Cybersecurity
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At least three states have taken action following the cyber attack, which exposed sensitive personal and medical information. Hackers accessed a company network during a nearly three-month period. -
Federal lawmakers reactivated the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program earlier this month — but the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees it, is in partial shutdown.
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The city currently cannot process some online credit card payments, because of a cyber attack on one of its payment gateway providers. Officials are working to stand up a secure alternative solution.
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"The Home Office still hasn't released any specifications, so its figures are pie in the sky."
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"Criminals should now know that the 'eye in the sky' will always be watching."
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"This new resource will provide unprecedented exposure for missing children, reaching potentially millions of viewers every day and increasing the opportunity that someone has seen them."
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"At the moment it seems that the Internet is increasingly perceived as a sort of 'wild west,' outside the law ... That needs to change, or else confidence in the Internet could be destroyed."
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All event competitors, workers and attendees were required to wear a badge with a bar code and an RFID tag containing identifying information such as name, country of origin and a venue access matrix.
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The committee found the electronic vote, the paper ballot, a bar code and internal memory were in sync. But certain shortcomings needed to be corrected, the committee concluded.
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"PDF spam demonstrates the continued innovation in spam techniques that attempt to bypass anti-spam detection and trick employees into opening e-mails."
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"MySpace's identification of such a large number of registered sex offenders on its site underscores the need for awareness and action by all networking sites,'' said New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram.
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As a result of 3 days of monitoring, AirDefense develops new detection and protection methods.
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"As more and more children and teens grow up in an online world, it is important they understand how to behave online, and their safety and security depends on whether or not they talk to strangers, place personal information on social networking sites or secure their family's computer."
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Patches should be installed quickly, say security experts.
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Registered passengers have access to a separate line through airport security checkpoints by using an identity card containing their encrypted fingerprint or iris images.
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"Maybe it would be better if people used old fashioned letters and stamps to send their good wishes if e-cards are going to increasingly become a method for spreading electronic attacks."
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"While good headway has been made in clamping down on the hackers that sell stolen identities online, more action needs to be taken to stop the criminals that buy and use this information."
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One project is aimed at decreasing phoney e-mail messages asking for personal financial information. Another would revise standards so that equipment exploring Mars can send photos back to the Internet for researchers to see immediately.
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Applicants start their membership at the Web site and complete the process in person at an enrollment center where their biometrics (fingerprints and iris images) are captured.
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"Without that voter registration database, it would not have been possible to track these issues."
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