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National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM)

DISA charged with securing networks for all but two agencies

1 Billion computers at risk from Java exploit

Exploit Released for Zero-Day in Internet Explorer

Microsoft finds new computers in China preinstalled with malware

Security researchers to present new 'CRIME' attack against SSL/TLS

Explosion in malware bypassing traditional defences, study shows

Air Force Openly Seeking Cyber-Weapons | threatpost

Should developers be sued for security holes?

WHAT IS DARPA‘S NEW ’PLAN X’ AND WHAT DOES IT HAVE TO DO WITH CYBERWARFARE?

Secretive group expands role in cybermonitoring - San Francisco Technology | Examiner.com

NIST: How To Prepare For And Respond To A Certificate Authority Breach - Dark Reading

Swiss scientists develop algorithm to sniff out source of malware, spam attacks

How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws Led to My Epic Hacking

A Computer Infection that Can Never Be Cured

Tech Support Phone Scams Surge

Java flaws increasingly targeted by attackers, researchers say - Computerworld

Russia’s Top Cyber Sleuth Foils US Spies, Helps Kremlin Pals

Alexander vows that DOD will have full cyber readiness by 2014

Serial hacker says latest Android will be "pretty hard" to exploit

Internet Doomsday' Virus Fizzles, Web Traffic Flows

Pentagon Digs In on Cyberwar Front

U.S. Critical Infrastructure Cyberattack Reports Jump Dramatically - Dark Reading

How a Lone Grad Student Scooped the Government and What It Means for Your Online Privacy - ProPublica

Former Pentagon Analyst Says China Can Shut Down All The Telecom Gear It Sold To The US

Attackers target unpatched PHP bug allowing malicious code execution

New .secure Internet Domain On Tap

College Degrees Employers Want Most

FBI: Updates Over Public ‘Net Access = Bad Idea

Hottest IT skill? Cybersecurity

Skimtacular: All-in-One ATM Skimmer

GEEKS’ BECOME MILITARY’S NEW WARRIORS

Homeland Security chief contemplating proactive cyber attacks

FBI: Smart Meter Hacks Likely to Spread

Top Ten Most-Destructive Computer Viruses

Open source code libraries seen as rife with vulnerabilities

U.S. accelerating cyberweapon research

Traveling Light in a Time of Digital Thievery

Hackers claim to have intercepted call between FBI, Scotland Yard

Analysis of the Stratfor Password List

FBI To Get More Cyber Crime Agents

Iowa Caucus Polling System Threatened By Hackers

China-based hacking offers evidence of global cyber war

What's really going on with Carrier IQ on your phone

RSA security lapse led to March hack, says researcher

Carrier IQ: What it is, what it isn't, and what you need to know

Hackers Blow Up Illinois Water Utility…or Not

Red Tape - Exclusive: Millions of printers open to devastating hack attack, researchers say

Fighting Crime With Digital DNA

Cyber Intrusion Blamed for Hardware Failure at Water Utility

'Son of Stuxnet' Virus Could Be Used to Attack Critical Computers Worldwide

Secure Android Kernel Could Make for 'Classified' Smart Phones

National Cyber Security Awareness Month

Georgia Tech Releases Cyber Threats Forecast for 2012

Founding Father Wants Secure 'Internet 2'

Obama Establishes Insider Threat Task Force

Computer virus hits US Predator and Reaper drone fleet

Internet Risks Will Drive Users Offline, Researcher Predicts

Authenticity of Web Pages Under Attack By Hackers

7 Lessons: Surviving A Zero-Day Attack

Malware burrows deep into computer BIOS to escape AV: Mebromi rootkit also targets master boot record

