China puts itself in the cyber crosshairs — what now?
The evidence that China is behind of a lot of hacking against the United States continues to mount; the question is what the United States should do about it.
Navy enables on-base WiFi access for Reserve personnel
With CAC readers already available to Navy Reserve personnel, providing WiFi access to the NMCI on base is a logical and cost-effective solution for accommodating online demand.
House bill would attack online piracy, 'rogue websites'
The Stop Online Piracy Act would make American service providers responsible for blocking access to foreign websites that are ruled in violation of U.S. copyright laws.
CIA official: We need a secure OS, but where's the demand?
The chief of the agency's Information Assurance Group says it's time for a secure operating system done right, but it won't happen without widespread demand.
Hacker group releases attack tool for SSL
The German group The Hacker's Choice says it released the tool to force vendors to fix vulnerabilities that have been known for years, but SSL v.3's co-author disagrees with the group's assessment.
NIST fills the gaps in its smart-grid framework
Version 2.0 of its framework has an expanded set of standards to help ensure interoperability and security for a national smart power grid.
XML Encryption cracked, exposing real threat to online transactions
The technique poses a real-world threat to XML data, researchers say, and probably could be applied to other platforms using the same modes of encryption.
Agencies, don't forget to turn off IPv4 on your way out
As agencies prepare for the IPv6 deadline, the Veterans Affairs Department plans to avoid one security problem by turning off IPv4 the day after, something other departments could watch and learn from.
NIST math project expands the horizons of Web publishing
Updating the best-selling "Handbook of Mathematical Functions" for the Web required creation of new tools for math-oriented authoring and searching.
Going beyond PDF for the Web
Making equations digital objects rather than images on the Web required a new set of tools, which NIST has helped to create.
Cybersecurity Awareness Month is half over — you secure yet?
No one is as secure as they ought to be, but are things all that bad?
DHS, Commerce looking to battle botnets
The agencies are mulling voluntary industry standards, and looking for ideas on how best to prevent and identify networks of infected computers, and notify consumers when they've been hit.
Tricare's slow response to massive data loss could raise the risk
The military health care provider waited more than two weeks to publicly report the theft of sensitive records on nearly 5 million military personnel on a backup tape, and it will be another four to six weeks before those are at risk are notified.
All-in: VA sets date to shut down IPv4
As the Veterans Affairs Department completes the transition to the next generation of Internet Protocols, it plans to finish the job by turning off IPv4.
New style of attack can slip past firewalls, prevention systems
Researchers say the ability to deliver this new class of malicious exploits through Port 80 Web traffic ramps up the threat posed by advanced evasion techniques.
DOE completes first cross-country 100-gigabit network
The prototype ESnet, being built with Internet2, is part of DOE’s plan for a next-generation high-speed — and eventually terabit — science and research network.
Android a likely target once mobile crime pays
The technology and malware exist to exploit mobile devices, but so far the payoff hasn't been worth it for criminals to go after smart phones, Symantec researchers say.
Memo to Congress: On cybersecurity, regulation isn't a dirty word
GOP recommendations for cybersecurity seek to avoid burdensome regulation, but both industry and government need a firm baseline defining what is expected of them.
Obama issues 'WikiLeaks Order' to protect classified nets
The executive order issued Oct. 7 lays out reforms for improving the security of classified networks while enabling sharing of classified information.
Security worries can hinder cloud adoption, House panel is told
As GSA ramps up FedRAMP, security remains a concern in efforts to move government IT to the cloud, officials told a House subcommittee.
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