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Cyberattack on Sundance Briefly Shutters Box Office
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Representatives for the Sundance Film Festival say that their network systems were subject to a cyberattack that caused its box offices to shut down briefly Saturday afternoon. The festival issued updates to attendees via their official account and say that online ticketing for future shows is currently back up and…
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FCC Warns of National Security Risks From IoT, Private Networks
The Federal Communications Commission has released a white paper on cybersecurity risk reduction that surveys the increasingly larger “exposed attack surface” created by connected consumer devices on privately owned and managed communications networks. Issued by the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, the report draws the conclusion that the country’s 30,000 private sector communications…
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Trump Steps Into Security Bubble; Will He Bring His Phone?
A few hours after President-elect Donald Trump was briefed by intelligence officials about Russian meddling in the election, an Associated Press reporter called his cellphone seeking an interview. The call went to voicemail and the reporter did not leave a message. About an hour later, Trump called back. It’s hard to imagine many politicians –…
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DHS Unveils Updated National Cyber Incident Response Plan
Months after it requested input from the private sector on how to improve its cybersecurity response and coordination, the Department of Homeland Security released an updated version of the National Cyber Incident Response Plan on Jan. 18. The plan — the result of President Obama’s Presidential Policy Directive 41 to address preparedness in the wake…
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Researcher IDs author of massive Mirai botnet code
Security research Brian Krebs, in a lengthy blog post, documented how he identified the author of the Mirai code.
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Chicago Colleges to Host First DoD-Style Cyber Training
CHICAGO (AP) — The Department of Defense and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel hope a new program will turn the city into a place where college students can learn how to out-maneuver hackers. Emanuel and Frank DiGiovanni, director of force training with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Readiness, introduced a six-month pilot…
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The Specter of Cyberwar, Part I
For more than 20 years, experts have warned of the potential for cyberwar. Today, as more countries develop and operationalize offensive cyber capabilities and new geopolitical challenges emerge while longstanding conflicts persist, is cyberwar the serious threat that experts have long warned? Part 1 of this two-part series examines significant historical and recent developments that…
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Hub for Cyber Command defensive ops fully operational by 2018
Joint Force Headquarters-DoDIN has been directed to meet key conditions for full operational capability by January 2018.
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DNI on Cyberspace: An ‘Insidious Progression of Aggressiveness’
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told the Senate Intelligence Committee that cyberspace is affording bold actors opportunities to be even more aggressive. “The challenge particularly in the cyber realm, I’ll say, is that there’s kind of an insidious progression of aggressiveness,” DNI James Clapper said at Tuesday’s hearing. “I’ve certainly seen this over the…
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Homeland’s Biggest Cybersecurity Tool Finally Covers Most of Government
The Department of Homeland Security is now providing cybersecurity risk monitoring and response services to 93 percent of federal civilian executive branch networks, according to a Jan. 11 press release. In a statement concerning the deployment of cyber-threat detection and defense system EINSTEIN 3 Accelerated (E3A), DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson reports the digital invader mitigation…
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Cyberattack on Sundance Briefly Shutters Box Office
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Representatives for the Sundance Film Festival say that their network systems were subject to a cyberattack that caused its box offices to shut down briefly Saturday afternoon. The festival issued updates to attendees via their official account and say that online ticketing for future shows is currently back up and…
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FCC Warns of National Security Risks From IoT, Private Networks
The Federal Communications Commission has released a white paper on cybersecurity risk reduction that surveys the increasingly larger “exposed attack surface” created by connected consumer devices on privately owned and managed communications networks. Issued by the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, the report draws the conclusion that the country’s 30,000 private sector communications…
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Trump Steps Into Security Bubble; Will He Bring His Phone?
A few hours after President-elect Donald Trump was briefed by intelligence officials about Russian meddling in the election, an Associated Press reporter called his cellphone seeking an interview. The call went to voicemail and the reporter did not leave a message. About an hour later, Trump called back. It’s hard to imagine many politicians –…
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DHS Unveils Updated National Cyber Incident Response Plan
Months after it requested input from the private sector on how to improve its cybersecurity response and coordination, the Department of Homeland Security released an updated version of the National Cyber Incident Response Plan on Jan. 18. The plan — the result of President Obama’s Presidential Policy Directive 41 to address preparedness in the wake…
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Researcher IDs author of massive Mirai botnet code
Security research Brian Krebs, in a lengthy blog post, documented how he identified the author of the Mirai code.
