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Cyberattack

Type: Keyphrase

Name: Cyberattack

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Politics)

Cyberattacks on U.S. military jump sharply in 2009

Cyberattacks on the U.S. Department of Defense -- many of them coming from China -- have jumped sharply in 2009, a U.S. congressional committee reported Thursday.Citing data provided by the U.S. Strategic Command, the U.S.-China Economic and Security ... [Industry Standard - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Cyberattack, China, Military/Armed Forces, United States

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

Are nations paying criminals for botnet attacks?

McAfee security report examines cyberattacks that seem concentrated on a specific country ... [Network World Middle East - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Criminal, Nationalism, Cyberattack

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)

National Security Agency

The NSA Helped Microsoft Improve Windows 7 Security

While some of us are likely to associate the with daydreams of espionage, the organization is also highly involved in improving security standards in software. They've even consulted with Microsoft during the development of Windows 7.According to the ... [Gizmodo - 11/20/2009]

Entities: National Security Agency, Microsoft Corporation, Windows 7

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Microsoft Corporation

3 basic steps to thwart most cyberattacks, courtesy of NSA

Computer systems with proper security and network controls should be able to withstand about 80 percent of known cyberattacks, according to a senior National Security Agency official.There are common steps that people could take to bolster computer security ... [GCN - 11/19/2009]

Entities: National Security Agency, Cyberattack, Microsoft Corporation, Operating Systems

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

Federal Aviation Administration

No aftereffect expected from FAA computer woe

TAMPA - U.S. airports were not expected to see flight delays today after a computer problem Thursday that began at one of two national centers that handle flight plans.The failure was attributed to a software configuration problem at a telecommunications ... [Tampa Bay Online - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Federal Aviation Administration, Atlanta, Telecommunications Center, Kathleen Bergen, Randy Babbitt

First Reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)

CRU data hack

Everyone's talking about the CRU data hack. Quirin Schiermeier reports on Nature News: One of Britain's leading climate-research centres has had more than 1,000 files stolen from its computers and republished on the Internet. The cyber-attack is apparently ... [Climate Feedback - Blog Posts - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Cyberattack, Climate, United Kingdom

First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 1 Documents

McAfee Inc

Countries Arming for Cyberwarfare

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – âMcAfee began to warn of the global cyberarms race more than two years ago, but now weâre seeing increasing evidence that itâs become real,â said Dave DeWalt, McAfee president and CEO. âNow several nations around the world ... [Campus Safety Magazine - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Cyberattack, Critical Infrastructure, Targeting, McAfee Inc

First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)

'Ransomware' a growing threat

INTERNET users, beware. A lesser-known type of cyberattack - which holds people's computer files 'ransom' unless scammers are paid - is expected to be one of the top cyberthreats in Singapore next year, said network-security firm Fortinet yesterday. The ... [Asiaone - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Fortinet, Cyberattack, Virus, Singapore, Cybercrime

First Reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 Documents

Report: Cyberattacks against the U.S. "rising sharply"

During just the first half 2009, there were 43, 785 cyberattack incidents against the DoD, a new report states. If this volume is maintained for the rest of the year, it will represent a 60 percent increase over 2008. ... [SC Magazine US - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Cyberattack, United States

First Reported 11/17/2009 - Updated 11/17/2009 - 3 Documents

Cyberattacks are on the rise in combat as nations look to disable infrastructure

Cyberattacks are set to become a major factor in physical defence and warfare.In its fifth annual virtual criminology report, McAfee has claimed that the global cyberarms race has moved from fiction to reality with the United States, Russia, France, Israel ... [SC Magazine UK - 11/17/2009]

Entities: Cyberattack, Nationalism, McAfee Inc

First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 3 Documents

Cyberwarfare Becoming A Reality

The possibility of global cyberwarfare has moved from fiction to reality, according to a new report from McAfee. The report found that politically motivated cyberattacks have increased and five countries, including the United States, Russia, France, ... [WebProNews Feed - 11/18/2009]

Entities: Cyberattack, McAfee Inc, Critical Infrastructure, Dave DeWalt

First Reported 11/17/2009 - Updated 11/17/2009 - 5 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Web security company warns of 'cyber arms race'

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Warning of a 'cyber arms race,' top Web security firm McAfee Inc. said Tuesday that China, France, Israel, Russia and the United States have developed 'cyber weapons.' 'McAfee began to warn of the global cyber arms race more than two ... [AFP via Yahoo! - 11/17/2009]

Entities: McAfee Inc, Cyberattack, Paul Kurtz, Dave DeWalt

Quotes

...said that the monthly rate of cyberattacks on newly identified security loopholes jumped from 20 per cent last year to 35-50 per cent this year. "We are seeing an increase because (cybercrooks) are spending more time and resources to (attack loopholes)" he said. This could be because cybercrime groups can now hire more people with little or no hacking skills, thanks to the increasing availability of...

'Ransomware' a growing threat [Asiaone - 13 hours ago]

...or eliminates the effectiveness of cyber attacks," says Herb Galindo, Department Manager, Central Region, Northrop Grumman Information Systems. "HBSS also supports a [Defense Information Systems Agency] initiative to have the ability to collect and correlate alarms as cyberattacks occur."

