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Study considers Computer Security Incident Response – Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Study considers Computer Security Incident Response
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
A CSIRT is a team focused on supporting the community deal with computer security issues. Formed initially to deal with malware such as computer worms and other viruses, CSIRTS these days work to stay one step ahead of those who would use Internet …
Computer security response team options investigatedVoxy
New unit needed for cybersecurityStuff.co.nz

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Study concludes ‘Heartbleed’ flaw was unknown before disclosure

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One of the most serious software flaws to affect the Internet, nicknamed “Heartbleed,” was likely unknown before it was publicly disclosed, according to new research.

The finding puts to rest fears that government spying agencies may have been exploiting the flaw for surveillance activities.

Widespread attacks using Heartbleed only began about a day after information about it became public, according to the paper, published by researchers at several U.S. universities.

“We find no evidence of exploitation prior to the vulnerability’s public disclosure, but we detect subsequent exploit attempts from almost 700 sources beginning less than 24 hours after disclosure,” they wrote.

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Vulnerabilities on the decline, but risk assessment is often flawed, study says says

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Based on data gathered over the first six months of 2014, security researchers from IBM X-Force predict that the number of publicly reported vulnerabilities will drop to under 8,000 this year, a first since 2011.

While the majority of flaws disclosed so far fall into the medium-risk category, the IBM researchers said that the widely used system to rate their severity often fails to reflect the real risk they pose to users.

Over the first half of the year, the IBM X-Force team collected reports about 3,900 security vulnerabilities from advisories published by software vendors, security industry mailing lists and other sources. If vulnerability disclosures continue at the same rate, the number of flaws reported in 2014 will fall under 8,000, several hundred less than in each of the previous two years, the team said in a report released this week.

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UK teens to study cyber warfare through GCHQ-backed programme – CSO Magazine

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UK teens to study cyber warfare through GCHQ-backed programme
CSO Magazine
Cyber Security Challenge UK, which runs competitions, programmes and networking events designed to inspire UK teenagers to become cyber security professionals, is partnering with US defence giant Northrop Grumman, manufacturer of the USAF's B-2 …
School children to be trained in cyber warfareTelegraph.co.uk
Northrop Grumman courts British kids for cyber warfare trainingTweakTown

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