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8 September 2009 | News
New US cyber security detection system raises privacy concerns
A new version of a computer intrusion detection system being developed by the United States Department of Homeland Security has raised concerns from advocacy groups over privacy and the involvement of the National Security Agency (NSA) in the development of the software. The new system, known as Einstein 3, can reportedly read email as well as its original function, to detect malicious software.
11 August 2009 | News
US cybersecurity guidlines under attack
A new set of guidelines on cybersecurity released by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the United States has fallen short of the protection needed for government systems, a cybersecurity analysis group has warned.
13 July 2009 | News
New York Police get pocket size radiation detectors
Law enforcement officers in New York City will be equipped with radiation detectors to help them seek out dirty bombs and nuclear devices.
13 July 2009 | News
US and Korean govts hit by cyber attacks
Cyber attacks assumed to be launched from North Korea disrupted United States and South Korean government and key private sector websites last week.
2 July 2009 | News
Michael Jackson's death triggers spam attacks
The death of pop legend Michael Jackson has triggered a swathe of attacks by internet fraudsters attempting to capture computer users’ email addresses to use for future spam campaigns.
1 July 2009 | News
US city trials emergency notification system
The Columbus City Government plans to use an emergency notification system to instantly reach all residents when disaster strikes.
10 June 2009 | News
Obama campaign guru: hackers to drive web evolution
Scott Goodstein, the architect of United States President Barack Obama’s online election campaign, told delegates at a conference today (Wednesday 10 June 2009) that hackers will drive the evolution of new media and the internet.
10 June 2009 | News
Bill to stop whole body imaging in US airports
The United States House of Representatives is trying to reverse the use of whole body imaging machines at domestic airport checkpoints.
2 June 2009 | News
White House Cyber Czar announcement delayed
The announcement of the US Government’s first Cyber Czar has been delayed amid speculation that the newly created role has become embroiled in a political row.
28 May 2009 | News
Infosecurity chief contenders revealed
Melissa Hathaway, Rod Beckstrom and Paul Kurtz are the frontrunners in the race to be the US government’s first ‘Cyber Czar’. So tips Don Adams, the Palo Alto-based Chief Technology Officer, Worldwide, Public Sector for tech giant Tibco.
21 May 2009 | Feature
Know your enemy: a profile of a hacker
Hackers - who are they, and why do they do what they do? Alice Kok is given a glimpse into the murky underworld of cyber crime by one of the world’s most prolific hackers
14 May 2009 | News
US school data breach affects 160,000
A data breach at University of California, Berkeley, exposed the data of more than 160,000 current and former UC Berkeley students and 3400 Mills College students.
12 May 2009 | News
Hackers breach US air traffic system
According to a government audit, hackers broke into the air traffic control computers of the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) several times in recent years.
5 May 2009 | News
LexisNexis data used by credit card fraudsters
LexisNexis—a popular searchable archive for content from newspapers, magazines, legal documents and other printed sources— has acknowledged that criminals have used its information retrieval service for more than three years to gather data to commit credit card fraud.
5 May 2009 | News
South Korea and US strike deal to fight cyber crime
South Korea and the United States have forged a tentative agreement to join forces in fighting cyber terrorism and securing their defence networks, the Defence Ministry in Seoul said.
4 May 2009 | News
Telecommuting: the way to avoid swine flu?
The possibility of a widespread swine flu outbreak is prompting companies to think about business continuity and how options such as tele-work may become necessary.
4 May 2009 | News
US cyber warfare policy under attack
A study by the National Research Council has criticised the United States government for lacking a comprehensive policy on how and when will engage in cyber warfare against other nations.
2 May 2009 | News
Adobe warns about PDF software vulnerabilities
Adobe Systems has acknowledged that all versions of its Acrobat and Adobe Reader, creators and readers of the popular PDF document format, contain two critical vulnerabilities.
29 April 2009 | News
Swine flu panic exploited by spammers
Spammers are exploiting the panic caused by the swine flu virus to install malicious code on unsuspecting victims’ computers, flood email inboxes with spam and lure people into clicking links that collect their email addresses.
29 April 2009 | News
Botnet infects computers worldwide
One of the largest botnets ever to be discovered has infected 1.9 million computers around the world, including corporate and government machines, according to a security firm.
22 April 2009 | News
Social engineering scams threaten web security: AVG
Between eight and 14 million web users in the US are exposed to social engineering scams such as hoax Facebook pages or rogue security applications that encourage surfers to download malicious software to their PCs, according to a report from security vendor AVG.
22 April 2009 | News
Security experts urged to unite to combat cyber crime
Call for the information security industry to join forces to combat the global cyber crime ecosystem
13 April 2009 | News
Canada develops new cyber security strategy
The government in Ottawa responds to repeated intrusions into the country’s critical computer networks
1 April 2009 | News
Canada responds to airport security breach
Canada’s Transport Minister John Baird vowed that, within 10 days, a security breach identified yesterday by Auditor-General Sheila Fraser will be closed, saying it’s unacceptable that his department and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are not sharing information when it comes to clearing employees at Canada’s airports.
1 April 2009 | News
World awaits Conficker worm attack
April Fool’s cyber security threat Conficker.c has failed to wreak havoc – yet – although a veteran hacker has warned Asian Security Review that the PC worm still has the potential to cause widespread damage.
