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Cyber warfare in sights at government training conference
The prospect of cyberwar means the U.S. needs to 'rethink every aspect of defense,' says one summit presenter
Cyber spies exploiting Java, Flash flaws
Such activity is often paid for, or sanctioned by, government agencies
Companies slow to react to mobile security threat
Nearly a third of IT managers have reported a security threat as a result of personal devices accessing company data, Juniper finds
Secure360: The failure of risk management
It's about securing the cloud right, aligning security with the business and a search for new ways for IT security to keep the attention of the...
Does 'stand your cyberground' stand a chance?
Internet security experts say the concept has merit, but major legal and ethical problems still need to be sorted out
Hacktivists have the enterprises' attention. Now what?
Experts say enterprises need to be more prepared for anything and everything, including eventual compromises.
Will Obama preside over the coming of Big Brother?
Privacy advocates and civil libertarians say among the president's broken promises is a failure to restrain the NSA's growing domestic surveillance.
FBI 'safety net' servers come with expiration date
Users still infected by DNSChanger have until July 9 to clean their systems
Compliance isn't security, but companies still pretend it is, according to survey
According to the 2012 "HIMSS Analytics Report: Security of Patient Data," increasingly strict regulation and increased compliance from providers...
Embedded system security much more dangerous, costly than traditional software vulnerabilities
Experts say embedded device manufacturers too often lack maturity when it comes to designing secure embedded systems.
Law firms see big money in healthcare breach cases
Attorneys filing the complaints and defending their targets agree that they are in untested legal waters. Filing privacy breach cases as class...
The 'Archive Team' Rescues User Content From Doomed Sites
What happens when your favorite Web host decides to go out of business and ice the content from thousands of users like you? Does all of that data...
UK hacker accessed accounts for 20 months before bust
The takedown of Edward Pearson is said to be part of a larger crackdown on cybercrime in the UK.
Operation Global Blackout: Real danger or irrelevant?
Anonymous announced March 31 as the date of the attack, along with the method they intend to use -- disabling the Domain Name Service through DDoS...
In new attack on mobile handsets, fraudsters target one-time passwords
Two online banking fraud schemes are designed to defeat the one-time password (OTP) authorization systems used by many banks.
News International security chief arrested in phone hacking case
Scotland Yard arrested six people, including Mark Hanna, the media company's director of group security since 2009
Was LulzSec bust part of a play against Julian Assange?
Some observers see the LulzSec bust as an "intermediate step" in the pursuit of a more prominent fugitive: WikiLeaks founder and...
Ukraine seen as a growing 'haven for hackers'
Ukraine's would-be major crackdown on cybercrime is increasingly looking like a bust. The result is the country becoming a haven for hackers, in...
In depth: What does APT really mean?
And what should companies do about truly persistent threats?
LulzSec bust a blow to Anonymous? Not so fast
Security experts say it's too early to tell how much damage has been done to the hacking groups that operate under the loose affiliation of...