The US Department of Homeland (DHS) has strengthened the sharing of federal classified information with state, local, tribal, and private sector partners.

China is suspected of being behind social engineering attacks using a bogus Facebook account of the NATO commander to steal secrets from colleagues, friends, and family.

Recent reports on the return of the Kelihos demonstrate the difficulty in keeping a good bot down.

US telecom executives came out strongly against government regulation of cybersecurity in the private sector during a House hearing this week.

A team from the French security firm Vupen has cracked a second browser during the Pwn2Own hacking contest at CanSecWest – Internet Explorer 9 – after compromising Chrome on the first day of the competition.

The Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA) Foundation has recognized two ISACA information security certifications as part of its IT skills framework.

Canada’s McGill University has shut down a website that published confidential data on school donors, including names, addresses, phone numbers, and the amount they donated.

GFI Software’s report for February highlights two main issues: the incidence of rogue anti-virus is continuing to increase; and the Kelihos botnet ‘taken down’ last year is resurgent.

Anonymous has vowed to do a hack every Friday, calling it the #FFF campaign. Today AntiSec defaced the New York Ironworks, a police equipment supplier that describes itself as ‘NYC’s finest police equipment & tactical op’s gear store.’

Kaspersky Lab researcher Igor Soumenkov is asking for help in identifying a mystery code in the Duqu virus, the follow-on to Stuxnet uncovered last year.