Draft cyber bill gives DHS controversial authorities
Posted by admin / Under Cyber Rights
The draft version of the comprehensive cybersecurity bill could give the Homeland Security Department the ability to take "any lawful action" against contractors if their systems are under attack. Bob Dix, a former staff director for the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and now vice president government affairs and critical infrastructure protection for Juniper Networks, said that could mean taking over a vendor's system that contains federal data. "There's some concern about what would be the criteria about that and how it would be the government has the ability under a provision of lawful action to take over a...
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 07:01:09 AM
Post *Real* Cyber Monday Deals Here
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So far I haven't been impressed with cyber Monday. None of the specific items I've been "shopping" (watches, kitchen appliances, household linens) are available for anything better than free shipping.Thought maybe we can share any good deals here.
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 07:01:09 AM
Cybercommand Chief Opposes U.N. Net Control
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BALTIMORE — The commander of the U.S. Cyber Command said Thursday that he does not favor giving the United Nations the power to regulate the Internet. Some regulations are needed to protect critical networks that control electrical power, banking, transportation and other key elements of society, Army Gen. Keith Alexander, who is also director of the National Security Agency, said after a speech to a security conference.
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 07:01:09 AM
Stuxnet Virus Opens New Era of Cyber War
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The Mossad, Israel's foreign intelligence agency, attacked the Iranian nuclear program with a highly sophisticated computer virus called Stuxnet. The first digital weapon of geopolitical importance, it could change the way wars are fought -- and it will not be the last attack of its kind.The complex on a hill near an interchange on the highway from Tel Aviv to Haifa is known in Israel simply as "The Hill." The site, as big as several soccer fields, is sealed off from the outside world with high walls and barbed wire -- a modern fortress that symbolizes Israel's fight for survival...
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 07:01:09 AM
U.S. arms makers said to be bleeding secrets to cyber foes
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top Pentagon contractors have been bleeding secrets for years as a result of penetrations of their computer networks, current and former national security officials say. The Defense Department, which runs its own worldwide eavesdropping, spying and code-cracking systems, says more than 100 foreign intelligence organizations have been trying to break into U.S. networks. Some of the perpetrators "already have the capacity to disrupt" U.S. information infrastructure, Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn, who is leading remedial efforts, wrote last fall in the journal Foreign Affairs. Joel Brenner, the National Counterintelligence executive from 2006 to 2009, said most if...
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 07:01:09 AM
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