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First reported 47 mins ago - Updated 21 mins ago - 1 reports

Henry Waxman

Report: U.S. Utilities And Congress Are Slacking On Grid Security

The U.S. electric grid remains highly vulnerable to attacks from Iran and North Korea or other threats such as geomagnetic storms from solar activity, according to a new report released by Reps. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Henry A. Waxman, D-Calif.Markey, ... [Published Renew Grid - 47 mins ago]

Entities: Power Grid, Henry Waxman, Ed Markey, Stuxnet, Security

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 2 reports

Infectious Computer Worms Are Sucking Energy and Money From Companies

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Official Signature - Reversed Websafe Colors (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The electric grid is a target. And it is a fat one. It is the vehicle by which electricity flows and it is therefore a critical economic asset. ... [Published Birmingham Star - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Computer Worm, Infectious, Power Grid, Wikipedia

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 17 hours ago - 1 reports

Congressional Report: US Power Grid Highly Vulnerable To Cyberattack

An anonymous reader writes "Despite warnings that a cyberattack could cripple the nation's power supply, a U.S. Congressional report (PDF) finds that power companies' efforts to protect the power grid are insufficient. Attacks are apparently commonplace, ... [Published Slashdot - May 22 2013]

Entities: Power Grid, Cyber Attack, Stuxnet

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 reports

Marsha Blackburn

Electric Cooperatives Of Arkansas Chief Testifies On Cyber Security

WASHINGTON — The president of the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas urged a congressional panel Tuesday to put the brakes on imposing new cyber security mandates on power utilities, saying voluntary industry standards are working.“Don’t short circuit ... [Published Southwest Times Record - May 21 2013]

Entities: Cyber Security, Critical Infrastructure, Power Grid, Marsha Blackburn

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 reports

German armed forces equipping for cyber war

RHEINBACH, Germany — The military training area of the future looks like a computer-science classroom. Trusses of cables descend from the ceiling and nearly 40 flat screens are spread out over five tables.A digital projector shows a virtual war scene ... [Published Stars and Stripes - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Rheinbach (Germany), Cyber Warfare, Military/Armed Forces, Air Defense, Germany

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Stuxnet May Have Been a Flop, Report Says

A new report published by a respected British think tank has challenged the conventional wisdom that the Stuxnet worm was a major setback to Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Ivanka Barzashka, a researcher in the Department of War Studies at King’s College ... [Published Security Bloggers Network - May 22 2013]

Entities: Stuxnet, Iran, Natanz, Centrifuge, Nuclear

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

New arms race heating up in cyberspace

THE shadowy world of cybercrime was exposed in the recent federal indictment of eight men accused of manipulating computer networks and ATMs to steal US$45 million (RM135.6m) over seven months.The heist combined sophisticated hacking with street-level ... [Published Malay Mail - May 22 2013]

Entities: Cyberspace, Stuxnet, Industrial Control Systems

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

China hackers get sensitive US spy data

US officials have identified China as the source of major cyber attacks on Google and Microsoft with the aim of gaining access to Washington’s sensitive database, a report says.Chinese hackers have managed to obtain years’ worth of information about US ... [Published Press tv - May 21 2013]

Entities: Computer Hacker, China, Microsoft Corporation, Cyber Attack

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Enhance functional safety in embedded designs

Keywords:Embedded networked systems Process control Ethernet SwitchEmbedded networked systems are increasingly employed for the control of vast sections of the industrial infrastructure in the modern economy. Some systems require extraordinary safety ... [Published Electronic Engineering Times Asia - May 21 2013]

Entities: Ethernet, Process Control System, Process Control

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Middle East in spotlight amid escalating cyber attacks

Cyber-attacks are becoming more frequent, with the Middle East one of the main regions of concern. – ReutersDUBAI – The Middle East has become a hotspot for cyber attacks, experts warn, amid an escalation of computer-led warfare across the globe.Dmitri ... [Published Saudi Gazette - May 20 2013]

Entities: Cyber Attack, Escalation, Ministry of Interior

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Editorial Board: Cyberattacks call for legislation and open debate

THE SHADOWY WORLD of cybercrime was exposed in the recent federal indictment of eight men accused of manipulating computer networks and ATMs to steal $45 million over seven months. The heist combined sophisticated hacking with street-level hustle. In ... [Published Washington Post - May 20 2013]

Entities: Cyber Attack, Stuxnet, Industrial Control Systems

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Time to bomb Iran

JERUSALEM To support such an assertion, politicians and pundits point to the great success that the West has had in setting back the nuclear program of the regime in Tehran The best-known weapon in this clandestine cyber-war is Stuxnet, a computer worm ... [Published Washington Times - May 18 2013]

Entities: Iran, Stuxnet, Computer Worm, Bomb, Saeed Jalili

Quotes

...codes between the government and private sector can make a real difference in our ability to thwart bad actors," says McAfee’s Phyllis Schneck. "But many in the private sector hesitate to share information because of concerns about liability."

