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Nation's critical infrastructure cyber defenses weak, DHS tells hearing
Experts criticize government's threat sharing, noting it wants the private sector to be generous but it's stingy with the private sector
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Companies, government unprepared for new wave of cybersabotage
Intelligence not the only part of government that has struggled. Senate has not moved on legislation to back President's order on cybersecurity
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Army Corps database on dams compromised
Expert says breach aimed at collecting 'vulnerability and targeting data' for attacks, but another says simple engineering espionage more likely
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Telecom seeks critical infrastructure status for IT vendors
Experts say it doesn't matter if IT is classified because requirements will be passed on to them by the utility, telecom or defense manufacturer
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Rising cyberthreats set backdrop for latest cybersecurity bill
DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano urges Congress to pass the new legislation, saying it should not wait for a '9/11 in the cyber world'
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AusCERT 2013: Cloud-based scanner identifies new malware by its ancestry
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Dell targets ANZ security opportunities as SecureWorks debuts locally
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AusCERT 2013: Users, cats more likely hack culprits than cyber-espionage: Trustwave
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AusCERT 2013: Ashley Deuble: Network Security Monitoring with Security Onion
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AusCERT 2013: International cyberwar response more complex than geopolitical treaties: NATO CCD COE analyst
Incident handling is a vast topic, but here are a few tips for you to consider in your incident response. I hope you never have to use them, but the odds are at some point you will and I hope being ready saves you pain (or your job!).
- Have an incident response plan.
- Pre-define your incident response team
- Define your approach: watch and learn or contain and recover.
- Pre-distribute call cards.
- Forensic and incident response data capture.
- Get your users on-side.
- Know how to report crimes and engage law enforcement.
- Practice makes perfect.
Warning: Tips for secure mobile holiday shopping
I’m dating myself, but I remember when holiday shopping involved pouring through ads in the Sunday paper, placing actual phone calls from tethered land lines to research product stock and availability, and actually driving places to pick things up. Now, holiday shoppers can do all of that from a smartphone or tablet in a few seconds, but there are some security pitfalls to be aware of.
