Taking Cybersecurity Lessons To The Bank Banks are under attack — not so much from gun-toting bank robbers, but from sophisticated cybercriminals. Using programs such as ZeuS to compromise customers’ PCs and siphon money from their bank accounts, cybercriminals stole or attempted to steal nearly $100 million in the first three quarters of 2009, according to the Internet Crime Complaint Center.

Identity Theft Council Aims To Bring “Neighborhood Watch” Concept To Cybersecurity Despite millions of dollars in spending and millions of hours in training, identity theft has become more widespread in 2010 than at any point in history. Maybe, a new industry group suggests, it’s time to take a different approach. The Identity Theft Council, a new consortium of business and law enforcement entities that launched earlier this week in San Francisco, proposes to attack the ID theft problem in reverse: Instead of going global, it’s going local — and personal

Web Host News – FALLS CHURCH, VA – CSC (NYSE:CSC) today announced availability of CSC CloudProtection for Mail and Web, a new cloud solution that delivers total enterprise network protection for clients’ e-mail and Web systems.

Web Host News – FALLS CHURCH, VA – CSC (NYSE:CSC) today announced availability of CSC CloudProtection for Mail and Web, a new cloud solution that delivers total enterprise network protection for clients’ e-mail and Web systems. For businesses and government organizations that want to operate confidently and securely in e-mail and Web environments, CSC CloudProtection thwarts Web and e-mail-borne threats before they reach the enterprise, at lower operational costs than on-premise alternatives. Unlike point solutions that can leave gaps easily exploited by cybercriminals, CSC CloudProtection is backed by one of the strongest sets of Service Level Agreements in the industry, including rates for known and unknown e-mail virus capture, spam capture, e-mail delivery and service uptime.

White House Unveils Cybersecurity Plans In the murky world of the Internet, how do you ever really know who you’re talking to, who you’re buying from or if your bank can actually tell it’s you when you log in to pay a bill? Amid growing instances of identity theft, bank account breaches and sophisticated Internet scams, the government is looking for ways to make those transactions in cyberspace more secure. ..

House Reps Propose National Cyberspace Office One of the common criticisms of the creation of a national cybersecurity coordinator position within the White House has been that the position lacks real teeth. Two Congressmen Thursday introduced bipartisan legislation in the House of Representatives that would give the position budget authority and more

Hackers and Social Networking: A Love Story Trust is the nefarious hacker’s currency, and the trust implied in communications sent on social networks has proven to be a bonanza for them. “On a social networking site like Facebook, there’s an even higher level of perceived trust,” said Cloud Computing Alliance’s Wen Tseng. “You see [a friend's] picture next to the message or link they send you, and you think, ‘This is my friend, OK, he wants me to check this out.’” When you work in the cybersecurity business, friends can make you their default — read “unpaid” — computer safety expert.