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Was There a Cyberattack on Iran's Nuclear Program?
By Sharon Weinberger - AOL News(Sept. 22) -- The evidence may be scant and the claims seemingly far-fetched, but a cybersecurity expert is suggesting that a sophisticated new type of malicious software called Stuxnet may have been spread in the hope of bringing down Iran's nuclear program. "At least one expert who has extensively studied the malicious software, or malware, suggests Stuxnet may have already attacked its target -- and that it may have been Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant, which much of the world condemns as a nuclear weapons threat," The Christian Science Monitor reported today, based on comments made by ...
Barnaby Jack Ingeniously Hacks ATMs at Black Hat [VIDEO]
By Carl Franzen - AOL News(July 29) -- "Jackpot!" That's the message that was displayed on the screen of an ATM as it spewed its entire reservoir of cash across the stage at the Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas Wednesday after a hacker easily bypassed its security features. And indeed, for hackers and crackers and unscrupulous opportunists everywhere, the high-profile demonstration of a cash machine's vulnerabilities would indeed appear to be a boon. But for those gathered at the annual technology security conference known as Black Hat, the situation presented less a victory than a challenge: how to ...
White House Taps Former eBay, Microsoft Exec as New 'Cyber Czar'
By David Sessions - Politics DailyThe White House announced Tuesday that Howard Schmidt, a former executive at eBay and Microsoft, will become the administration's new cybersecurity coordinator. Schmidt's selection comes at the end of a long process in which several other candidates turned down the job. President Obama is expected to announce the appointment Tuesday. Schmidt is an Internet security expert who, along with working for major Web-based companies, founded a security consulting firm. He was named one of the 50 most influential people in business information technology by Baseline magazine. Obama highlighted ...
U.S. Drone Planes Hacked by Iraqi Insurgents
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyDays after it was reported that Iraqi insurgents were able to intercept video feeds from the unmanned drone planes the U.S. military uses to spy on insurgents, lawmakers called on President Obama to move quickly to plug cybersecurity holes in the U.S. government. Shiite militants used basic software to take advantage of an unprotected communications link and capture live video from Predator drones, giving them access to information they need to evade or monitor U.S. military operations, The Wall Street Journal reported. U.S. officials told the paper there was no evidence that militants were ...
Cybersecurity Bill Gives President Broad Powers Over Internet
By David Sessions - Politics DailyA Senate bill that put civil libertarians on edge earlier this year is still in the works: CNET obtained a copy of the current revision of S.773, a measure that would give the president authority to disconnect the private Internet networks during a "cybersecurity emergency." The original bill, introduced by Sens. Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) in April, called for an Office of the National Cybersecurity Advisor that would have vast powers over Internet traffic. In other words, Internet oversight would move from the Department of Homeland Security to the White House. ...
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