Anonymous' 'Global Blackout': The odds against an Internet shutdown
The chances of Anonymous or anyone else shutting down the Internet are pretty slim, but even skeptical experts say damage can be done.
Cyber Security and IT support for Small Business
Cyber Security and IT support for Small Business
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LulzSec Reborn? Military dating data dump may be work of reformed group
A band of hackers calling themselves "LulzSec Reborn" exposed the usernames and passwords of more than 170,000 subscribers to an online military dating service March 25. Or has it?
'No one would tolerate' Internet crime rates in physical world, FCC official says
Officials stop short of calling for regulation of industry cybersecurity but tell a House panel that current efforts are "not working."
Ex-official in Fla. charged with hacking district's computer system
The former CFO of the Key Largo Wastewater Treatment District faces 21 felony counts.
Government cloud gets personal — and Siri-ous
When the government cloud meets the burgeoning consumer cloud, service to the citizen should look more like Siri to the citizen.
Army Cyber Command to streamline cyber defense process
The Army Cyber Command is changing its information assurance accreditation methods by increasing automation and training additional compliance teams.
McCain slams DHS, wants DOD to defend cyberspace
A Senate budget hearing on the Defense Department's Strategic and Cyber Commands became a duel over how the nation's cyber defense should be structured.
GAO: Agencies expose themselves to IT supply-chain threats
The four departments with national security responsibilities haven't identified the threats or developed mitigation policies and procedures, a report states.
All used up: Agency hardware recycling guideline lacks muscle
GSA guidelines don't carry the weight that mandates do with feds, and GAO believes that the rules for electronic waste disposal needs the backing of an agency with enforcement powers.
Microsoft-led raids disrupt 'some of the worst' Zeus botnets
The company's Digital Crimes Unit, with an assist from the U.S. Marshals Service, confiscates servers and IP addresses and files civil charges against 39 unknown defendants.