IATAC IA Digest - The Law Office of Dondi West

It’s easy to criticize government failures. But as the U.S. Congress is learning in the case of the executive branch’s cybersecurity efforts, fixing problems and crafting improvements is a little more difficult.

Experts Criticize NSAâ€™s Growing Role in Cybersecurity (Federal Times, 03/10/2009)

Experts: U.S. Needs to Defend It’s “Cyber Turf” (TechWorld, 03/11/2009)

It’s high time that the United States drew a line around its networks and pledged to defend its interests in cyberspace.

Government Needs To Get Its Cybersecurity In Gear, Experts Tell Congress (darkREADING, 03/10/2009)

Security industry leaders agree that White House should lead revamped cybersecurity effort.

Cyber-terrorism

Microsoft Chimes in on Cyberterrorism in DC (King5, 03/10/2009)

Cyber-warfare

Kremlin-Backed Youths Launched Estonia Cyberwar, Says Russian Official (The Register, 03/11/2009)

Information Security

Former Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman’s Donor Database Exposed on Wikileaks (Computerworld, 03/11/2009)

Netbooks: A Security Risk? (Reuters, 03/12/2009)

Netbook web surfers beware. That low-cost netbook you’re using could be a high-speed gateway into your life, bank accounts, passwords and other personal data.

Information Sharing

Feds Still Unable To Share Information, Experts Argue (InformationWeek, 03/11/2009)

Malicious Code

Microsoft puts the Kibosh on Facebook Worm Koobface (Computerworld, 03/11/2009)

Operational Threats

Current Scanning Activity as Reported By the Internet Storm (Internet Storm Center, 03/12/2009)

Current Scanning Activity as Reported By US-CERT (US-CERT, 03/12/2009)

Operational Vulnerabilities

SkyRecon Security Helps Secure New Windows Kernel-Level Exploit (MSNBC, 03/11/2009)

Victims Argue Findings Of Romanian White Hat Hacker Group (darkREADING, 03/11/2009)

Impact of HackersBlog’s vulnerability discoveries may be overstated, victims say.

Patches