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Author : Mohit Kumar on 1/16/2013 07:00:00 AM The US Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber Emergency Response Team has released a report, which stated that two American electrical power plants were compromised late last year and has identified a number of glaring electronic vulnerabilities. Some unknown malware infected two power plants control systems using unprotected […]

16 January 2013 Last updated at 13:10 ET (Reported by BBC) Two power plants in the US were affected by malware attacks in 2012, a security authority has said. In its latest quarterly newsletter, the US Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) said “common and sophisticated” attacks had taken place. Malware had infected […]

By Scott Taylor, Randy Richmond, The London Free Press, Wednesday, January 2, 2013 7:31:52 EST AM Instead of late Christmas cards, 5,000 Canadians are getting warning letters from the federal government telling them it lost their sensitive personal information on a thumb-sized computer storage device last month. Free Press reporters Randy Richmond and Scott Taylor, […]

CP  |  By The Canadian Press Posted: 12/28/2012 3:54 pm EST  |  Updated: 12/28/2012 9:03 pm EST OTTAWA – A federal government department says there is no evidence that missing personal information about thousands of Canadians has been used for fraudulent purposes. Human Resources and Skills Development Canada says an employee reported on Nov. 16 that a […]

Tue, Dec 4 2012 By Mark Hosenball ZURICH (Reuters) – Secret information on counter-terrorism shared by foreign governments may have been compromised by a massive data theft by a senior IT technician for the NDB, Switzerland’s intelligence service, European national security sources said. Intelligence agencies in the United States and Britain are among those who […]

NYSE Is Not Impressed With SEC Review of Data Security Breach, Hires Former Homeland Security Chief by Jack J. Kelly on November 19, 2012 he NYSE announced the hiring of heavy-hitter former Homeland Security Secretary, Assistant US Attorney General and Judge, Michael Chertoff to investigate the Securities and Exchange Commission’s admitted computer security breach that […]

Canadian companies lag globally in information security innovation: survey DAILY NEWS Nov 19, 2012 3:06 PM While many organizations globally are making important strides in their information security practices, they are still falling behind the fast-changing risks involved with new technologies, according to a new study from Ernst and Young. Government regulatory changes in recent […]

Code in Aramco Cyber Attack Indicates Lone Perpetrator By Michael Riley and Eric Engleman – Oct 25, 2012 Within hours after a virus had devastated the computer network of Saudi Arabian Oil Co., the world’s largest state-owned crude oil exporter, investigators began searching for evidence of who was behind the attack. Although anonymous U.S. officials […]

Posted by Mohit Kumar on 10/01/2012 09:39:00 AM in The Hacker News A ban on the use of pen drives has not been able to safeguard cyber security as it has now been labeled as a major threat in defence forces, the Army officials said. The use of pen drives as an easy-to-carry storage device has […]

Published: Sunday, September 30, 2012, 15:25 [IST] New Delhi, Sep 30: Despite a ban, use of pen drives has emerged as the main threat to cyber security in defense forces as it is responsible for over 70 per cent of such breaches in the three Services. The use of pen drives as an easy-to-carry storage […]