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DARPA will start testing devices and software for backdoors
The scenario is one that information security experts dread: widespread dissemination of commercial technology that is secretly wired to function in unintended ways or even …
Kaspersky Lab predicts core threats for 2013
Kaspersky Lab’s experts outlined key security trends of 2012 and presented their views on the core threats of 2013. The most notable predictions for the next year …
Five priority areas for future U.S. homeland security focus
On the heels of the tenth anniversary of the creation of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Booz Allen Hamilton outlined five priority areas for the next decade …
U.S. denies hacking computers in the Élysées Palace
U.S. cyber spies have allegedly hacked a string of computers inside the official residence of the President of the French Republic during the last days of Sarkozy’s …
Info about 0-day SCADA flaws offered for sale
Following in the footsteps of French Vupen Security, Malta-based start-up ReVuln has also decided to sell information about zero-day vulnerabilities to companies and …
EFF teaches how to file FOIA requests
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has announced a new project that should make it easier for interested parties to search for information the organization received …
Georgia shows photos of Russian-based hacker spy
A Russian-based hacker has been unmasked as one of the attackers behind a long-standing campaign aimed at compromising computers belonging to Georgian ministries, parliament, …
Israel Police pulled computers offline due to RAT infestation
Trend Micro researchers have managed to get their hands on the malware that caused the Israeli Police Department to pull all of its systems offline last Thursday, and the …
Privacy compliance laws: Why the European Commission finally got it right
The debate about privacy compliance has always been a heated one. Add to the mix new European Commission legislation and you have a recipe for not only a lively debate but …
U.S. DHS reshuffles its cyber office, adds two more divisions
Trying to keep in step with the increasing need for cybersecurity capabilities, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Cybersecurity and Communications …
SCAP scanning and CyberScope reporting
nCircle announced the debut of IP360 Federal, featuring a Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) 1.2 draft compliant scanner. SCAP combines a number of open standards and …
Scareware marketer ordered to pay $163M fine
At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal court imposed a judgment of more than $163 million on the final defendant in the FTC’s case against an …