This section is devoted to featuring late-breaking cyber security news stories.
Jan. 31, 2008 - Ted Bridis, Associated Press
Threats from Everywhere in "Cyber Storm"
In the middle of the biggest-ever "Cyber Storm" war game to test the nation's hacker defenses, someone quietly targeted the very computers used to conduct the exercise.
The surprising culprit? The players themselves, the same government and corporate experts responsible for detecting and fending off attacks against vital computer systems, according to hundreds of pages of heavily censored files obtained by The Associated Press.
Jan. 17, 2008 - Dan Kaplan, SC Magazine
FERC Approves Cybersecurity Standards for Power Grid
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today approved eight mandatory cybersecurity standards that extend to all entities connected to the nation's power grid.
FERC, the U.S. agency responsible for overseeing electric rates and natural gas pricing, approved the standards, which were developed by the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) in 2006.
Jan. 16, 2008 - Joab Jackson, GCN
Weak Control System Security Threatens U.S.
Weak security on infrastructure control systems may eventually put the country at risk for a coordinated attack on utilities, warned Jerry Dixon, former acting director of the Homeland Security Department’s National Cyber Security Division.
Jan. 14, 2008 - Doug Beizer, WashingtonTechnology
Forecast 2008: Cyber Crime Increasing
Cybercriminals have been increasingly successful at stealing data, and experts predict their attempts will increase in 2008.
Jan. 14, 2008 - John Leyden, TheRegister.co.uk
Browser Vulns and Botnets Head Threat List
Security experts have looked into the crystal ball to predict the cyber attacks most likely to cause substantial damage this year. The resulting list, drawn together by 12 security experts under the auspices of the SANS Institute, is based on an analysis of emerging attack patterns. Two of the resulting predictions - malware on consumer devices and web application security exploits - have already come true in the early days of 2008, evidence that that the run down is closer to the mark than other security predictions.
Jan. 6, 2008 - www.strategypage.com
The Chinese Three-Headed Monster
Ten years ago, the Chinese Defense Ministry established the "NET Force." This was initially a research organization, which was to measure China's vulnerability to attacks via the Internet. Soon this led to examining the vulnerability of other countries, especially the United States, Japan and South Korea (all nations that were heavy Internet users). NET Force has continued to grow.
