NIST’s Information Security and Privacy Board to hold public meeting in Washington October 26-28
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: it_security Image Caption: Howard Schmidt NIST’s Information Security and Privacy Board, which was established by the Computer Security Act of 1987 to advise the Commerce Secretary and NIST director on computer security issues, will hold a three-day public meeting Oct. 26-28. The sessions will be held at the Courtyard Washington [...]
Computer firm faces scrutiny over Iran downloads – Washington Times
A Slovakia-based computer-security firm could face a U.S. investigation for sanctions violations after its anti-virus products were downloaded in Iran in an apparent attempt to secure the country’s networks against the cyberworm that attacked Tehran’s …
Mediocre hackers can cause major damage – Washington Times
The computer systems that control vital industrial machinery in nuclear power plants, water treatment facilities and many other factories are vulnerable to deadly sabotage by hackers with even moderate skills, security researchers say. Dillon Beresford …
University of Washington wins national cyber competition – Birmingham Business Journal
pitting teams of college-age computer whizzes against some of the best computer security professionals in the world. The team from the University of Washington , representing the Pacific Northwest region, took home the top prize — the Alamo Trophy …
IE, Safari, iPhone, BlackBerry fall at Pwn2Own; Chrome, Firefox, Android, Windows Phone 7 escape – Washington Post
Pwn2Own — an annual computer-security contest in which researchers vie to win cash prizes and computer hardware by exploiting Web browsers — ended last week, and the results may surprise you. The first browser to get hacked was Apple’s Safari.
State Security HQ overrun in Cairo – Washington Post
State Security was responsible for suppressing domestic political … Once inside, they found more shredded documents and empty rooms, but also piles of files and computer hard drives, which they hauled outside and protected with a human chain.
William D. Marsland, Air Force officer and computer specialist – Washington Post
William D. Marsland, 87, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel who worked from 1977 to 2003 as a computer systems analyst at the National Security Agency, died Jan. 4 at the Virginian, a senior-living facility in Fairfax City. He had congestive heart failure.
Hacker breaches security at Pentagon Federal Credit Union – Washington Post
Roberts, who first reported the security breach, noted that cyberattacks against credit … for hackers because they’re portable and used by many people on multiple computer servers. “The kids might play on it and that could compromise it, or it might not …
New computer? First, unpack; then, uninstall. – Washington Post
So I’d dump the included anti-virus program by clicking the Control Panel’s “Uninstall a program” link-after downloading MSE’s installer and disconnecting the computer from the Internet. (Keeping two anti-virus programs active at once won’t keep you safer …
How to set up your new computer, 2010 edition (with video) – Washington Post
One of the less significant signs of the holiday season is the reappearance of my annual “How to set up your new computer” column … updated security software on board in case you have any viruses lurking in your files). * I address a common question from …
