Trending Security News

Governments around the world highlight the need for stronger cybersecurity as the Washington Post reports: Janet Napolitano: Hackers have ‘come close’ to major cyberattack. The New York Times carried the story Virus Infects Computers in Japan’s Parliament. The consequences of such government breaches were underscored by an InformationWeek story reporting that Hackers Likely Have Japanese Warplane, Nuclear Data. Meanwhile, Threat Post reported Biggest Hack in Swedish History Affects Politicians, Journalists Among Others. In other news, Windows XP turns 10, enjoys its golden years and slow transition into retirement.

National Security Agency Helping Private Sector

• Janet Napolitano: Hackers have ‘come close’ to major cyberattack – The Washington Post
• Virus Infects Computers in Japan’s Parliament – The New York Times
• Hackers Likely Have Japanese Warplane, Nuclear Data – InformationWeek
• Biggest Hack in Swedish History Affects Politicians, Journalists Among Others – Threat Post

Security Research & Intelligence

• Study: How Data Breaches Damage Brand Reputation – Dark Reading
• NIST fills the gaps in its smart-grid framework – Government Computer News
• Got Pwned? PwnedList.com Knows – Threat Post
• Small Businesses Don't Take Cybersecurity Seriously – Business News Daily

Cyber Threat

• Social engineering: My career as a professional bank robber – CSO
• Beware New Banking Scams – Bank Info Security
• Chasing APT: Persistence Pays Off – Krebs on Security
• Insulin pump hack delivers fatal dosage over the air – The Register

Government, Legislation & Policy

• Data Breaches Show Need for Cybersecurity Bill, White House Says – Bloomberg
• House members unveil Stop Online Piracy Act – Hillicon Valley
• Exclusive: National Security Agency helps banks battle hackers – Reuters
• Like Enterprises, Government Agencies Are Struggling With Security – Threat Post

Blog Picks

• The Coming Cybersecurity Regulatory Revolution – Bruce Levinson, Circle ID
• DHS: “Anonymous” Sniffing around SCADA systems – Shoaib Yousuf

Microsoft Research, Papers and Media

• Cybersecurity/Internet Health
  • Rethinking the Cyber Threat (paper)
  • Collective Defense: Applying Public Health Models to the Internet (paper)
  • Video: Collective Defense: Enabling Healthy Devices (video)
• Security Intelligence
  • NEW: Lessons from Least Malware Infected Countries (series)
  • Battling the ZBot Threat (paper)
• Trustworthy Computing
  • Imagine Video: Microsoft Trustworthy Computing (video)
• Cybersecurity/Trusted Supply Chain:
  • Supply Chain Risk Management keynote at the East-West Institute’s Second Worldwide Cybersecurity Summit (video)
  • Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management: Toward a Global Vision of Transparency and Trust (paper)
  • Toward a Trusted Supply Chain: A Risk Based Approach To Managing Software Integrity (paper)