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Senate bill would require the administration to define ‘cyber war’ – The Hill


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Senate bill would require the administration to define 'cyber war'
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“By requiring the administration to define what constitutes an act of war in the cyber domain, this legislation would help our government be better able to respond to cyberattacks and deter malicious actors from launching them in the first place,” King
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Vulnerabilities in industrial gas detectors require little skill to exploit

Gas detectors used in factories and other industrial settings to identify toxic conditions contain several vulnerabilities that can allow hackers to remotely sabotage the devices, according to an industry advisory published late last week.

The vulnerabilities in the Midas and Midas Black gas detectors manufactured by Honeywell can be exploited by hackers with a low skill level, according to the advisory, which was published Thursday by the Industrial Control System Cyber Emergency Response Team. The first weaknesses is a “path traversal” weakness, which allows remote attackers to bypass the normal authentication system. A second one results in the failure to encrypt user passwords when they’re being transmitted.

“Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to gain unauthenticated access to the device, potentially allowing configuration changes, as well as the initiation of calibration or test processes,” the advisory warned. The notice went on to advise organizations that rely on on the detectors to install versions 1.13b3 or 2.13b3, which patch against the vulnerabilities. The advisory pointed to this link from Honeywell.

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Bit9 and FireEye Free Webcast–Today’s Advanced Threats Require Next … – Wall Street Journal (press release)

Bit9 and FireEye Free Webcast–Today's Advanced Threats Require Next
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Bit9 has stopped the most advanced attacks, including Flame, Gauss, and the malware responsible for the RSA breach. One thousand organizations worldwide–from 25 Fortune 100 companies to small businesses–use Bit9 to increase security, reduce

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What computer jobs require security clearance?

I have an expunged record, (clean to most) except certain security clearances.