TENAFLY, N.J. - The House Homeland Security Committee unanimously passed a substitute bill for the National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2013 last week. The bill now heads to the full House for a floor vote. Broadly supported by both parties, the current version of HR 3696 gives the Department of Homeland Security
SAN FRANCISCO - A massive distributed-denial-of-service attack Monday reached more than 400Gbps at its peak, about 33 percent greater than last year's Spamhaus attack, the previous DDoS record-holder. The attack was apparently directed at one of the customers of content delivery network and security provider CloudFlare, which first reported the attack, CNET News.Com reported. The
BIRMINGHAM - Bob Ackerman, a VC at Allegis Capital wrote what could be considered a self-serving piece on the security tech bubble published on VentureBeat. Of course an investor in security companies is going to stoke the flames of exuberance, especially in light of the ridiculous valuation of FireEye at IPO of $6 billion ($FEYE
AUBURN HILLS - Michigan's Chief Security Officer Dan Lohrmann, Michigan's Chief Technology Officer Rodney Davenport, and Oakland County Deputy County Executive and CIO Phil Bertolini will be keynote speakers March 7 for its Cyber Summit. Oakland University's CIO Theresa Rowe and Joe Adams, head of cybersecurity for Merit Network, also are confirmed to participate alongside
SOCHI, Russia - According to an NBC News report, unprepared attendees at the Sochi Olympics are being hacked the second they fire up their electronic devices. NBC reporter Richard Engel worked with a security expert to set up two test computers in order to see just how quickly he'd be attacked when logging onto Russian
MINNEAPOLIS - Target is still reeling from the massive security breach, which affected as many as 110 million customers. Now, as the retailer gets back on its feet, it's becoming more security focused. Target Chief Financial Officer John Mulligan wrote an opinion piece for The Hill on Monday saying that the company was speeding up
SAN FRANCISCO - Adobe is recommending that users update their Flash Players immediately - especially those who frequent Google Chrome and Internet Explorer. The company released an emergency security bulletin on Tuesday that addresses vulnerabilities in Flash, which could be exploited by hackers. "This vulnerability could allow an attacker to remotely take control of the
LONDON, United Kingdom - A British spy unit turned a cyberattack method favored by Anonymous against it and other hacktivist groups, according to an NBC report based on documents Edward Snowden removed from the National Security Agency. A division of the Government Communications Headquarters, the UK's communications intelligence agency, used distributed-denial-of-service attacks to disrupt communications
SAN FRANCISCO - Eleven students accused of using keyloggers to spy on their teachers' computer systems, infiltrate the school's network, and change their grades electronically were expelled from their California high school. Six of the students have left the district, and five have been transferred to other schools. The students in question allegedly worked with
WASHINGTON DC - The National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance program received a highly charged constitutional challenge last week. This first-of-its-kind challenge comes via a motion filed by attorneys for an accused terrorist. The NSA targeted Jamshid Muhtorov, an Uzbek refugee, Colorado resident, whose e-mail and possibly other communications were secretly gathered by the US government.