Trending Security News

Security news stories this week highlighted data breaches, tips on computer security, cybersecurity and online safety patterns and practices, and analysis in support and criticism of Cyber Intelligence Sharing And Protection Act (CISPA). Here’s our top news stories and blog picks this week. Let us know what security news stories interest you.

In the News

• Utah medical data breach worse than originally thought; 182,000 people’s information stolen – The Washington Post
• Online Risks Can Be Just As Dangerous as Offline Behaviors – ZDNet
• How to Tell If an Email is a Phishing Scam – CI
• Backup: The Ultimate Security – PC Magazine

Security Research & Intelligence

• EU Plan to Standardize Punishments Also Could Impact Security Research – Threatpost
• US Official Say Weak Computer Security Among Allies Makes Sharing Cyber Information a Risk – The Washington Post

Cyber Threat

• Anonymous hacks into tech and telecom sites – CNET
• Data Security: Who's Winning The Cyberwar? – InformationWeek
• "Anonymous" says plans more attacks against China sites – Reuters

Government, Legislation & Policy

• Cybersecurity is entangled in Washington turf wars – Politico
• House to Take Up Cybersecurity Bill with Revisions – Reuters
• Why The New 'Cyber Intelligence Sharing And
  Protection Act' Is Cause For Concern – Forbes
• National cyber defense championship is more than just a game – Government Computer News

Blog Pick

• Board Urges Feds to Prevent Medical Device Hacking – Wired
• Wavii: A Facebook for Topics – New York Times

Microsoft Research, Papers and Media

• Trustworthy Computing Next (paper)

Cybersecurity/Internet Healt

• Rethinking the Cyber Threat (paper
• Collective Defense: Applying Public Health Models to the Internet (paper
• Video: Collective Defense: Enabling Healthy Devices (video)

Security Intelligence

• 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)

• Microsoft at RSA Conference 2012

• Microsoft Sessions at RSA Conference 2012

• Trust in Computing Research
• TwC Next Poster