Archive for December 5, 2012

Naval Academy to add cybersecurity major

ANNAPOLIS — The U.S. Naval Academy is aiming to be among the first colleges to have a cybersecurity major accredited by a top professional body, a school official said Monday, and the superintendent has been meeting with Navy officials to discuss how to fund a $100 million cybersecurity facility on campus.

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US government needs cybersecurity doctrine, experts say

A doctrine could define several aspects of cybersecurity, including defense against attacks, steps the U.S. will take to deter attacks and ways to safely use the Internet, said Michael Swetnam, co-author and CEO and chairman of the Potomac Institute.

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Google Chrome browser best at catching phishing, study finds

“Although Firefox and Safari performed well in phishing response times, separate NSS Labs testing shows they lag behind Internet Explorer and Chrome in blocking socially-engineered malware,” wrote study authors Randy Abrams, Orlando Barrera and

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‘Tis The Season For Scams

With the arrival of the holiday season and with scammers becoming more creative, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) of South Dakota is advising residents to use extreme caution concerning “phishing” scams. Phishing is the act of trying to acquire

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Spear Phishing Remains Preferred Point of Entry in Targeted …

Spear phishing attacks remain the preferred means of entry for attackers conducting advanced persistent threat attacks against critical infrastructure, government

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