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June 2013

Intelligence Exchange in a Free Market Economy -circleid.com 6/11/13

New backdoor malware 'KeyBoy' used in targeted attacks in Asia, researchers say -csoonline.com 6/10/13

The Value of a Hacked Email Account -krebsonsecurity.com 6/10/13

Microsoft, FBI Take Down Citadel Botnets -bankinfosecurity.com 6/6/13

More than 360,000 Apache websites imperiled by critical Plesk vulnerability -arstechnica.com 6/5/13

Peer-to-Peer Botnets Grow Fivefold -threatpost.com 6/5/13

RSA’s Covielle: How to Use Big Data -bankinfosecurity.com 6/5/13

May 2013

US Charges Eight in $45 Million Cybercrime Scheme -cnbc.com 5/9/13

Universities get government funding to produce cyber security warriors -csoonline 5/9/13

Got Malware? Three Signs Revealed in DNS Traffic -darkreading.com 5/3/13

Nearly Nine in Ten Websites Contain One Serious Vulnerability -threatpost.com 5/2/13

The Cost to Consumers of a Data Breach -cnbc.com 5/1/13

April 2013

False Rumor of Explosion at White House Causes Stocks to Briefly Plunge; AP Confirms Its Twitter Feed Was Hacked -cnbc.com 4/23/13

Bank website attacks reach new high: 249 hours offline in past six weeks -nbcnews.com 4/3/13

Don’t Blame Open Recursives For DDoS Attacks, Why You Should Implement BCP38 -dyn.com 4/2/13

Exclusive: Ongoing malware attack targeting Apache hijacks 20,000 sites -arstechnica.com 4/2/13

March 2013

Cyber-security: The Digital Arms Trade -economist.com 3/30/13

How the Spamhaus DDoS attack could have been prevented -cnet.com 3/29/13

Chronology of a DDoS: SpamHaus -cisco.com 3/28/13

The DDoS That Almost Broke the Internet -blog.cloudflare.com 3/27/13

Firm Is Accused of Sending Spam, and Fight Jams Internet -nytimes.com 3/26/13

Hackers hit energy companies more than others -fuelfix.com 3/25/13

Hackers could be fair game for deadly force, cyberwar experts say -csoonline.com 3/22/13

Experts Tell Congress Serious Deterrence Needed to Impede Foreign Cyber Attacks -threatpost.com 3/21/13

Cybersecurity Firm Says It Is Under Attack -cnbc.com 3/20/13

DDoS Attacks: Worst Yet to Come? -bankinfosecurity.com 3/19/13

For first time, US military says it would use offensive cyberweapons -arstechnica.com 3/13/13

Cyber attacks are leading threat against US: spy agencies -nbcnews.com 3/12/13

The RSA Conference expo floor offended me - and why I blame the exhibitors -scmagazine.com 3/6/13

Bank DDoS Attacks Resume -threatpost.com 3/6/13

FEBRUARY 2013

NBC Website Hacked, Leading Visitors to Citadel Banking Malware -threatpost.com 2/21/13

Some Victims of Online Hacking Edge Into the Light -cnbc.com 2/21/13

Facebook computers compromised by zero-day Java exploit -arstechnica.com 2/15/13

Emergency Alert System devices vulnerable to hacker attacks, researchers say -cio.com 2/13/14

Obama's cybersecurity executive order: What you need to know -zdnet.com 2/13/13

Microsoft, Symantec Bust Major Cyber Crime Ring -cnbc.com 2/7/13

Heroes, Fake identities and the Big Board: Inside a day in the life of RSA's anti-fraud lab -zdnet.com 2/6/13

Heroes, fake identities and the Big Board: Inside a day in the life of RSA's anti-fraud lab -zdnet.com 2/6/13

Execs Say Cyber-Attacks a Top Threat: AIG Survey -cnbc.com 2/6/13

Pakistan Domain Registrar Hacked Again, 23000 Domains Affected -technewsplus.com 2/4/13

Hackers his U.S. Department of Energy -cnet.com 2/4/13

Anonymous posts over 4000 U.S. bank executive credentials -zdnet.com 2/4/13

DNS Changer malware mastermind pleaded guilty -thehackernews.com 2/2/13

Citadel Trojan: It's Not Just for Banking Fraud Anymore -threatpost.com 2/1/13

JANUARY 2013

Weatherford Outlines DHS Cybersecurity Goals -govinfosecurity.com 1/31/13

Legitimate Sites Are Most Likely To Serve Up Malware, Cisco Study Says -darkreading.com 1/31/13

Hackers in China Attacked The Times for Last 4 Months -nytimes.com 1/31/13

IBM Taps Security Intelligence and Big Data to Detect Hidden Threats -securityweek.com 1/30/13

Service Providers In The DDoS, APT Bull's Eye -darkreading.com 1/29/13

Warning: New Hack Threat Leaves Millions at Risk of Cyber Attack -cnbc.com 1/29/13

