Archive for January, 2010
2010 Census to begin proceed with caution
Sunday, January 31st, 2010With the U.S. Census process beginning, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) has advice so people can avoid becoming a victim of fraud or identity theft. U.S. Census workers have begun verifying the addresses of every household across the country. Eventually, more than 140,000 U.S. Census workers will count every person in the U.S. and will [...]
Chinese government penetrates American and other cyber networks
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010It is now a known fact China is aggressively developing cyberwarfare.
Latest Report shows, China is conducting the most sophisticated cyberspying.
One example, in April of ‘09 there were attacks into a U.S. defense contractor’s network that resulted in stolen data about the design of the F-35 “Lightning II” fighter system and its electronics systems.
Keystroke logs of [...]
Obama’s cybersecurity coordinator “czar” Howard Schmidt
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010Howard A. Schmidt, who was a cyber-adviser in the Bush’s years, will be Obama’s new cybersecurity coordinator.
Before he joined the Bush White House, he worked as chief security officer at Microsoft. He then became vice president and chief information security officer at eBay. He served in the Air Force from 1967 to 1983 in various [...]