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Submission + - Are Companies Keeping Quiet About More Attacks by Shamoon Virus? (cio.com)

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on Tuesday September 18, 2012 @02:39PM

Curseyoukhan writes: "Last month, Saudi Aramco was hit with a massive cyber attack. The company admits the "Shamoon" virus took down 30,000 workstations but claims no oil production systems were hit. It is clear Aramco is under-reporting the amount of damage done to its systems. It is also very, very likely that other energy companies either have been or will be hit by the same virus."

Submission + - Census report doesn't capture extent of poverty (cbsnews.com)

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on Friday September 14, 2012 @08:29AM

Curseyoukhan writes: "The Census Dept. report on poverty uses the same income threshold to determine if a person or household is impoverished that has been in use since 1964. ... While the Census report did show a 1.7 percent decline in income between 2010 and 2011 for most working- and middle-class earners, it did not include several another telling fact: The decline in income came despite an enormous increase in worker productivity. According to the Department of Labor, in the last 10 years worker productivity in non-farm, manufacturing and business jobs has increased an average of 2.59 percent each year, or nearly 26 percent total. Yet median income has fallen over that same period. In 2011, U.S. median income was $50,100 — that's the lowest level since 1996."

Submission + - US Critical Infrastructure Threat is Real - but 'the Sky Isn't Falling' (cio.com)

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on Thursday September 13, 2012 @01:40PM

Curseyoukhan writes: "The CTO of WurldTech — a company which could very easily profit off the cyberwar hysteria — explains why you shouldn't be so upset about threats to US critical IT infrastructure and why, yes, government regulation can be a good thing."

Submission + - IT Security Hack 1, AntiSec 0: Stolen Apple UDIDs Didn't Come from FBI (cio.com)

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on Tuesday September 11, 2012 @10:32AM

Curseyoukhan writes: "AntiSec’s story seemed just a wee bit too perfect to be true. It began when AntiSec claimed the info came from a device used by an FBI agent named Christopher K. Stangl. Mr. Stangl is a real person and is in fact an FBI agent. He was featured in a 2009 recruitment video titled “Wanted by the FBI: Cyber Security Experts.” That would have been the type of perfect irony that PR people dream about. It was an irony level so high it set my Spidey-Sense a-tinglin’."

Submission + - Norton '12 Cybercrime Report Magically Makes $278B in Losses Disappear (cio.com)

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on Thursday September 06, 2012 @02:49PM

Curseyoukhan writes: "Norton released its annual cybercrime report on Wednesday, and the company put the “direct costs associated with global consumer cybercrime at US $110 billion over the past twelve months.” Last year’s report put the total “at an annual price of $388 billion globally based on financial losses and time lost." That's more than the estimated value of the global black market in marijuana, cocaine and heroin combined ($288 billion), the report said.
But Norton makes no mention of the vast difference in 2011 and 2012 numbers. That's because last year’s number was entirely fictitious."

Submission + - A Reporter's Doubts About AntiSec's Claim of Hacking Apple Data from FBI (cio.com)

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on Wednesday September 05, 2012 @10:36AM

Curseyoukhan writes: "AntiSec says they got it from Christopher K. Stangl, an agent featured in a 2009 recruitment video titled “Wanted by the FBI: Cyber Security Experts.” Not saying it didn't happen but the irony level is so high it should make you suspicious. That's not the only oddly perfect claim AntiSec made, either."

Submission + - How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love Cyber Weapons (cio.com)

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on Wednesday August 29, 2012 @01:28PM

Curseyoukhan writes: "As part of the government’s No-Contractor-Left-Unfunded Initiative, the Air Force is now soliciting sales pitches for cyber weapons. That's all well and good, just don't expect the weapons to make us any safer."

Submission + - Silly IT Security Stories for the Soul (cio.com)

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on Thursday August 23, 2012 @11:26AM

Curseyoukhan writes: "There's really no reason to read this as it has almost entirely nothing to do with IT security. I will say that it does feature gratuitous mentions of Phineas & Ferb and iCarly and a very nice picture of Perry the Platypus."

Submission + - Cybersecurity Experts Blast US IT Security Legislation (cio.com)

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on Tuesday August 14, 2012 @11:45AM

Curseyoukhan writes: "Congress recently took an unearned vacation without passing some expected cybersecurity legislation, and now President Obama is reportedly thinking of getting the job done with an executive order. So we know what the amateurs are up to; now lets get some related thoughts from the experts on U.S. cybersecurity laws. For example, do we need a new policy? Will it do any good? What should it include?"

Submission + - 3 Incredibly Stupid Security Mishaps You Need to Know About (cio.com)

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on Thursday August 09, 2012 @04:03PM

Curseyoukhan writes: "The U.S. Army's flushes $2B down the drain on a mobile intelligence database; the American State Department fights terrorists by trolling them online; and a website offers a 9mm pistol as reward for finding the hacker who put naughty pictures on its home page. ... but wait! There's more!"

Submission + - Wired Reporter Hack Spotlights Businesses' Cloud Security Risks (cio.com)

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on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @02:25PM

Curseyoukhan writes: "Cloud computing means surrendering control of your data. It means security is out of your hands. Your cloud-computing provider may have the best set of security policies ever, but that doesn’t mean it has the best set of security practices"

Submission + - Cybercrime Statistics: Most of Them Are Pure Marketing Crap (cio.com)

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on Thursday August 02, 2012 @12:36PM

Curseyoukhan writes: "A StrategyOne spokesman, asked if the Symantec estimates could be called scientific, responded, 'Yes, as much as any survey or poll that relies on consumers to estimate their losses based on recall.'"

Submission + - http://blogs.cio.com/security/17280/cybercrime-statistics-most-them-are-pure-mar (cio.com)

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on Thursday August 02, 2012 @12:28PM

Curseyoukhan writes: "A StrategyOne spokesman, asked if the Symantec estimates could be called scientific, responded, 'Yes, as much as any survey or poll that relies on consumers to estimate their losses based on recall.""

Submission + - Going for Your Gold: Cybercrooks Launch Olympic-Themed Attacks (cio.com)

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on Tuesday July 31, 2012 @02:39PM

Curseyoukhan writes: "Although the bad guys have had four years to prepare for this particular giant, pre-scheduled, world-attention-grabbing event, some of them have definitely just phoned their work in."

Submission + - A beginner's guide to the EU crisis (cbsnews.com)

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on Tuesday July 24, 2012 @02:27PM

Curseyoukhan writes: "Q&A format. Written in nice, simple English."

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