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SecurID Company Suffers Security Breach

"The RSA Security division of the EMC Corporation said Thursday that it had suffered a sophisticated data breach, potentially compromising computer security products widely used by corporations and governments. The company, which pioneered an advanced cryptographic system during the 1980s, sells products that offer stronger computer security than simple password protection. Known as multifactor authentication, the technology is typically based on an electronic token carried by a user that repeatedly generates a time-based number that must be appended to a password when a user logs in to a computer system. " Source: SecurID Company Suffers Security Breach - NYTimes.com ›
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Pentagon to Help Internet Providers Get Military Cyber Tools

"The U.S. Defense Department plans to start a pilot program offering the military’s cyber security tools to Internet service providers for use in detecting and stopping attacks on their networks. The Pentagon is drafting a proposal to provide the country’s top Internet service providers with tools and techniques already available to a group of defense c ›
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Former NSA, CIA Chief: Declassify Cyber Vulnerabilities

"The former head of America’s most powerful and secretive intelligence agencies thinks the U.S. government classifies too much information on cybersecurity vulnerabilities. ‘Let me be clear: This stuff is overprotected,’ writes retired four-star Gen. Michael Hayden, in the new issue of the Air Force’s Strategic Studies Quarterly. ‘It is far easie ›
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Adobe: Attacks on Flash Player Flaw

"In an advisory released today, Adobe said malicious hackers were exploiting a critical security hole in Flash (up to and including the latest version of Flash. The software maker warned the vulnerability also exists in Adobe Flash player 10.2.152.33 and earlier versions for Windows, Mac, Linux and Solaris operating systems (10.2.154.13 and earlier for Chrome users), Flas ›
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US West Coast: on frontline from nuclear cloud?

"California is closely watching the crisis at a Japanese nuclear plant, but officials downplayed the threat that a radioactive cloud blown across the Pacific could pose for the US West Coast. While radioactivity could reach the United States from the quake-hit Fukushima plant, the levels would not be high enough to cause major health problems, said the Nucl ›
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China cyber-warfare capability a 'formidable concern'

"China's growing capabilities in cyber-warfare and intelligence gathering have been described as a 'formidable concern' to the United States. James Clapper, the US Director of National Intelligence, made the comments in testimony to the US Senate. From Canada and Britain, France and South Korea, there have been growing reports of online attacks on compute ›
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Pentagon seeks $500M to beat cyber threats

"Pentagon officials are seeking $500 million for cutting-edge research that could help protect the department from emerging cyber threats. Security experts give the department high marks on cybersecurity, but note that most of the Pentagon’s efforts have centered on immediate threats." Source: Pentagon seeks $500M to beat cyber threats - TheHill.com ›
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Hacking of DuPont, J&J, GE Were Google-Type Attacks That Weren't Disclosed

"The FBI broke the news to executives at DuPont Co. late last year that hackers had cracked the company’s computer networks for the second time in 12 months, according to a confidential Dec. 9, 2010, e-mail discussing the investigation. About a year earlier, DuPont had been hit by the same China- based hackers ›
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The new cyber arms race

"Deep inside a glass-and-concrete office building in suburban Washington, Sean McGurk grasps the handle of a vault door, clicks in a secret entry code, and swings the steel slab open. Stepping over the raised lip of a submarinelike bulkhead, he enters a room bristling with some of the most sophisticated technology in the United States." Source: The new cyber arms race - ›
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DHS ICE seizes 84,000 wrong domains

"The Department of Homeland Security has accidentally seized 84,000 innocent domains. This time, Immigration and Customs Enforcement accused the wrong domain of hosting child porn. Unfortunately, that didn't just shutter one blameless domain -- the knock-on effect killed all the other domains on its shared hosting service. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers ponder the implications ›
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Hackers Penetrate Nasdaq's Computers

"Hackers have repeatedly penetrated the computer network of the company that runs the Nasdaq Stock Market during the past year, and federal investigators are trying to identify the perpetrators and their purpose, according to people familiar with the matter. The exchange's trading platform—the part of the system that executes trades—wasn't compromised, ›
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Microsoft: Ban 'sick' PCs from the Internet

"The problem with PCs infected with bots has stymied security professionals ever since botnets came into wide use among cyber criminals. Attempts to shut down the command-and-control servers only temporarily have any effect, and investigators take months -- or years -- to nab the those responsible for the attacks. Now Microsoft is arguing that the security ›
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EU Unveils Plan to Strengthen Cybersecurity Efforts

"'We have to be also prepared for the worst,' said Kroes. 'If we want our digital markets to grow, users need to feel comfortable spending online. If companies are to take advantage of all the potential benefits of 'cloud computing', they need to know their business secrets will not be intercepted. If we want to exploit the amazing potential of e-health, peo ›