GAO Report On Need for Agency Policies to Test Information Security
Information Security: Agencies Need to Develop and Implement Adequate Policies for Periodic Testing. Full text, GAO-07-65, and Highlights, October 20, 2006.
Category «Cybercrime»
Spamhaus List of World's Top 10 Spammers
“Up to 80% of spam targetted at Internet users in North America and Europe is generated by a hard-core group of around 200 known professional spam gangs whose names, aliases and operations are documented in Spamhaus’ Register Of Known Spam Operations (ROKSO) database. This TOP 10 chart of ROKSO-listed spammers is based on those Spamhaus …
DOJ OIG Report on Top Management and Performance Challenges in the Department of Justice – 2006
DOJ OIG – Top Management Challenges in the Department of Justice – 2006 Challenges [Full Report] Section by section: Counterterrorism Sharing of Law Enforcement and Intelligence Information Information Technology Systems Planning, Implementation, and Security Violent Crime Financial Management and Systems Detention and Incarceration Supply and Demand for Drugs Grant Management Civil Rights and Civil Liberties …
Symantec Phish Report Network Opens to Consumers Worldwide
Press release: “Symantec Corp…announced the opening of the Symantec Phish Report Network to consumers worldwide. As one of the world’s leading antifraud communities, the Symantec Phish Report Network, launched in May 2006, allows member companies to contribute and receive fraudulent Web site addresses that they can use in their antiphishing solutions to help protect users …
Study Reveals One in 10 Respond to Fraudulent 'Phishing' Messages
Will Knight at New Scientist reports the research by Professor Markus Jakobsson and grad student Jacob Ratkiewicz, Indiana University, indicates “…one in 10 internet users may be lured into handing over sensitive personal information such as a credit card number, by fraudulent “phishing” emails…” and “that some survey participants may not have realised that they …
New Air Force Cyberspace Command
Press release: “The aim is to develop a major command that stands alongside Air Force Space Command and Air Combat Command as the provider of forces that the President, combatant commanders and the American people can rely on for preserving the freedom of access and commerce, in air, space and now cyberspace,” said Secretary of …
Symantec Releases New Internet Security Threat Report
“The Symantec Internet Security Threat Report offers analysis and discussion of threat activity over a six-month period. It covers Internet attacks, vulnerabilities, malicious code, phishing, spam, security risks, and future trends. The tenth version of the report, released September 25, is now available.” Symantec Internet Security Threat Report Volume X: September 2006 (120 pages, PDF)
Committee Report Finds Data Breaches Throughout Federal Government
Press release: “In a report released today, Reps. Davis and Waxman summarize information provided to the Committee by 19 federal departments and agencies regarding the loss or compromise of personal information since January 2003. The report finds that every agency has experienced at least one such breach and that the agencies do not always know …
CMO Council Survey on ID Theft Tracks Growing Consumer Concern
Press release, October 4, 2006: “As information security concerns among consumers and other customer constituencies rise, just 29 percent of marketers say that their firm has a crisis containment plan in case of a security breach, according to findings of a major research initiative by the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council. Without such a plan …
New Coalition Website Takes Aim Against Cybercrime
Launched today, the Take a Byte Out of Cybercrime website: “Led by the beloved McGruff character, the National Crime Prevention Council, the CMO Council and FAME have joined forces to bring together one of the largest and most influential coalitions of private and public companies whose primary goal is to teach millions of consumers how …
UK Targeted in Computer Data Theft
Press release: “The Metropolitan Police Computer Crime Unit is investigating data recovered from a computer in the United States that was found to contain personal information from hacked computers located in the United Kingdom. We believe the data has been stolen by the use of a computer virus and it is believed more than 2,300 …
DHS OIG Audit of Agency Laptop Security
(U) Office of Inspector General Laptop Computers are Susceptible to Compromise (Unclassified and Redacted) OIG-06-58 (PDF, 48 pages), released October 2, 2006.