Browser-hijacking malware talks to attackers using SPF email validation protocol -pcworld.com 1/28/13

'Red October' Response Shows Importance of Threat Indicators -darkreading.com 1/25/13

U.S. homeland chief: cyber 9/11 could happen 'imminently' -reuters.com 1/24/13

Domain Seizures Act II: Minimizing Collateral Harm -securityskeptic.com 1/24/13

China Now Accounts for One Third of Cyberattacks -ibtimes.com 1/23/13

Red October Malware Infrastructure Disappears -esecurityplanet.com 1/22/13

Proposed EU cyber security law will require proactive network security -net-security.org 1/21/13

Shylock banking malware updated to spread via Skype, researchers say -itworld.com 1/17/13

A Hacker Says Smart Grid Can Be Penetrated -nytimes.com 1/17/13

Big Data Will Play Key Role In Security's Future, Study Says -darkreading.com 1/17/13

Microsoft vows to improve security suite after failed evaluation -csoonline.com 1/16/13

Precision Bouncer List Phishing Kits Keep Targets Inside the Ropes -threatpost.com 1/16/13

Facebook Graph Search is an awesome tool for phishing attacks -pcworld.com 1/16/13

DHS Helping with DDoS Defense -bankinfosecurity.com 1/16/13

RSA betting its future on big data -networkworld.com 1/13/15

Android Botnet Infects 1M+ Phones in China -threatpost.com 1/15/13

Two US power plants infected with malware spread via USB drive -arstechinica.org 1/15/13

'Red October' Attacks: The New Face Of Cyberespionage -darkreading.com 1/14/13

DDoS: Lessons from Phase 2 Attacks -bankinfosecurity.com 1/14/13

US CEOs urge public-private information sharing to thwart cyber threats -infosecurity-magazine.com 1/11/13

Inside The Underweb: Home To Stolen Credit Cards, Pedophiles, Hitmen, Drug Dealers --And Free Speech -fastcompany.com 1/10/13

Security Firm Discovers Cyber-Spy Campaign -nytimes.com 1/14/13

Corporate bank account takeovers less successful than ever -scmagazine.com 1/10/13

Banks seek NSA help amid attacks on their computer systems -washingtonpost.com 1/10/13

Banks Fight Cyber Attacks By Hiring Outside Help -huffingtonpost.com 1/10/13

Cyberattacks on critical U.S. power and nuclear targets spiked in 2012 -cnn.com 1/9/13

Zero day thirty: Of cyber-diplomats and cyber-warriors -washingtonpost.com 1/8/13

Bank Hacking Was the Work of Iranians, Officials Say -nytimes.com 1/8/13

Weaponizing Mobile Devices for Use in DDos Attacks -securitybistro.com 1/7/13

Algerian 'bank hacker' wanted by FBI held in Thailand -bbc.co.uk 1/7/13

Iranian cyber attack targets U.S. banks, again -bizpacreview.com 1/7/13

Wayward security certificates raise question of SSL reliability -itnews.com 1/7/13

Latest IE attacks connected to espionage group -scmagazine.com 1/4/13

Ex-chief of security speaks about Revenue hacking -scnow.com 1/4/13

DNS Firewalls In Action - RPZ vs. Spam -circleid.com 1/3/13

Malware SNEAK dons cunning disguise, opens creaky back door to servers -theregister.co.uk 1/3/13

Survey Malware Could Be 'Portent' of Bigger Threats -esecurityplanet.com 1/3/13

BYOD keeps expanding, and IT just has to deal with it -csoonline.com 1/3/13

Chrome Clickjacking Vulnerability Could Expose User Information on Google, Amazon -threatpost.com 1/2/13

DECEMBER 2012

Expect More (and Increasingly Vicious) Cybercrime in 2013 -americanbanker.com 12/31/12

Microsoft says IE 6,7, and 8 vulnerable to remote code execution -arstechnica.com 12/30/12

Looking back: the five most important security stories of 2012 -arstechnica.com 12/28/12

Cybercriminals are just businessmen at heart -csoonline.com 12/24/12

Have you been hacked? ...you must disclose it! -securityaffairs.com 12/23/12

Regulator Tells Banks to Share Cyber Attack Information -bloomberg.com 12/21/12

World of botnet cybercrime paying pretty well these days -csoonline.com 12/20/12

Obama Unveils National Info Sharing Strategy -bankinfosecurity.com 12/19/12

Twelve Days of Phishmas - 2012 -securityskeptic.com 12/19/12

DDoS Attacks Against US Banks Peaked At 60 Gbps -cio.com 12/13/12

Facebook helps FBI arrest 10 criminals for infecting 11M computers, causing $850M in losses -thenextweb.com 12/12/12

Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters to Attack Bancorp, BoA, Chase, Other Banks -softpedia.com 12/11/12

Combatting Botnets Through End-User Notification -otalliance.org 12/10/12

Safer Online Shopping This Holiday Season -aol.com 12/7/12

Sophisticated Zeus Campaign Stole 36 Million from 30,000 Bank Accounts -securityweek.com 12/5/12

