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    Sony hacker arrests: 5 questions 14 June, 2011 01:21:00

    Arrests in Spain related to the Sony Playstation Network hacking case have computer users wondering whether the loosely organized Anonymous hacker coalition is weakened -- or merely irritated by being busted.
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    Large-scale attacks exploit unpatched PDF bug 08 January, 2010 00:07:00

    A week before Adobe is scheduled to patch a critical vulnerability in its popular PDF software, hackers are actively exploiting the bug with both targeted and large-scale attacks, a security researcher said today.
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    SANS capitalises on security training in Canberra 23 April, 2008 15:38:19

    The SANS Institute has formalised its association with Shearwater Solutions by appointing the company as its local ANZ representative, as well as bringing it on board to organize a SANS security training event in Canberra in June.
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    Your World. . . Hacked 02 October, 2007 10:51:23

    The call to Bob Bailey, an IT executive with a major US government contractor, came on an otherwise ordinary day in October 2003. "Why are you attacking us?" demanded the caller, an IT leader with a Silicon Valley manufacturer. He wanted to know why Bailey's company had launched a denial-of-service attack against his network
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    US Gov't to Probe Network Intrusions by Foreign Hackers 18 April, 2007 12:06:56

    A House subcommittee is scheduled to hear testimony from government and industry representatives about the extent to which US federal networks and critical infrastructure have been compromised by foreign hackers.
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    Are your software programmers coding securely? 27 March, 2007 18:02:06

    Four examinations -- each covering a specific programming language -- will be offered initially, Paller said. The four areas covered are C/C++, Java/J2EE, Perl/PHP and .Net/ASP. The first examinations will be offered in Washington in August and then will be rolled out worldwide through the rest of the year. The exams will cost US$400 to take.
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    Are your software programmers coding securely? 27 March, 2007 09:00:10

    A large group of organizations led by the SANS Institute has launched a new information security skills assessment and certification program for software programmers.
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    How to Save the Internet 12 May, 2005 10:59:59

    Computing on the Net is heading for a fall because security is a joke. So we summoned the best minds to see if we could put Humpty back together again.
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    US Public/Private Security Partnership Gets Rocky 29 April, 2003 11:26:53

    The changing of the cybersecurity guard at the US Department of Homeland Security, coupled with complacency on the part of some corporate executives, has put a higher premium on information-sharing and cooperation between the private sector and the government.
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    How to Staff Up for Security 06 September, 2002 10:30:00

    Last year, David Saul, executive vice president and CIO of commercial insurer Zurich North America, pulled a dozen IT staffers away from their daily tasks to combat a virus that was attacking the company's firewalls. They did a good job limiting the damage, but it took two days - two days in which other work did not get done. Next time, Saul hopes to be ready to respond before a threat surfaces. "We want to be in a safety zone that doesn't require that kind of immediate mobilisation," he says.
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    Cyber CIRTainty 05 March, 2001 13:39:29

    When the Y2K bug threatened to disrupt business, CIOs had to convince management to pay attention to the issue. But with cyber-attacks, CIOs do not have a hard-and-fast deadline - an attack could come any day, and the consequences could be more lethal to a company's operations than Y2K ever was. That's why many CIOs are lobbying Mahogany Row for cyber-incident response team (CIRT) funding
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    Antivirus software powerless to stop data breach attacks, study finds 10 February, 2012 01:43:00

    Analysis of 300 incidents spots an elephant in the room
    Large numbers of data breaches are being initiated by targeted malware that antivirus software simply can't detect, an analysis of 300 real-world incidents from 2011 has suggested.
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    Valentine's Day Patch Tuesday: Microsoft to issue 9 patches, 4 critical 10 February, 2012 09:29:00

    Microsoft Thursday said that the second Patch Tuesday of 2012 will see nine security bulletins, four of which were deemed critical.
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    Security experts ask House for light a regulatory touch 10 February, 2012 01:39:00

    Cybersecurity experts on Wednesday warned members of a House subcommittee against racing to legislation that would establish an overly burdensome regulatory framework for safeguarding digital systems against attacks, instead urging a more limited approach that would clear away legal impediments such as the prohibitions against sharing critical threat information.
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    The six pillars of security operations 10 February, 2012 11:37:00

    Six key points that should be considered when creating and developing a SOC
    As mobilisation and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) becomes increasingly prevalent, business security has been propelled to the forefront of corporate strategy.
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    Google Wallet Security Concerns Raised 10 February, 2012 01:40:00

    Security firm Zvelo has discovered that the Google Wallet PIN can be cracked via an exhaustive numerical search.
    Google's new NFC system that purports to turn your phone into a credit card can be compromised using a brute-force attack -- and that raises questions about its security.
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