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Chicago Colleges to Host First DoD-Style Cyber Training
CHICAGO (AP) — The Department of Defense and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel hope a new program will turn the city into a place where college students can learn how to out-maneuver hackers. Emanuel and Frank DiGiovanni, director of force training with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Readiness, introduced a six-month pilot…
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The Specter of Cyberwar, Part I
For more than 20 years, experts have warned of the potential for cyberwar. Today, as more countries develop and operationalize offensive cyber capabilities and new geopolitical challenges emerge while longstanding conflicts persist, is cyberwar the serious threat that experts have long warned? Part 1 of this two-part series examines significant historical and recent developments that…
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Hub for Cyber Command defensive ops fully operational by 2018
Joint Force Headquarters-DoDIN has been directed to meet key conditions for full operational capability by January 2018.
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DNI on Cyberspace: An ‘Insidious Progression of Aggressiveness’
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told the Senate Intelligence Committee that cyberspace is affording bold actors opportunities to be even more aggressive. “The challenge particularly in the cyber realm, I’ll say, is that there’s kind of an insidious progression of aggressiveness,” DNI James Clapper said at Tuesday’s hearing. “I’ve certainly seen this over the…
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Homeland’s Biggest Cybersecurity Tool Finally Covers Most of Government
The Department of Homeland Security is now providing cybersecurity risk monitoring and response services to 93 percent of federal civilian executive branch networks, according to a Jan. 11 press release. In a statement concerning the deployment of cyber-threat detection and defense system EINSTEIN 3 Accelerated (E3A), DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson reports the digital invader mitigation…
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Cyberattack on Sundance Briefly Shutters Box Office
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Representatives for the Sundance Film Festival say that their network systems were subject to a cyberattack that caused its box offices to shut down briefly Saturday afternoon. The festival issued updates to attendees via their official account and say that online ticketing for future shows is currently back up and…
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FCC Warns of National Security Risks From IoT, Private Networks
The Federal Communications Commission has released a white paper on cybersecurity risk reduction that surveys the increasingly larger “exposed attack surface” created by connected consumer devices on privately owned and managed communications networks. Issued by the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, the report draws the conclusion that the country’s 30,000 private sector communications…
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Trump Steps Into Security Bubble; Will He Bring His Phone?
A few hours after President-elect Donald Trump was briefed by intelligence officials about Russian meddling in the election, an Associated Press reporter called his cellphone seeking an interview. The call went to voicemail and the reporter did not leave a message. About an hour later, Trump called back. It’s hard to imagine many politicians –…
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DHS Unveils Updated National Cyber Incident Response Plan
Months after it requested input from the private sector on how to improve its cybersecurity response and coordination, the Department of Homeland Security released an updated version of the National Cyber Incident Response Plan on Jan. 18. The plan — the result of President Obama’s Presidential Policy Directive 41 to address preparedness in the wake…
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Researcher IDs author of massive Mirai botnet code
Security research Brian Krebs, in a lengthy blog post, documented how he identified the author of the Mirai code.
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Chicago Colleges to Host First DoD-Style Cyber Training
CHICAGO (AP) — The Department of Defense and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel hope a new program will turn the city into a place where college students can learn how to out-maneuver hackers. Emanuel and Frank DiGiovanni, director of force training with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Readiness, introduced a six-month pilot…
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The Specter of Cyberwar, Part I
For more than 20 years, experts have warned of the potential for cyberwar. Today, as more countries develop and operationalize offensive cyber capabilities and new geopolitical challenges emerge while longstanding conflicts persist, is cyberwar the serious threat that experts have long warned? Part 1 of this two-part series examines significant historical and recent developments that…
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Hub for Cyber Command defensive ops fully operational by 2018
Joint Force Headquarters-DoDIN has been directed to meet key conditions for full operational capability by January 2018.
-
DNI on Cyberspace: An ‘Insidious Progression of Aggressiveness’
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told the Senate Intelligence Committee that cyberspace is affording bold actors opportunities to be even more aggressive. “The challenge particularly in the cyber realm, I’ll say, is that there’s kind of an insidious progression of aggressiveness,” DNI James Clapper said at Tuesday’s hearing. “I’ve certainly seen this over the…
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Homeland’s Biggest Cybersecurity Tool Finally Covers Most of Government
The Department of Homeland Security is now providing cybersecurity risk monitoring and response services to 93 percent of federal civilian executive branch networks, according to a Jan. 11 press release. In a statement concerning the deployment of cyber-threat detection and defense system EINSTEIN 3 Accelerated (E3A), DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson reports the digital invader mitigation…
