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Cyber Jihadist Hacking Teams

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2007-12-17 20:03:29 by HASH0x847073c in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
These groups and fractions of religiously brainwashed IT enthusiasts utilizing outdated ping and HTTP GET flooding attack tools, represent today's greatly overhyped threat possed by the cyber jihadists whose cheap PSYOPS dominate, given the lack of strategical thinking, and the lack of sustainable communication channels between them, ruined all...
 
Tags: anti-islamic web sites, islamic web sites, web, jihad, electronic jihad program, campaign, electrnic jihad campaign, web sites, cyber jihad
 
 
 
 
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The National Cyber Exercise

2008-02-06 13:29:21 by Burton Group in Security and Risk Management Strategies Blog
 
Blogger: Trent Henry It sounds so august: "CYBER STORM" (ok, officially it's just plain ol' "Cyber Storm," but a title like that begs for caps What is it? Or rather, what was it? The "National Cyber Exercise" was a 2006 Homeland Security (and other federal agencies) sponsored simulation of computer and network attacks. Here's the specific detail...
 
Tags: cyber, national cyber exercise, exercise, exercise objective, security, exercise results, international, international government participants, security contact
 
 
 
 
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The National Cyber Exercise

2008-02-06 13:29:21 by Burton Group in Security and Risk Management Strategies Blog
 
Blogger: Trent Henry It sounds so august: "CYBER STORM" (ok, officially it's just plain ol' "Cyber Storm," but a title like that begs for caps What is it? Or rather, what was it? The "National Cyber Exercise" was a 2006 Homeland Security (and other federal agencies) sponsored simulation of computer and network attacks. Here's the specific detail...
 
Tags: cyber, national cyber exercise, exercise, exercise objective, security, exercise results, international, international government participants, security contact
 
 
 
 
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Backdoording Cyber Jihadist Ebooks for Surveillance Purposes

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2008-06-25 17:06:38 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
It appears that cyber jihadists are striking back at the academic and intelligence community, by binding their propaganda Ebooks with malware, then distributing them across different forums, thanks to a recently analyzed Ebook entitled " The Al-Qaeda network's timely entrance in Palestine " distributed by the Global Islamic Media Front - hat tip...
 
Tags: ebooks, intelligence community, cyber jihadist forums, forums, cyber jihadist research, internet, malware, hardcore cyber jihadist, forum
 
 
 
 
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The Russia vs Georgia Cyber Attack

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2008-08-11 19:35:55 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
Last month's lone gunman DDoS attack against Georgia President's web site seemed like a signal shot for the cyber siege to come a week later. Here's the complete coverage of the coordination phrase, the execution and the actual impact of the cyber attack so far - " Coordinated Russia vs Georgia cyber attack in progress Whos behind it? The...
 
Tags: georgia cyber attack, cyber attack, attack, georgia, georgia president, russian, russian web, ddos attack, russian hackers
 
 
 
 
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National Cyber Security Month Kicks Off at the National Press Club

2007-10-03 00:00:00 by Shannon Kellogg in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
This month, I'll be posting blogs several times a week given that this is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. To kick off this year's campaign, the 2007 National Cyber Security Awareness Summit was held at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on October 1st Below, you will find a post from the Summit I was encouraged by the strong...
 
Tags: national press club, october, october 1st, month, strong turnout, 4th time, start time, half, held
 
 
 
 
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Addressing NERC Cyber Security Standards Using a Frameworks-Based Approach

2008-08-13 00:00:00 by Paul Davilman in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
Although the NERC Cyber-Security Standards ( http://www.nerc.com/files/CIP-002-1.pdf ) are applicable only in the US, I think there's no doubt that cyber security is fast becoming a major concern of electric utility companies worldwide. In addition, other US critical infrastructure industry segments, such as water and chemical companies are also...
 
Tags: nerc, nerc cyber-security standards, cyber security, utility companies, federal pressure, chemical companies, major concern, cyber-security efforts, guidance
 
 
 
 
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U.S. House Passes Resolution on Cyber Security

2007-10-19 00:00:00 by Shannon Kellogg in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
As issues around cyber security continue to heat up in the wake of several high profile data security breaches in the public sector -- and with increasing concern about cyber vulnerabilities in our nation's critical infrastructures, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution this week recognizing the importance of the issue. The...
 
Tags: resolution, strong bi-partisan support, cyber security continue, congressman jim langevin, cyber vulnerabilities, house, computer security, public sector, critical infrastructures
 
 
 
 
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U.S. Ratcheting up Cyber Defenses in Wake of High Profile Cyber Attacks in 2007?

2007-09-21 00:00:00 by Shannon Kellogg in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
Finally, the cyber security issue may just be getting the attention that it deserves at the national leadership level in the United States. In an RSA Speaking of Security blog post in early July, I asked the question: Will the recent cyber attacks on Estonia be a wake up call for European and U.S. leaders? I noted in that post that the answer in...
 
Tags: post, security blog post, recent cyber attacks, national leadership level, cyber security issue, estonia, call, leaders, noted