Infectious Computer Worms Are Sucking Energy and Money From Companies [Published Forbes.com - 5 hours ago]

...It passed the House but not the Senate. The bill would have authorized the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission "to issue orders for emergency measures to protect the reliability of either the bulk-power system or the defense critical electric infrastructure whenever the President issues a written directive or determination identifying an imminent grid security threat." Markey is still pushing for passage of the act

Power company targeted by 10,000 cyberattacks per month [Published ArsTechnica - May 22 2013]

An anonymous reader writes "Despite warnings that a cyberattack could cripple the nation's power supply, a U S Congressional report (PDF) finds that power companies' efforts to protect the power grid are insufficient. Attacks are apparently commonplace, with one utility claiming they fight off some 10,000 attempted attacks every month. The report also found that while most power companies are complying with mandatory standards for protection, few do much else above and beyond that to protect the grid. 'For example, NERC has established both mandatory standards and voluntary measures to protect against the computer worm known as Stuxnet. Of those that responded, 91% of IOUs [Investor-Owned Utilities], 83% of municipally- or cooperatively-owned utilities, and 80% of federal entities that own major pieces of the bulk power system reported compliance with the Stuxnet mandatory standards. By contrast, of those that responded to a separate question regarding compliance with voluntary Stuxnet measures, only 21% of IOUs, 44% of municipally- or cooperatively-owned utilities, and 62.5% of federal entities reported compliance.'"

Congressional Report: US Power Grid Highly Vulnerable To Cyberattack [Published Slashdot - May 22 2013]

A report in the professional journal IEEE Spectrum on February 26, 2013, explained how this worm accomplished its task: "First, it targeted Microsoft Windows machines and networks, repeatedly replicating itself. Then it sought out Siemens Step7 software, which is also Windows-based and used to program industrial control systems that operate equipment, such as centrifuges. Finally, it compromised the programmable logic controllers. The worm's authors could thus spy on the industrial systems and even cause the fast-spinning centrifuges to tear themselves apart, unbeknownst to the human operators at the plant."

As bytes replace guns [Published Sify - May 15 2013]

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Report: U.S. Utilities And Congress Are Slackin... [Published Renew Grid - 47 mins ago]
Infectious Computer Worms Are Sucking Energy an... [Published Birmingham Star - 3 hours ago]
Infectious Computer Worms Are Sucking Energy an... [Published Forbes.com - 5 hours ago]
Markey, Waxman Report Highlights Gaps in Grid S... [Published Transmission & Distribution World - 22 hours ago]
German armed forces equipping for cyber war [Published Stars and Stripes - 23 hours ago]
Power company targeted by 10,000 cyberattacks p... [Published ArsTechnica - May 22 2013]
Stuxnet May Have Been a Flop, Report Says [Published Security Bloggers Network - May 22 2013]
New arms race heating up in cyberspace [Published Malay Mail - May 22 2013]
Congressional Report: US Power Grid Highly Vuln... [Published Slashdot - May 22 2013]
Electric Cooperatives Of Arkansas Chief Testifi... [Published Southwest Times Record - May 21 2013]
Enhance functional safety in embedded designs [Published Electronic Engineering Times Asia - May 21 2013]
China hackers get sensitive US spy data [Published Press tv - May 21 2013]
China hacked sensitive dada: US [Published Press tv - May 21 2013]
Middle East in spotlight amid escalating cyber ... [Published Saudi Gazette - May 20 2013]
Chinese Hackers Resume Attacks on U.S. Targets [Published Gnom.es - May 20 2013]
Editorial Board: Cyberattacks call for legislat... [Published Washington Post - May 20 2013]
Time to bomb Iran [Published Washington Times - May 18 2013]
Stuxnet worm aided Iranian nuclear program, res... [Published Haaretz - May 16 2013]
As bytes replace guns [Published Sify - May 15 2013]
Britain's spying trade has become simply a PR i... [Published Mail Online UK - May 15 2013]
Obama Betrays Media Lapdogs: Secretly, Illegall... [Published Atlas Shrugs - May 15 2013]
History of Computers [Published TopTen Reviews - May 14 2013]
What Israel can teach Canada about education [Published Globe and Mail - May 14 2013]
Protect networked embedded systems from intrusion [Published EDN Asia - May 13 2013]
Middle Eastern Hackers Attacking U.S. Power Com... [Published Popular Science - May 13 2013]
Middle Eastern Hackers Attacking U.S. Power Com... [Published Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, ... - May 13 2013]
A primer on 4 notorious recent cyber-attacks [Published Inside Counsel - May 10 2013]
A New Age in IT Security [Published Redmond Magazine - May 08 2013]
Chinese military grows on land, sea, and internet [Published World Magazine - May 07 2013]
Protecting Sensitive Networked Embedded Systems... [Published EDN.com - May 07 2013]

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Stuxnet May Have Been a Flop, Report Says [Published Security Bloggers Network - May 22 2013] A new report published by a respected British think tank has challenged the conventional wisdom that the Stuxnet worm was a major setback to Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Ivanka Barzashka, a researcher in the Department of War Studies at King’s College ...
Obama Betrays Media Lapdogs: Secretly, Illegall... [Published Atlas Shrugs - May 15 2013] Ha! Obama's lapdog media is shocked (shocked, I tell ya) to have been betrayed by the most dangerous man who ever sat in the Oval Office. They were stunned to find that they were not immune to Obama's now trademark abuse of power. Did they really think ...
Open Everything – Interview with Robert David S... [Published Security Bloggers Network - Apr 02 2013] Robert David STEELE Vivas is a native New Yorker who has lived practically all over the world. He is best known for promoting the ubiquitous use of Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT), and more recently for his latest book, “ THE OPEN SOURCE EVERYTHING ...
This is why you need to learn how to talk to de... [Published Venturebeat - Mar 28 2013] The microchip computer was, arguably, the most significant invention of the latter half of the twentieth century. The closest preceding innovation to provide humanity with such a large opportunity for intellectual advancement was the printing press. ...
Puzzle box: The quest to crack the world’s most... [Published Ars Technica - Mar 14 2013] Aurich Lawson It was straight out of your favorite spy novel. The US and Israel felt threatened by Iran's totalitarian-esque government and its budding nuclear program. If this initiative wasn't stopped, there was no telling how far the growing conflict ...