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The Top Ten Cybersecurity Threats for 2008

2008-01-05 17:22:36 by Tim Bass in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
...cybersecurity threats for 2008 On-line masquerading to abuse, attack, blackmail, bully, extort, or molest others Criminal fraud by password and identity theft via phishing, spyware, malware and theft of hardware Criminal use of botnets and botnet-like technologies for economic gain, for example email spam and denial of service attacks...
 
Tags: cybersecurity threats, theft, criminal, criminal manipulation, identity theft, top, attacks, comments, service attacks
 
 
 
 
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Comparing Cybersecurity to Early 1800s Security on the High Seas

2008-04-16 14:27:30 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...cybersecurity to open seas piracy in the early 1800s. After a bit of history, the article talks about current events: In modern times, the nearly ubiquitous availability of powerful computing systems, along with the proliferation of high-speed networks, have converged to create a new version of the high seas--the cyber seas. The Internet has...
 
Tags: seas, policy, cybersecurity policy, cyber seas, consistent policy, seas piracy, sporadic policy statements, actions, piracy
 
 
 
 
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Symantec: Gov't needs to take new cybersecurity steps

2008-01-07 00:00:00 by Grant Gross in Network World on Security
 
U.S. government agencies need to take additional steps to protect against cybersecurity problems after a series of congressional hearings and reports exposed several weaknesses in 2007, representatives of Symantec said
 
Tags: symantec, additional steps, government agencies, cybersecurity, congressional hearings, weaknesses, protect, series, representatives
 
 
 
 
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NSF wants $6.85 billion to fund cybersecurity, other research

2008-02-05 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b53e94 in Network World on Security
 
The National Science Foundation asked the federal government for a $6.85 billion budget for fiscal year 2009 -- a 13% increase over its actual fiscal 2008 budget and a 6.5% jump over what it requested a year ago -- in an effort to fund more research into cybersecurity, advanced processors, new energy technologies and more
 
Tags: billion budget, actual fiscal, national science foundation, budget, fiscal, fund, research, federal government, cybersecurity
 
 
 
 
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Reports: U.S. to name head of new cybersecurity center

2008-03-20 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
The Department of Homeland Security plans to named a director of a new cybersecurity center, according to news reports
 
Tags: cybersecurity center, homeland security plans, news reports, named, department, director
 
 
 
 
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U.S. Cybersecurity Plans Take Center Stage at RSA

2008-04-08 17:45:00 by Threat Level in Wired Security
 
U.S. officials flock to the RSA Conference in San Francisco to sell the private sector on a plan to put the NSA in charge of cybersecurity for the federal government, and eventually, for the civilian internet too
 
Tags: officials flock, federal government, rsa conference, cybersecurity, civilian internet, san francisco, nsa, sector, charge
 
 
 
 
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Senators: What's Up With the Secret Cybersecurity Plans?

2008-05-04 22:00:00 by Threat Level in Wired Security
 
A key Senate oversight panel begs for answers on what the new cyber-security "Manhattan Project" is up to. It's so secretive even the Senate Homeland Security committee can't find out what's going on and why Homeland Security wants to triple the cybersecurity budget
 
Tags: homeland security, homeland security committee, oversight panel begs, cybersecurity budget, manhattan project, key, triple, secretive, cyber-security
 
 
 
 
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What Is the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Inititative?

2008-05-13 12:54:34 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
The Department of Homeland Security has a new $200 million Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Inititative (CNCI). Congress is happy to fund it, but kind of wants to know what it's going to do I have to admit, I'm kind of curious myself
 
Tags: homeland security, fund, department, congress, cnci, curious, admit, happy
 
 
 
 
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SANS Contributes To IMPACT

2008-05-21 23:02:31 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
 
...Cybersecurity Training and Skills Development activity. That project will conduct hands-on courses in core cybersecurity activities such as forensics, intrusion detection and penetration testing, they said The training project is aimed at providing world-class training to cybersecurity specialists working in every country, regardless of...
 
Tags: sans, cybersecurity, cybersecurity specialists, cyber, improve cybersecurity, cyber defenses, sans plan, impact, terrorism
 
 
 
 
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Cyberattack! Manipulation and Subversion of Financial Markets!