Criminal breach UK’s Ministry of Defence systems

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5gj6NCB_e77GsIUjL8wlaUE-5yQWA?docId=N008575133...

Has it become fashionable to admit you've been breached? Or, maybe it lends credibility to political fund raising efforts?

Mystery group hacks US military, Harvard, NASA and more

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/mystery-group-hacks-us-military-harvard-nasa-more/11789

A new hacktivist group with a slightly softer PR approach and the same basic agenda

Microsoft drops Chinese vendor from MAPP after NDA violations

http://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-drops-chinese-vendor-mapp-after-nda-violations?utm_source=dlvr...

The MAPP program rebounds from the PoC code leak

Consumerization trend driving IT crazy, Gartner says

http://www.csoonline.com/article/705434/consumerization-trend-driving-it-shops-39-crazy-39-gartner-a...

Is BYOD driving your IT team crazy? 

Mozilla slams CISPA, breaks Silicon Valley silence on cyber security bill

http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/05/01/mozilla-slams-cispa-breaking-silicon-valleys-si...

Mozilla was also one of the first companies to take a public anti-SOPA stance; Google remains quiet

Busted: Your car’s black box is spying on you and may be used against you in court

http://blogs.computerworld.com/20109/busted_your_cars_black_box_is_spying_may_be_used_against_you_in...

Did you know your car has a 'black box'? Do you think there should be transparent about the data the black box in your car is collecting?

Global Payments working to revalidate PCI compliance

http://www.scmagazine.com/global-payments-working-to-again-validate-its-pci-compliance/article/23939...

Global Payments is revalidating their PCI compliance, but is this enough to improve security? 

Hacked websites deliver Android malware

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/254905/for_the_first_time_hacked_websites_deliver_andr...

Drive-by attacks for Android devices coming soon to a website near you

Attackers add ransomware to bank fraud malware

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Attackers-Add-Ransomware-to-Bank-Fraud-Malware-Security-Researcher...

Ransomware is nothing new but it's getting more sophisticated

Why the Cyber Security Act might not be good for business

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ciocentral/2012/04/30/why-the-cyber-security-act-might-not-be-good-for-b...

Do you think we need cyber security regulations? 

Decrypting the Verizon data breach report

http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/80435

An interesting review of the Verizon data breach report; it pays to get the basics right

Cloud providers need to step up on security transparency

http://www.csoonline.com/article/705354/cloud-providers-need-to-step-up-on-security-say-analysts?sou...

Do you think there is market demand for security transparency in cloud providers?

Proposed law could make it illegal to ask for access to social media accounts

http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/proposed-law-could-make-it-illegal-demand-access-social-media-acco...

Do you think it should be against the law to ask for access to social media accounts?

Should private companies be able to fight cyber security ‘fire’ with fire?

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/04/stand-your-cyberground-law-a-novel-proposal-fo...

Should private companies have access to offensive cyber weapons? Should they be able to use them in cyber attacks?

The most mortifying moments in IT security history

http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/43182/the-most-mortifying-moments-in-it-security-history-191313#s...

A fun slideshow - can you think of anything they left out?

First breach settlement under HITECH, $1.5M

http://www.jdsupra.com/post/documentViewer.aspx?fid=62a7c6c6-f295-415f-8d88-a10dc650fb43

Does HITECH have more 'teeth' than HIPAA?

How dangerous is a cyber war?

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2012/04/how_dangerous_is_a_cyberattack_.ht...

 Do you think cyber war has the potential to be more disruptive than 2 two three day rolling regional blackouts?