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Judge rejects FBI's bid to hack computer of suspect in attempted cyberheist

A federal court in Houston has rejected an FBI request for a warrant to hack into the computer of a suspect in an attempted cyberheist. read more »

InfoSec: Understanding business goals is key to embedding company-wide security practices

Information security managers need to better align themselves with company business goals help embed security practices in an organisation, according to speakers at InfoSec 2013. read more »

Vulnerable terminal servers could let bad guys hack stoplights, gas pumps

Thousands of older systems, including those used to manage traffic lights, fuel pumps, point-of-sale terminals and building automation can be tampered with because they're insecurely connected to the Internet. read more »

Chinese industrial espionage now a major cause of data breaches, Verizon report finds

Industrial espionage by Chinese “state-affiliated actors” was responsible for one in five data breaches reported to Verizon by customers and through a range of global police forces, the company’s annual Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) has found. read more »

Botnets target social networks with spam

Life for a phony profile on Twitter may be short, but it isn't deterring spammers from continuing to work their scams on social networkers, says one security researcher. read more »

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In Depth

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Ten tips to win security programme funding

Ask any cyber security specialist what their biggest challenge is, and you will get a variety of answers -- ranging from strengthening network security, to managing internal threats, to protecting against cyber espionage. But upon further investigation, you may be surprised to learn that for manythe biggest challenge is simply getting the funding necessary to carry out a security programme. read more »

Security Manager's Journal: A little housecleaning

Our manager finds the time and opportunity to cross a few nagging items off of his to-do list. read more »

Three simple steps to determine risk tolerance

For Chief Information Security Offiers, in addition to deciding what policies, processes, or technology an organisation should have in place, an even more significant challenge is successfully negotiating disputed risk issues. read more »

Cyber confusion at the heart of Government

Last week the Conservative chairman of the Defence Select Committee took the extraordinary step of writing to the Government to blast its response to the Committee’s recent report on cyber security. James Arbuthnot said the Government exaggerated the amount of money going to the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory’s Cyber and Influence Centre, was not acting quickly enough to secure military supply chains and were basically passing the civil cyber security buck. read more »

Security Manager's Journal: Spam makes a comeback

Out of the blue, phishing attacks previously caught in the spam filter are getting through to employee inboxes. read more »

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Jill Knesek was speaking this week at CA’s annual conference in Las Vegas

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