Shane Huntley, head of threat analysis group at Google, wrote in a blog post published Tuesday that Google sent over 12K notifications between July and September to warn users across 149 countries that they were targeted by government-backed threat actors.
Read More »YouTube Adds Communication Tool for Gov’t Agencies
YouTube has introduced a channel for U.S. government organizations and officials to upload videos and engage citizens about issues of national interest The YouTube for Government site is designed to share explainer videos as well as live streams of congressional hearings and State of the Union addresses with the public, …
Read More »Mobility, Social Media Highlight IDC's 2012 Government IT Forecast
Operational efficiency, mobility, smart government and economic stability will be the key themes of government investment in information technology for 2012, according to a forecast from IDC Government Insights. As covered by InformationWeek, IDC predicts governments at all levels will spend nearly $82.4 billion on hardware, software and IT services …
Read More »VA Announces Social Media Policy
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced today a new social media policy regarding the secure use of online platforms like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. The policy, titled “VA Directive 6515: Use of Web-Based Collaboration Technologies,” outlines the rules for the department and its employees to leverage these types of …
Read More »Fake Tweets Announce bin Laden Live and Kickin'
If you happen to spend some time on Twitter — outside of work hours, of course — you might have seen tweets announcing news from CNN “conforming” that former terrorist leader Osama bin Laden is alive. Whatever you do, do not click on those URLs, warns Internet security firm Websense, …
Read More »CyberCom Blocks Access to Streaming Video; YouTube No Go for DoD Workers
The U.S. Cyber Command has restricted Defense Department workers’ access to streaming-video websites such as YouTube, Amazon and Googlevideo, according to The Associated Press. Officials say the overwhelming demand to see the Japan earthquake is using up the much-needed bandwidth already weakened by Internet problems in that region of the …
Read More »Law Student Found Guilty of Posting Extremist Videos on YouTube
A man who created extremist videos and uploaded them onto YouTube has been convicted of terrorist offenses following an investigation by London’s counterterrorism division. In addition to posting extremist videos on YouTube, Mohammed Gul, 23, made a compilation video on his laptop by editing footage of attacks on coalition soldiers …
Read More »CIA Website Gets a Makeover
The CIA has launched a revamped website with links to YouTube and Flickr to help Americans better understand the agency’s often secretive work, officials said. “The idea behind these improvements is to make more information about the agency available to more people, more easily,” CIA Director Leon Panetta said in …
Read More »‘It Can Wait’: AT&T Campaigns Against Texting while Driving
“Where u at.” This was the last text Mariah West read before she ran into a bridge and died. In a preventive measure for one of the most dangerous nights on the road New Year’s Eve, AT&T announced the release of a documentary featuring stories from individual whose lives have been …
Read More »Notorious Worm Stuxnet Used in Poisoned Search Results
Cyber crooks are now taking advantage of the infamous Stuxnet worm as a way to deploy malicious code. Trend Micro researcher Ivan Macalintal has discovered poisoned search results leveraging on this notorious malware threat. Among the search strings used in this blackhat SEO campaign were “stuxnet SCADA,” “stuxnet removal tool,” …
Read More »Lawmakers: US Won't Stop 'Jihadi Websites'
Chairman of the House Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade Subcommittee said it was doubtful anything “useful” would come of trying to shut down extremist websites, Agence France Presse reports. Instead, “it is more likely we will tie ourselves up in knots,” said Brad Sherman (D-Calif.), because of the complicated considerations over …
Read More »FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski: “Consumers Need to Make the Internet Work.”
In an interview with Steve Grove, YouTube’s head of news and politics, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski discussed his goals in implementing the FCC’s National Broadband Plan. Genachowski’s priorities include serving all Americans with broadband coverage while increasing private-sector competition and improving information available to consumers. “There is very little that …
Read More »Boeing Beefs Up Cyber Presence
On Monday, Boeing announced that it had signed a deal to buy Fairfax-based eXMeritus, a producer of secure information sharing hardware and software. This builds on last years’ purchases of Digital Receiver Technology, Ravenwing and Kestrel Enterprises. Also, on June 9 Boeing Intelligence and Security Systems (I&SS) demonstrated its cybersecurity capabilities …
Read More »Social Video for the US Intelligence Community
ExecutiveBiz members have had the pleasure of interacting with a long line of IT thought leaders. One of note is Chris Rasmussen, a great advocate for information sharing and collaboration within the federal space and a master of the use of new tools to get groups working together on hard …
Read More »Shift Happens
We live in exponential times. We are adapting to change at an accelerating rate. This video clip is a Must See for executives contemplating these changing times and the impact that it will have on their companies; but more likely themselves. The video is full of quotable facts regarding our …
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