Hacking Targets Multiply

Ten Years After 9/11, Cyber Attacks Pose National Threat, Committee Says

The Next Wave of Botnets Could Descend From the Skies

Researchers Identify First Flaws in the Advanced Encryption Standard

Android users hit by lethal Trojan root hack

Mediocre Hackers Can Cause Major Damage

It's All About the Team for Research in Ubiquitous Secure Technology

Creating Ag Extension Agent for Cyber

The Science of Cyber Security

DARPA Funds Hackers to Innovate Military Tech

Threat of destructive coding on foreign-manufactured technology is real

Former CIA Director: Build a new Internet to improve cybersecurity

Lessons from Estonia: Preparing for a major cyberattack

2011 2nd quarter articles

U.S. to Provide Guidelines to Bolster Computer Security (New York Times 6/26/2011)
Software Cracks: A Great Way to Infect Your PC (Krebs on Security 6/20/2011)
Microsoft Patches Fix 34 Security Flaws (Krebs on Security 6/15/2011)
Experts: Few cyberattacks are cause for major retaliation (Network World, Inc 6/8/2011)
Most Malware Tied to 'Pay-Per-Install' Market (Technology Review 6/9/2011)
CYBERSECURITY, INNOVATION AND THE INTERNET ECONOMY (The Department of Commerce Internet Policy Task Force 6/2011)
Pay-Per-Install a Major Source of Badness (Krebs On Security 6/2011)
Analysis: The hidden cost of cybercrime (CNN 6/7/2011)
Pentagon to Consider Cyberattacks Acts of War (New York Times 5/31/2011)
Pentagon: Cyber Attacks Can Count as Act of War (The Wall Street Journal 5/31/2011)
Stanford Computer Scientists Find Internet Security Flaw (Stanford Report 5/23/2011)
Homemade Cyberweapon Worries Federal Officials (Washington Times 5/24/2011)
CHEO Research Institute Develops Secure Protocol for Data Disclosure (CHEO Research Institute 5/17/2011)
Researchers show Android devices susceptible to eavesdropping (PhysOrg.com 5/18/2011)
Launching the U.S. International Strategy for Cyberspace (The White House Blog 5/16/2011)
Microsoft: One in 14 downloads is malicious (Computerworld 5/17/2011)
Scary Android security hole in 99% of phones: PANIC! (Computerworld 5/18/2011)
White House Wants Tougher Penalties for Computer Breaches (New York Times 5/11/2011)
Sony Brings In Forensic Experts On Data Breaches (InformationWeek 5/5/2011)
Cyber-Security System Mimics Human Immune Response (Discovery News 4/21/2011)
The Botnets That Won't Die (Technology Review 4/21/2011)
Highway Robbery: Car Computer Controls Could Be Vulnerable to Hackers (Scientific American 4/20/2011)
Simple Arithmetic for Faster, More Secure Websites (AlphaGalileo 4/7/2011)
DARPA Will Spend $20 Million to Search for Crypto's Holy Grail (Forbes 4/6/2011)
An Attack Sheds Light on Internet Security Holes (New York Times 4/6/2011)
Sandia Researchers Merge Serious Gaming, Simulation Tools to Create High-Level Models for Border Security (Sandia National Laboratories 4/5/2011)
Net Boffins Plot Password Alternatives (The Register 4/4/2011)
Cyber attackers have the edge, experts admit (NextGov.com 4/1/2011)

