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• DHS: Gas pipeline industry under significant ongoing cyberattack

  By Ellen Messmer | 09 May, 2012 04:51

  SAVANNAH, Ga. -- There is now an ongoing and massive cyberattack targeting the American gas-pipeline industry, aimed at giving the attacker a way to gather sensitive information by compromising business systems and possibly even subverting industrial control systems. The Department of Homeland Security's investigative division, called the ICS-CERT, says it's taking the somewhat unusual step of issuing an alert and speaking publicly about it to heighten awareness of a dangerous situation.

• Could China easily take down US military's air-refueling logistics in a cyberwar?

  By Ellen Messmer | 10 March, 2012 09:25

  A lengthy report prepared for the U.S. government about China's high-tech buildup to prepare for cyberwar includes speculation about how a potential conflict with the U.S. would unfold -- and how it might only take a few freelance Chinese civilian hackers working on behalf of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) to sow deadly disruptions in the U.S. military logistics supply chain.

• Joint ventures by US tech firms with China pose cyberwar risk: report

  By Ellen Messmer | 09 March, 2012 09:35

  Should conflict occur, China's cyberwar plans target the U.S., and today's Chinese joint ventures with U.S. manufacturers in hardware, software and telecommunications create a "potential vector" for the People's Liberation Army (PLA) to exploit and compromise, says a report from the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission sent to Capitol Hill today.

• Interop: Cyberwar test runs yield information about defenses

  By Tim Greene | 14 May, 2011 02:45

  Cyber warfare strategy is getting so sophisticated that network attacks suitable for major assaults are being used instead as trial runs meant solely to probe enemies with the aim of figuring out what their defenses are, an audience at an Interop security talk was told.

• Collaboration, training important to Westpac’s security success

  By Lisa Banks | 02 October, 2010 09:26

  Collaboration and training are vital to the success of security projects, according to Westpac’s Chief Information Security Officer, Richard Johnson.

• Top 10 most notorious cyber attacks in history

  By ARN Staff | 26 March, 2010 17:10

  Top 10 notorious cyber attacks in history

• Security expert: US would lose cyberwar

  By Grant Gross | 24 February, 2010 08:19

  The U.S. government, if confronted in a cyberwar today, would not come out on top, a former U.S. director of national intelligence said Tuesday.

• Experts: US gov't needs to prepare for cyberwar

  By Grant Gross | 28 January, 2010 08:24

  The U.S. government needs to figure out how it will respond to acts of cyberwar, as foreign governments increasingly look to gain advantages in cyberspace, a group of cybersecurity experts said Wednesday.