the problem is not the same thing as solving it
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IT security spending to grow despite economic slowdown
Forrester Research finds that companies are still spending to protect their data — and that they will spend more in 2009; respondents to survey say security is an ongoing necessity unaffected by economic peaks and valleys
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FBI: U.S. facing "cybergeddon"
FBI experts say that cyber attacks pose the greatest threat to the United States after nuclear war and weapons of mass destruction — and these attacks are increasingly hard to prevent
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U.K. Home Office denies remote snooping plan
There have been discussions among EU ministers about giving police more authority to snoop on crime and terror suspects remotely, but the legal framework to do so is yet be created; what is more, techies says it cannot be done
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New, major weakness in Internet security reported
New weakness discovered in Internet security; the vulnerability allows impersonation of secure Web sites and e-mail servers; it also allows hackers to perform virtually undetectable phishing attacks
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Russia's hackers a growing global threat
There used to be a time when Russian hackers exposed chinks in American software just for the thrill of it; today they do it for cash — or for political reasons; cybercrime has outpaced the amount of illicit cash raked in by global drug trafficking
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2008 was a good year for cybercrime
Cybercrime has become more sophisticated in 2008; security firms now say there are about 20,000 new malicious programs created every day, and Symantec reached a grim milestone: its antivirus software now protects against more than one million viruses
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Even in tough times, IT security should not be short changed
In tough economic times, IT managers — as do other managers — look for ways to cut costs and expenses; they should realize, though, that in tough economic times IT security may become even more important than during more normal times
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IRS's IG says agency IT staff too lax
IG report says IT staff were not always saving or reviewing system audit logs, and clock settings on some firewalls and routers did not comply with IRS rules, increasing likelihood of unauthorized intrusion
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AT&T awarded contract to deliver secure Internet connections to federal agencies
The Networx program — Networx Universal and Networx Enterprise — is the the U.S. federal government’s largest telecommunications program, with a ceiling of $48.1 billion over ten years; AT&T wins a chunk of Networx Universal
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Microsoft releases critical Internet Explorer patch
The update fixes a JavaScript-related vulnerability which is being actively exploited through hacked Web sites
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Radioactive-waste tracking software deployed at U.K. nuclear sites
The radioactive-waste tracking software developed by Tennessee-based AttentionIT will be deployed in decommissioned U.K. nuclear facilities; the waste tracking software provides electronic storage of information related to “cradle to grave” treatment of radioactive and mixed waste
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Mobile security market to reach $890 million by 2011
Mobile security market will continue to grow, driven by backhaul and data center upgrades
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The long view
Researchers Develop AI Agent That Solves Cybersecurity Challenges Autonomously
New framework called EnIGMA demonstrates improved performance in automated vulnerability detection using interactive tools.