NOVEMBER 2012

Bank Agrees to Reimburse Hacking Victim $300K in Precedent-Setting Case -wired.com 11/30/12

Researcher Uses Attack Email to Modify Network Router Settings -pcmag.com 11/28/12

Attackers compromise Romanian Domains For Google, Yahoo in DNS Attack -securityweek.com 11/28/12

Lockheed says cyber attacks up sharply, suppliers targeted -reuters.com 11/12/12

NSA Director on Cyberattacks: 'Everybody's Getting Hit' -abcnews.com 11/7/12

How an Indonesian ISP took down the mighty Google for 30 minutes -arstechnica 11/6/12

OCTOBER 2012

Social Annotation Site Diigo.com Recovering After Domain Hijacking Nightmare -techcrunch.com 10/27/12

Open DNS Resolvers Increasingly Abused to Amplify DDoS Attacks, Report Says -cio.com 10/25/12

Phishing Sites: Lifespan Decreases, Population Grows at Record Speed, Says APWG -securityweek.com 10/25/12

Should Industry Face More Cybersecurity Mandates -nytimes.com 10/17/12

Businesses take 7 months to detect intruders -itnews.com 10/17/12

Automated tools, big data use in security 'limited' -zdnet.com 10/16/12

Cyberthieves loot $400,000 from city bank account -computerworld.com 10/15/12

Service Sells Access to Fortune 500 Firms -krebsonsecurity.com 10/12/12

Google AND Yahoo! hijacked in Ireland after domain namespace grab -theregister.co.uk 10/10/12

Twitter outage caused by human error, domain briefly yanked -cnet.com 10/8/12

Banks Take Action After Alert, Attacks -bankinfosecurity.com 10/8/23

'Project Blitzkrieg' Promises More Aggressive Cyberheists Against U.S. Banks -krebsonsecurity.com 10/8/12

The tale of one thousand and one DSL modems -securelist.com 10/1/12

SEPTEMBER 2012

Adobe code signing infrastructure hacked by 'sophisticated threat actors' -zdnet.com 9/27/12

In cyberattacks, hacking humans is highly effective way to access systems -washingtonpost.com 9/26/12

Energy giant confirms breach of customer project files -computerworld.com 9/26/12

Microsoft's Takedown of 3322.org - A Gigantic Self Goal? -circleid.com 9/17/12

Stealing US business secrets: Experts ID two huge cyber 'gangs' in China -csmonitor.com 9/14/12

Go Daddy claims internal problems, not an attack, took it down -zdnet.com 9/11/12

Cosmo, the Hacker 'God' Who Fell to Earth -wired.com 9/11/12

Google Aurora attackers still at large, targeting mainly US finance, energy and education companies -thenextweb.com 9/7/12

AUGUST 2012

Super-critical Java zero-day exploits TWO bugs -theregister.co.uk 8/30/12

FBI makes new arrest over LulzSec Sony Pictures hack -computerworlduk.com 8/29/12

University of South Carolina web server hacked by overseas attackers -scmagazine.com 8/22/12

Zeus Variant Targets U.S. Accounts -bankinfosecurity.com 8/21/12

Inside the Grum botnet -krebsonsecurity.com 8/20/12

500K Credit Cards Stolen in Australian Point-of-Sale Hack -wired.com 8/17/12

Breaking news, literally: Reuters hacked third time this MONTH -theregister.co.uk 8/17/12

AT&T hit by DDoS attack, suffers DNS outage -networkworld.com 8/15/12

Victims of Fraud Blame Their Banks, Consider Switching -americanbanker.com 8/14/12

Citadel Malware Used to Infiltrate Airport VPN -threatpost.com 8/14/12

New hijack threat emerges for DNS Changer victims -csoonline.com 8/14/12

Personal data on thousands of University of Arizona students publicly viewable -scmagazine.com 8/13/12

Flame and Stuxnet Cousin Targets Lebanese Bank Customers, Carries Mysterious Payload -wired.com 8/9/12

Facebook Asks Users to Report Phishing Emails -pcmag.com 8/9/12

Blizzard Entertainment Notifies Its Players of Unauthorized Access to Battle.net Account Information -marketwatch.com 8/9/12

Poll Finds Security Practitioners Falsely Believe They're Protected Against APTs -threatpost.com 8/8/12

Amazon fixed security flaw hackers used against Wired's Mat Honan -arstechnica.com 8/7/12

Reducing Phishing Up Times -securityskeptic.com 8/7/12

Hackers breach Environment Protection Agency database -scmagazine.com 8/6/12

Data breach costs LinkedIn up to $1 million -scmagazine.com 8/3/12

The Cost of Cyber Crime -businessweek.com 8/2/12

Cyber attacks against infrastructure jump 17-fold warns National Security Agency -smartgridnews.com 8/2/12

Yahoo Faces Security Breach Lawsuit -esecurityplanet.com 8/2/12