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• XSS and the Evolution of Malware Threats

  
  ModCool — Authority: 157
  We all know that the increasing sophistication of technology opens up literally dozens of new opportunities for those wanting to inflict harm on that technology’s users. The Internet is, if anything, an object lesson for this truism. Once the Internet became mainstream, so to did viruses, spybots, DOS attacks, and ...
  4 days ago

• Cyber Security Experts

  
  Education & Careers — Authority: 126
  The White House has hired a new cyber security expert. Formerly he worked for the Bush administration and is now increasing the security on the country’s computer networks and working with the companies that operate 80 percent of those systems. Howard A. Schmidt the former eBay executive is the governments chief ...
  5 days ago

• W.H. taps former Microsoft, eBay exec as new cyber czar (AP)

  
  Seo, Make Money Online and Technology — Authority: 146
  This came from Yahoo News AP - The White House has tapped a corporate cyber security expert and former Bush administration official to lead the effort to shore up the country’s computer networks and better coordinate with companies that operate 80 percent of those critical systems. Go to Source
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• Cyber Security Chief – Release Candidate 1.10a

  
  Political Cartel — Authority: 117
  Cyber security is a topic that few people have given due concern. Many of the computers today operate on similar x86 architecture whose uniformity could be a downfall. Industrial firewalls are often deployed in widespread usage, thus creating a point of vulnerability. Operating a single unique firewall for each ...
  5 days ago

• Basic Laptop Security Prevents Identity Theft

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 476
  By Robert Siciliano, ID Theft Expert and Security Consultant to Intelius.com In 2003, an estimated 1.5 million laptops were stolen worldwide. Today, that number has climbed to 2.6 million. That’s a 70% increase in just a few years. That’s one stolen laptop every 12 seconds. Laptop computers have ...
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• Simplified Analysis: Forging A Biometric ID

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 476
  By Bozidar Spirovski , CISSP, MCSA, MCP But most of those issues are related to encryption, materials and generally anything that requires a lot of technical knowledge. Here is an example of the possibility to create a fake Biometric ID with very little technical knowledge. In order to understand this ...
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• Cybersecurity Chief to Fill a Post Filled With Challenges – Wall Street Journal

  
  Memmis.com News Agency — Authority: 173
  CBS News Cybersecurity Chief to Fill a Post Filled With Challenges Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama on Tuesday appointed Howard Schmidt as his cybersecurity chief, a national-security job that also will include managing turf wars, budget battles and a far-flung bureaucracy. ...
  6 days ago

• Whitehouse Names Howard Schmidt New Cybersecurity Coordinator

  
  ModCool — Authority: 157
  It’s been a long seven months since the White House released a cyber security review, and an even longer ten months since President Barack Obama declared cyber security a priority, so it’s about time the White House has gotten around to naming Howard A. Schmidt as the nation’s new cyber security coordinator . ...
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• White House Names Howard Schmidt New Cybersecurity Coordinator

  
  ModCool — Authority: 157
  It’s been a long seven months since the White House released a cyber security review, and an even longer ten months since President Barack Obama declared cyber security a priority, so it’s about time the White House has gotten around to naming Howard A. Schmidt as the nation’s new cyber security coordinator . ...
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• Will 2010 be "the year of the data?"

  
  Security and Risk Management Strategies Blog — Authority: 103
  I quite often have a déjà vu moment when looking at some newtechnology or security concern. It sure feels like IT and information securityare a cycle – or perhaps a wave – and I think that by applying some creativitywe could come up with an IT and information security zodiac. Linking thingswith astrology ...
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• New White House cybersecurity chief faces uphill battle

  
  ZDNet Government — Authority: 127
  Eric Schmidt has been announced as President Obamas new White House Cybersecurity Coordinator. Schmidt will have to work in collaboration with the intelligence, military and other agencies which traditionally have not worked or played well together in the same sandbox.
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• President Obama Introduces the Nations New Cyber Security Czar: Howard Schmidt

  
  Clark Thought Leadership — Authority: 111
  Today President Obama Introduced the Nations New Cyber Czar, Howard Schmidt. This appointment is in line with President Obamas commitment to protect the Nations Critical Cyber Infrastructure as well as National Security objectives. Howard Schmidt is a leading authority on Information Security with over 40 years of ...
  6 days ago

• Top 10 Identity Theft Predictions For 2010

  
  CIO - Blogs and Discussion - — Authority: 144
  I’ve joined forces with the Identity Theft Resource Center to expand the pool of knowledge about identity theft issues. read more
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• Citibank Loses Millions Thanks to a Cyber Security Breach

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 675
  Filed under: Other issues , Rumors , Citigroup Inc. (C) The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) reports that the FBI is looking into a potential computer-security breach that resulted in the theft of tens of millions of dollars from Citibank by computer hackers. These hackers appear to be linked ...
  6 days ago

• Navy CIO Robert Carey Weighs in on Cyber Security Metrics

  
  The New New Internet — Authority: 133
  As individuals and organizations become more conscientious about cyber security, the question arises of how to measure the effectiveness of cyber security programs and departments. Beyond the obvious metric of ‘no breach has occurred,’ what are some other ways to measure the realm of cyber security? In his blog ...
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• Obama Names Howard Schmidt as Cyberczar

  
  Security Debrief - a blog of homeland security news and analysis — Authority: 433
  Obama Names Former Bush Adviser as Cyberczar – FinallyAfter a prolonged search — vowing to make the choice personally — President Obama has named Howard A. Schmidt, a former cybersecurity adviser to President George W. Bush as the nation’s cyberczar.Schmidt, who has more than 30 years in government service, ...
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• US appoints Howard Schmidt as cybersecurity chief – BBC News

  
  Memmis.com News Agency — Authority: 173
  BBC News US appoints Howard Schmidt as cybersecurity chief BBC News Howard Schmidt, a former eBay and Microsoft executive who advised President Bush, was appointed after others turned down the job. Mr Schmidt has been set the task of uniting various disparate agencies and organisations to shore up ...
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• White House Picks New Cyber Coordinator

  
  War News Updates — Authority: 161
  Officials urged the US president to appoint a cyber tsar quickly. Photograph: Rex Features Obama To Name Howard Schmidt As Cybersecurity Coordinator -- Washington Post Seven months after President Obama vowed to "personally select" an adviser to orchestrate the governments strategy for protecting computer ...
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• Top Secret Brit Laptop Stolen

  
  DoD Buzz — Authority: 571
  There were 28 lap­tops lost or stolen in the last four months and 66 in total since January 1, 2009. Looking back over the last 4 years there were 658 that van­ished. A major hunt is now on in London after a lap­top crammed with secret data was stolen from inside the Ministry of Defense (MoD) nerve cen­ter. FROM ...
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• Hackers steal US-South Korean military secrets

  
  Report on Arrakis — Authority: 518
  Yet another story about hackers breaching our military. An 11 page document detailing military operations by South Korean and American soldiers in case of war with North Korea. From Mail.com South Koreas military said Friday it was investigating a hacking attack that netted secret defense plans with the United ...
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