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Monday, June 14th, 2010Botnet targeting Mexicans taken down by owner
A botnet that was being used to target Mexicans has been taken down, apparently by the cyber criminal who set it up, according to TrendMicro. “The botnet’s controllers sent out new instructions to all of the active bots,” he wrote. “One of the effects of this was to stop [...]
IT Security April 23 2010
Monday, April 26th, 2010Can agency systems handle new FISMA requirements?
New standards released by the White House for reporting under the Federal Information Security Management Act will require agencies to shift from paper-based annual reports to real-time data feeds of system status that will be correlated by the Homeland Security Department. The new requirements are an effort to shift [...]
Why is Everyone Talking about Social Networking?
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009This is the fourth article in our information security awareness series for the month of October. Enjoy!
You have probably heard about Internet applications like Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter. Perhaps you have received email invitations to join these online communities. These software platforms are collectively referred to as social networking- a term applied to people and [...]
SANS Webcast on the 20 Critical Security Controls – Aug 13th at 1pm ET
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009I’ll be presenting a webcast for the SANS Institute, along with Alan Paller and Eric Cole on the 20 Critical Security Controls. There’s been a lot of news on these controls in the past few months and a lot of discussion on how they interact with FISMA and NIST guidance for information security. This webcast [...]
Phase 5- WHO Raises Alert Level Again
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009The World Health Organization (WHO) raised its pandemic alert level to Phase 5, its second-highest level. This indicates the outbreak of swine flu is nearing widespread human infection.
Dr. Margaret Chan, the U.N. agency’s director-general, said the decision to raise the alert to level five on its six-point scale means all countries “should immediately now [...]
WHO raises its pandemic alert level Phase 4. Biosurveillance startup knew first
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009Things have gotten more serious with the Swine Flu situation both in the USA as well as world-wide. Early this evening, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised its pandemic alert level to phase 4, indicating a significantly increased risk of a global outbreak of a serious disease. In a related note, WHO revised its 6-point [...]
WHO raises its pandemic alert level phase 4- SwineFlu Chatter
Sunday, April 26th, 2009Things have gotten more serious with the Swine Flu situation both in the USA as well as world-wide. Early this evening, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised its pandemic alert level to phase 4, indicating a significantly increased risk of a global outbreak of a serious disease. In a related note, WHO revised its 6-point [...]
Recycling old Paper Mills into Data Centers
Monday, February 16th, 2009Even though this is primarily an information security blog, I wanted to share an interesting story regarding Google’s decision to convert an old paper mill into a data center in Finnland. I grew up in Central Wisconsin where there are many old paper mills, and the mill where my father worked was closed down last [...]
Audit Firm Sues Partner for Insider Trading
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008Deloitte & Touche has brought an insider-trading lawsuit against a former partner and vice chairman, Thomas Flanagan from Deloitte’s Chicago office. In a case filed in Delaware Chancery Court in late October, the audit firm sued Thomas Flanagan, a 30-year veteran of the firm, accusing him of improperly trading in the securities of at least [...]
National Office of Cyberspace
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008A wide range of legislators and security experts serving on The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency recommended that a new office in the Executive Office of the President be created. This could mean that ultimate authority would reside Executive Office of the President, and government agencies [...]
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