Pentagon uses McAfee in exclusive deal [Computerworld UK - 11/19/2009]

...USN.load( "Loomia'); Not far away, the defenders prepare for the onslaught they know is coming during the two-day "Cyberdawn" exercise, one of the country's premier electronic war games. It is run with the help of volunteers by the private firm White Wolf Security, which also arranges closed war games for some federal agencies. The chance to test their cyberskills has attracted groups from private companies as well as the U S military. Ten teams, including those from West Point and the Air Force Academy, have traveled across the country to take part in the game in the hopes of protecting a simulated digital network linking phone systems, Social Security numbers, and power grids on which 10,000 fictitious citizens rely."

U.S. is Striking Back in the Global Cyberwar [US News - 11/18/2009]

"The U S conducted its first focused experiments with cyberattacks during the 1999 bombing of Yugoslavia, when it intervened to stop the slaughter of ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. An information operations cell was set up as part of the bombing campaign. The cell's mission was to penetrate the Serbian national air defensedefense system, published accounts and knowledgeable officials said, and to make fake signals representing aircraft show upup on Serbian screens. The false signals would have confused the Serbian response to the invasion and perhaps destroyed commanders' confidence in their own defenses."

NSA Iraqi Computer Attacks And U.S. Defense [Dark Reading - 11/18/2009]

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FAA Flight-Plan System Crashes Again, Delays Hu... [eWeek - 5 hours ago]
Report: Cyberattacks against the U.S. "ris... [SC Magazine US - 11 hours ago]
'Ransomware' a growing threat [Asiaone - 13 hours ago]
Countries Arming for Cyberwarfare [Campus Safety Magazine - 13 hours ago]
No aftereffect expected from FAA computer woe [Tampa Bay Online - 11/20/2009]
The NSA Helped Microsoft Improve Windows 7 Secu... [Gizmodo - 11/20/2009]
IBM Cloud Guru Erich Clementi Looks Back at IT ... [eWeek - 11/20/2009]
FAA computer failure reflects growing burden on... [GCN - 11/20/2009]
FAA glitch shines spotlight on troubled telco p... [Computerworld - 11/19/2009]
Cyberattacks on U.S. military jump sharply in 2009 [Industry Standard - 11/19/2009]
FAA identifies computer error that caused fligh... [GCN - 11/19/2009]
Chinese military Web site target of cyberattacks [MSNBC via MSN Money - 11/19/2009]
Former DHS cybersecurity chief points finger at... [NetworkWorld - 11/19/2009]
Salesforce demos Service Cloud 2 [TechRepublic - 11/19/2009]
Pentagon uses McAfee in exclusive deal [Computerworld UK - 11/19/2009]
3 basic steps to thwart most cyberattacks, cour... [GCN - 11/19/2009]
Are nations paying criminals for botnet attacks? [Network World Middle East - 11/19/2009]
Are nations paying criminals for botnet attacks? [Network World Middle East - 11/19/2009]
U.S. is Striking Back in the Global Cyberwar [US News - 11/18/2009]
Pentagon expands exclusive deal with McAfee [NetworkWorld - 11/18/2009]
Verizon launches electric grid reliability cons... [Computerworld - 11/18/2009]
NSA Iraqi Computer Attacks And U.S. Defense [Dark Reading - 11/18/2009]
NSA Helping with Windows 7 Security&#63 [Hard OCP - 11/18/2009]
Cyberwarfare Becoming A Reality [WebProNews Feed - 11/18/2009]
McAfee Reports Potential Dangers of Cyberwarfare [Army Technology - 11/18/2009]
IT security firm warns of 'cyber arms race' [Philippine Daily Inquirer - 11/18/2009]
Global cyberwarfare a reality [IT-Online - 11/18/2009]
Beware the cyber war [iafrica.com - 11/18/2009]
China's Capacity for Cyberwarfare with the U.S. [Time - 11/18/2009]
3 basic steps can thwart most cyberattacks, NSA... [GCN - 11/18/2009]

Blogs

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CRU data hack [Climate Feedback - Blog Posts - 15 hours ago] Everyone's talking about the CRU data hack. Quirin Schiermeier reports on Nature News: One of Britain's leading climate-research centres has had more than 1,000 ...
US: The Cyberwar Plan [IntelliBriefs - 11/18/2009] http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmaga ... not just a defensive game; cyber-security includes attack plans too, and the U.S. has already ...
Senate Panel: 80 Percent of Cyber Attacks Preve... [Wired: Threat Level - 11/17/2009] If network administrators simply instituted proper configuration policies and conducted good network monitoring, about 80 percent of commonly known cyber attacks ...
Report: Countries prepping for cyberwar [CNET News.com - 11/17/2009] Major countries and nation-states are engaged in a "Cyber Cold War," amassing cyberweapons, conducting espionage, and testing networks in preparation for using the ...
The Cyber-Surge [Emptywheel - 11/16/2009] Shane Harris has a long article detailing the state of the US cyberwarfare capability. The hook for the story, though, is a claim that cyberwarfare championed by ...

Audio/Video

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WSJ Tech Briefing Late Edition, July 8, 2009 [Wall Street Journal Tech News Briefing - 07/08/2009]

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