Cyberthreats_2010
Get flash to fully experience Pearltrees
Cyberwar
FTC Warns Of Widespread Data Breaches -- InformationWeek
The Federal Trade Commission on Monday said that it had notified almost 100 organizations in both the public and private sector that they need to review their security practices.
AFP: S.Korea to probe huge online data leak
SEOUL — South Korea said Friday it would launch a probe into security systems of major retailer Shinsegae and 24 other companies after private data on some 20 million customers was leaked. The move came a day after police arrested three South Koreans for selling private information, including IDs, passwords and addresses, of more than 20 million compatriots online. The three suspects bought the data from Chinese hackers who are still at large, police said.
Federal government is a good place for information security professions during the current economic downturn, with relatively stable budgets, rising wages and growing employment opportunities, according to a recent survey by ISC(2) (the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium).
Help wanted: Agencies expect to hire more info security pros in
Iran hacks opposition Web sites, arrests cyber activists
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps hacked into 29 Web sites affiliated with U.S. espionage networks, Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency reported on Sunday.
FBI: Cyberfraud losses doubled in 2009
According to data released Friday by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), victims reported total losses of US$559.7 million in 2009, more than double the tally for 2008.
In mid-February the Bipartisan Policy Center hosted Cyber ShockWave, a simulation of how our nation might respond to a catastrophic cyber event. The simulation was conducted through the lens of a notional National Security Council (NSC) meeting convened to advise the president on how the federal government should respond to the crisis and what the president should communicate to the American people to reassure them.