NYC goes dark: Secret demo for senators simulated attack on power grid

http://blogs.computerworld.com/19851/nyc_goes_dark_secret_demo_for_senators_simulated_cyberattack_on...

Relevant new had an article on this yesterday, but I thought it was so interesting I included another one today

Lieberman: Cyber security bill without enforceable standards doesn’t get the job done

http://www.multichannel.com/article/481560-Lieberman_Cybersecurity_Bill_Without_Enforceable_Standard...

Lieberman has a very valid point about enforcement of security regulations;  do you think the government can actually improve security with tLieberman's proposal?

Anonymous hacker lead Norton anti-virus source code

http://www.bgr.com/2012/03/09/anonymous-hackers-leak-norton-antivirus-source-code/

Symantec says this code is too old to matter'; what do yout think?

Smartphone apps are sending your data to China

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/03/09/smartphone-apps-sending-your-data-to-china/?utm_source=tw...

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Another good article about apps and personal data privacy

Do execs know sensitive information when they see it?

http://www.infoworld.com/d/security/do-it-execs-know-sensitive-data-when-they-see-it-188257

Do you feel that your execs know where your organizations sensitive business is and how to protect it?

Super Tuesday malware targets voters

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/03/08/super-tuesday-malware-attack-targets-us-voters/?utm_sourc...

Nothing says tax time like malware

How can something this dumb be called a ‘smart grid’?

http://www.readwriteweb.com/enterprise/2012/03/security-leaders-how-can-somet.php

'Smart' grid may be a bit of a misnomer

Malware advancing faster than companies can analyze it

http://www.darkreading.com/advanced-threats/167901091/security/vulnerabilities/232602289/malware-adv...

I think we knew this but the statistics aren't encouraging 

China’s developing cyber skills pose threat to U.S.

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/251494/report_chinas_developing_cyber_skills_pose_thre...

More  cyber saber rattling about China; I wonder why we don't see any of these articles about Russia?

Hacker group unveils critical attack, accused of drawing a road  map for the bad guys

http://go.bloomberg.com/tech-blog/2012-03-06-hacker-group-unveils-critical-attack-accused-of-drawing...

Interesting review of the SCADA exploits released last month by Digital Lab and S4

DDoS attacks twice as likely to happen at US companies as UK

http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/view/24378/rsa-2012-ddos-attacks-twice-as-likely-to-hit-us-comp...

An interesting finding in this study, what do you think it means?

Obama to simulate cyber attack on NY Power to lobby senators

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-07/at-t-joins-comcast-favoring-incentives-over-cybersecurity-r...

This seems like an excellent idea - do you think it will be effective in breaking legislative grid lock on cyber security legislation?

Boards of directors largely ignoring cyber risk management

http://www.law.com/jsp/cc/PubArticleCC.jsp?id=1202544750336&Boards_of_Directors_Largely_Ignoring_Cor...

Another interesting study, although the conclusions aren't terribly surprising. Does your Board of Directors understand cyber risk?

ISPs: No cyber security regulation needed

http://www.cio.com/article/701675/ISPs_No_New_Cybersecurity_Regulations_Needed

No surprise here. Do you think more cyber security regulations are needed?

LulzSec leader turns FBI informant

http://www.darkreading.com/database-security/167901020/security/attacks-breaches/232602124/lulzsec-l...

The retaliatory hacking begins 

McAfee details remote iPad hack

http://www.securityweek.com/mcafee-details-remote-ipad-hack-mobile-security-demonstration

We knew this was coming, sounds like it's almost here 

Most companies blame users for data breaches

http://www.bradenton.com/2012/03/05/3918962/new-research-by-ponemon-institute.html#storylink=cpy

Not surprising, does your company blame users for data breaches?

The 19 most maddening security questions

http://www.infoworld.com/d/security/the-19-most-maddening-security-questions-187983

Only 19? What maddening question(s) are missing from this list?

Hacker on hacker: Zeus bot master dupes Anonymous backers into installing password stealer

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9224856/Hacker_on_hacker_Zeus_bot_master_dupes_Anonymous_back...

Criss cross double cross: even hackers get pwned 

The bright side of being hacked

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/05/technology/the-bright-side-of-being-hacked.html

Hactivism sheds light on the state of corporate security. Should we be grateful?

Bruce Schneier’s talk at RSA: Big data, laws, cyber war are biggest threats to information security

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Data-Laws-CyberWeapons-Biggest-Threats-to-Information-Security-378...

I found it interesting that Bruce sees a different set of Internet security threats than others at RSA. What do you think are the top threats to information security? 

Hackers gained functional control of NASA networks, stole control codes for the International Space Station

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-03/hackers-gained-full-functional-control-nasa-network...

This story just keeps getting worse and worse; NASA could be the new poster child for full disk encryption.