AP: Woman at center of spy allegations is enigma

Does this  qualify as an Advanced Persistent Threat?

NATO cyberwar manual: Civilian hackers can be targets

Salon reports that the handbook is first attempt to codify how international law applies to state-sponsored online attacks.

Use kinetic force against cyber aggressors? Yes! Make the cost of playing too dear.

U.S. telecoms prevail in arguing against cybersecurity recommendations

Sure, they don't have any security problem, and certainly no shared problems

Analysis paralysis. The best way to not get something done.

Cyber attacks and cyber espionage have surpassed terrorism as the top security threat

According to a Reuters report, intelligence officials said for the first time on Tuesday that cyber attacks and cyber espionage have surpassed terrorism as the top security threat facing the United States.

... until the next terrorist attack.

A DDoS attack on Chase yesterday prevented access to the website, including by me. So far, the Chinese have not been blamed.

Leaky Apps and Cloud Data Insecurities Are the New Corporate Norm

London, March 5, 2013 – Commenting on a  New York Times story about the governance issues that portable devices and their leaky apps create for companies, Varonis Systems  says that mobile access to cloud-based data - and replication to the device itself - has become the new corporate norm. “Organisations are losing track of where their critical data is stored, so controlling, monitoring and auditing that data is becoming more and more difficult. IT must be able to offer the functionality that its end users need to collaborate, but without losing control”, says David Gibson, VP of Strategy with the data governance specialist.

"I've actually lost count of the number of times this New York Times business editorial references leading edge IT concepts such as apps and cloud services, but the reality is that - as witnessed by the business pages this article appears - this really is the new norm. This creates a raft of security headaches in the shape of unsecured devices, as well as the aforementioned leak apps and cloud services. And it's against this backdrop that critical data needs to be identified, managed and protected with an effective data governance platform - without hindering employees’ work," he says.

"I think it's very revealing that the NYT feature notes that, even without proof of compromised accounts, data losses can prove costly in terms of money and reputation - especially given that the US Securities and Exchange Commission mandates that data leaks caused by unsecured devices, leaky apps or poor cloud security, must be announced publicly if the information potentially affects a company’s share price," he added.

TV station hacker warns of zombies in Montana

The Walking Dead? Really? The scary thing about this is "The Great Falls Tribune reports the hoax alert generated at least four calls to police to see if it was true."

Seems like something Orson Welles might do, although he wouldn't have had to hack in because he already had access to the airwaves. I guess people today are just as guiible as people in the 1930s.

Pentagon to Expand Cyber Force

And it's on!

Pentagon to Drastically Expand Cyber Force

As Adam B. Lowther, a Research Professor at the Air Force Research Institute and co-author with Panayotis A Yannakogeorgos of "Conflict and Cooperation in Cyberspace: The Challenge to National Security," to be published by Auerbach in August 2013, said, "With governments and societies believing that cyber attack is something less than an act of war, it should come as no surprise that President Obama is preparing for what may be the opening salvo in America's next confrontation. In fact, it may be the United States that attacks first. Given the cyber vulnerabilities of American society, preemption may be the only option."