Compiled by The Cyber Loop editor
Frustration growing over limited ability to shut down botnets: Security research teams monitoring the relative strength and activity of some of the world’s largest botnets are confined by legal restraints making them virtually powerless to stop them, according to a researcher at Kaspersky Lab Japan.
Time to wake up to cyber threat: experts: NATO governments and the public must wake up to the threat of cyberattacks, which could paralyze a nation far more easily than conventional warfare, experts warned Friday.
Cybersecurity Not A ‘Command And Control’ Effort: Cybersecurity initiatives will always be distributed efforts, which is what makes the cybersecurity czar’s position so crucial, according to the Department of Homeland Security’s cybersecurity director.
Dark words fly as FCC launches new net neutrality probe: The Federal Communications Commission hasn’t even formally proposed its new “Third Way” net neutrality rules. All it did on Thursday was open an inquiry about them. But already we’re on the edge of catastrophe, judging from the comments from the bench at the agency’s Open Commission meeting.
Can Obama Shut Down the Internet?: A new bill rocketing through Congress would give the president sweeping powers to police the Web for national-security reasons. Could this be a way to block WikiLeaks?
Fighting back against web attacks: Hi-tech criminals are not very good at securing the tools they use to attack websites, suggests research.
Most web attacks come via compromised legitimate websites: About 90% of web attacks take place through legitimate, compromised websites, up from 80% in 2009, according to Symantec Hosted Services (SHS).
Hathaway and Schneier Speak at Cyber Conference: This week, experts from around 40 countries are meeting at the Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in Estonia’s capital Tallinn to discuss cybersecurity issues. Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves gave the opening remarks yesterday where in warned about cyber crime.
Defense considers allowing cookies on its websites: The Defense Department and civilian agencies are considering allowing Web managers to place cookies, which collect personal information to target content, on their websites, but only if visitors give their consent, a top Defense official said on Wednesday.
A cyber bill worth enacting: We have routinely supported those who call for the overhaul of the Federal Information Security Management Act and highlight the need for more effective, real-time situational awareness in securing federal information systems. So the long-awaited cybersecurity bill (S. 3480) introduced in the Senate June 10 by Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Thomas Carper (D-Del.) is welcome news — and an important milestone that should draw cheers from many quarters.