SAN FRANCISCO - A new variant of the Tibet malware for OS X has been found. This variant uses a recently patched Java exploit to install a backdoor service in targeted systems and allow a remote hacker to log in and steal files. While OS X has been affected relatively minimally by malware, the platform
LONDON, UK - Another shoe has dropped in the National Security Agency's covert mass surveillance program. Whistleblower Edward Snowden has provided The Guardian with a document that outlines the NSA's widespread sharing of "US persons" cellular and e-mail metadata with Israel. According to The Guardian, "US persons" include US citizens, permanent residents, and anyone located
DAMASCUS, Syria - If the United States attacks Syria, it will be the first time it strikes a country that is capable of waging retaliatory cyberspace attacks on American targets. The risk is heightened by Syria's alliance with Iran, which has built up its cyber capability in the past three years, and already gives the
DEARBORN ? ISACA Detroit's Sept. 18 Chapter Meeting features a talk called Dark Cloud Rising during dinner and another called Data Masking Case Study after. The dinner speaker is Melissa Markey, while the post dinner discussion will be offered by Keith Fournier, MA, MBA, PMP, APMC, CMS, GISP, CDIA. The meeting will be held at
WASHINGTON DC - The American Civil Liberties Union and the National Rifle Association have bonded in their fight against the National Security Agency's mass spying program that came to light in June. The NRA joined the ACLU's lawsuit against the government agency on Wednesday by filing a "friend of the court" legal brief. "The mass
WASHINGTON DC - A full 50 percent of Internet users surveyed say they're concerned about the growing amount of personal information revealed about them online. A study released Thursday by Pew Internet found that more people are worried about certain information now available online, including photos, videos, e-mail addresses, birth dates, phone numbers, home addresses,
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network and the Michigan Cyber Range Thursday announced the new Merit Secure Sandbox service, a virtual environment that lets users practice, train, and test cybersecurity techniques, is now operational. Merit Secure Sandbox is designed for instructors to set up their own virtual environments for cybersecurity training. It is also aimed at
WASHINGTON DC - The National Institute of Standards and Technology released a preliminary cybersecurity draft framework outlining standards, best practices and guidance expected to be codified in October as directed by President Barack Obama's February executive order. A NIST spokesperson said the documents released Aug. 28 are a discussion draft ahead of NIST's upcoming meeting
WASHINGTON DC - The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security are increasingly aware of the threats that law enforcement officers and officials face at a federal, state, and local level by using older versions of the Android mobile operating system, according to a document obtained by Public Intelligence, a group focused on releasing government
SAN FRANCISCO - The Syrian Electronic Army apparently took control over the Twitter.com Web site address record Tuesday, the hacker group's latest attack on high-profile Internet sites. The Twitter.com whois record, which lists the owner of the Web address names called domains, listed the owner's e-mail address as [email protected]. The site continued to function, however.