25 March 2009 | News
Obama: terrorist threat not going away
US President Barack Obama has said that the terrorist threat to the US from Al-Qaeda is not going away and it needs to be taken very seriously.
25 March 2009 | News
More CCTV planned for 2010 Vancouver Olympics
Vancouver city officials want to use $2.5 million in government funding to purchase street cameras for next year’s Winter Olympics.
18 March 2009 | News
US expert calls for global biometrics clearing house
Biometric information should be freely shared between countries to combat terrorism and help victims of disaster quickly locate their loved ones, a senior American biometrics expert told delegates at the Global Security Asia conference today (Wednesday 18 March).
18 March 2009 | News
Public sector data theft problem could get worse in Asia: Symantec
More than half of Americans who left their jobs in 2008 admit to stealing data from their employees – and eight per cent of them were from government agencies. The problem is at least as bad in Asia, but data theft goes unreported, according to the survey’s author, Symantec.
10 March 2009 | News
Google fixes online document sharing bug
Some users of Google Docs, a free web-based word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, and form application, discovered over the weekend that their collaborators for some shared documents had disappeared.
2 March 2009 | News
Joined-up approach for corporate security urged
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has urged companies to align more closely IT security with other corporate security functions, after conducting a study of 10 FTSE companies with the aim of discovering ‘what a 21st century security function looks like’.
26 February 2009 | News
US government CIOs: security in federal systems has not improved
The number one concern for US government chief information officers (CIOs) is infosecurity - a problem that is not getting any easier to address - according to a recent TechAmerica survey.
19 February 2009 | News
Google “butterfly effect” error prompts wider security fears
A human error at search engine giant Google, which caused all of its web sites to be flagged as potentially containing dangerous viruses, has raised fears that similar incidences could occur at other large technology-based organisations.
9 January 2009 | News
Debate over Apple's removal of security advice
Apple’s sudden move to withdraw a piece of antivirus advice from its support site has caused quite a stir in the digital world. Its long standing claims that Apple products are very unlikely to be affected by virus is the reason of such debate.
9 January 2009 | News
Attacks on critical cyber infrastructure predicted
A new report has revealed that critical infrastructure systems are likely to become prime targets for cyber criminals.
6 January 2009 | News
Mexico City's new measure against crime
Mexico City Auxiliary Police are using the GPS function in Sepura TETRA digital radios to help curb the city of its drugs war, which has seen thousands of deaths over the years.
22 December 2008 | News
The year’s most dangerous malware comes from the Internet
Research has shown that in 2008, 50 per cent of the top 100 malware came from the internet which was accidentally downloaded by users surfing unknown or malicious websites.
22 December 2008 | News
US unprepared for cyber war
The United States has much to do if it wants to be ready for attacks against vital computer network systems, said government and industry leaders after participating in a two day “cyber war” simulation.
16 December 2008 | News
Employees are members of gangs that infiltrated Canada's airport
Employees, including baggage handlers and customs agents, used their security clearance to break the law.
16 December 2008 | News
Explosives and narcotics detection in a single unit
A new dual-mode explosives and narcotics trace detection system will be deployed in Thailand and Vietnam.
11 December 2008 | News
US leads the world in internet attacks
The United States has overtaken China as the country hosting the most web-based malware. And American computers now relay more spam than in any other country.
5 December 2008 | News
US needs to step up on cyber security, according to report
Cyber security is now a major national security issue and “America’s failure to protect cyberspace is one of the most urgent national security problems facing the new administration”.
24 November 2008 | Research
Disaster or attack expected within four years
A survey of leading security experts in the United States predicts that disaster will inevitably strike - but that this is more likely to be natural disaster rather than a terrorist attack.
24 November 2008 | News
Psychic airport security scanner
A new mind-reading scanner, developed by the US Department for Homeland Security (DHS) is being trialed at airports in the US.
21 November 2008 | Interview
Disaster management: a recipe for sustainable development
Facing social & economic implications of unforeseen shock events, governments and organisations need to work together to better prepare, respond & mitigate, writes Ray Shirkhodai, Executive Director of Pacific Disaster Centre.
13 November 2008 | Research
Cybercrime perceived as major business risk
A survey has found out that companies are taking a greater interest in protecting sensitive information and intellectual property from threats coming from the web.
30 October 2008 | Research
CCTV market to grow 23 per cent by 2012
A new market report looks at the demand for surveillance cameras in the next four years
6 October 2008 | News
Homeland Security Department’s phone system hacked
A hacker who broke into a telephone system belonging to the Homeland Security Department racked up about $12,000 in international calls.
2 October 2008 | Interview
Refining the elusive definitions of identity in the networked world
Jim Harper, Information Policy Studies Director of the US based research foundation The Cato Institute argues that a diverse identification system is beneficial for both organisations and individuals whose identities are kept.
1 October 2008 | Deals
Motorola acquires AirDefense
Motorola has completed its total acquisition of wireless LAN security provider AirDefense.
25 September 2008 | Research
CCTV helps shorten investigation time
A universal IP-based CCTV ‘player’ will be able to significantly reduce investigation time and make it easier for the police to view footage, research finds.
6 August 2008 | Research
New threat found in VoIP
VoIP streams are encrypted to prevent eavesdropping. However, a team from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, US, has shown that simply measuring the size of packets without decoding them can identify whole words and phrases with a high rate of accuracy.
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