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2011 1st quarter articles

Amazon, Others Make Fixes After IU Informaticists Uncover Online Security Flaws, Receive Free Products (Indiana University 3/30/2011)
Finding Spammers' Vulnerabilities (National Science Foundation 3/29/2011)
Virtual War a Real Threat (Los Angeles Times 3/28/2011)
Researchers Devise New Method of Detecting Botnets (Texas A&M Engineering News 3/24/2011)
Cyber Security Summit Signs UK-US University Deal (BBC News 3/24/2011)
Get SMART in Cyberspace: Protect Your Data (Newcastle University 3/15/2011)
Warning on GPS Jamming Threats (University of New South Wales 3/11/2011)
Spotting Virtual Intruders (Technology Review 3/9/2011)
The New Cyber Arms Race (Christian Science Monitor 3/7/2011)
Security and Privacy Issues in the PDF Document Format (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid Spain 2/17/2011)
Cryptographers Debate Role in 'Post-Security' Era (EE Times 2/16/2011)
The Cyberweapon That Could Take Down the Internet (New Schientist 2/11/2011)
Intel Chief Warns of Threat From Iran, Cybercrime at House Hearing (FoxNews.com 2/10/2011)
What Is the Best Way to Protect U.S. Critical Infrastructure From a Cyber Attack? (Scientific American 2/4/2011)
DARPA Seeks Security Expertise From a Nontraditional Source: the Hacker Community (NextGov.com 2/4/2011)
Cloud Services Could Bolster National Cyber Security (Network World 2/2/2011)
New IU Malware Records Data From Cell Phone (Indiana Daily Student 2/1/2011)
National Competition Puts High Schoolers to the Cyber Warrior Test (Government Computer News 1/31/2011)
Hardware, Software Advances Help Protect Operating Systems From Attack (NCSU News 1/26/2011)
Giving Hackers a Printed Invitation (Technology Review 1/21/2011)
Securing the Cloud (University of Texas at Austin 1/20/2011)
Converting 2-D Photo Into 3-D Face for Security Applications and Forensics (PhysOrg.com 1/19/2011)
Researchers Turn USB Cable Into Attack Tool (CNet 1/19/2011)
Unhackable Data in a Box of Bacteria: Future of InfoSec? (Computerworld 1/18/2011)
Internet 'Kill Switch' Could Cause Chaos, OECD Report Warns (Techworld 1/17/2011)
Leahy Sets Cyber Privacy Agenda (NextGov.com 1/11/2011)
International Cybersecurity Treaty Might Not Be Achievable, Report Says (NextGov.com 1/11/2011)
Obama Eyeing Internet ID for Americans (cbsnews.com 1/7/2011)
And Then There Were Five: Finalists Advance in NIST's SHA-3 Cryptography Competition (NIST News 1/5/2011)
Cybersecurity Civil Servants: OPM to Create Cyber Career Track (executivegov.com 1/3/2011)

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2010 4th quarter articles

Rules of Engagement for Cyberwars See Slow Progress (Financial Times 12/29/2010)
DARPA Goal for Cybersecurity: Change the Game (DVIDS 12/20/2010)
New corps' mission to parry cyberthreat (Star Advertiser 12/16/2010)
Physical Protection for the Internet (AlphaGalileo 12/14/2010)
Cryptographers Chosen to Duke It Out in Final Fight (New Scientist 12/13/2010)
Senator Proposes Cybersecurity Standards (InformationWeek 12/13/2010)
Privacy Project Uses Cryptography to Reduce Shared Info (BBC News 12/9/2010)
Mystery Surrounds Cyber Missile That Crippled Iran's Nuclear Weapons Ambitions (FoxNews.com 11/26/2010)
Spaf on Security Education in 2011 (GovInfoSecurity.com 11/23/2010)
A New Take on Computer Security (EUREKA 11/23/2010)
EU, US and NATO to Work Together on Cyber Defense (IDG News Service 11/22/2010)
European Union Funds Cloud Security Project (IDG News Service 11/22/2010)
Virus Could Ruin Many Industries' Control Systems (Associated Press 11/18/2010)
Cyber-Security Job Development Challenges Highlighted in Survey (eweek.com 11/17/2010)
Report Looks at How China Meddled With the Internet (New York Times 11/17/2010)
U.S. Sees 'Huge' Cyber Threat in the Future (Reuters 11/16/2010)
Effort Seeks to Diversify Cyber-Security Field (Missouri S&T News 11/16/2010)
Forecast for Cybersecurity Bills Looks Cloudy in Reconvened Congress (Nextgov.com 11/15/2010)
What's ahead for DOD's cyber forces (Government Computer News 11/15/2010)
European Cyber Defenses 'Must Improve,' Tests Show (BBC News 11/10/2010)
Cyber Storm Drill to Yield New Lessons, Feds Say (Government Technology 11/5/2010)
Internet Privacy Could Be Priority in Next Congress (Washington Post 11/4/2010)
‘Evilgrade’ Gets an Upgrade (Krebs on Security 11/3/2010)
The Online Threat: Should we be worried about a cyber war? (Seymour M. Hersh in the New Yorker 11/1/2010)
New Help on Testing for Common Cause of Software Bugs (Government Computer News 11/1/2010)
Google Extends Security Bug Bounty to Gmail, YouTube, Blogger (Krebs on Security 11/1/2010)
Study Finds Support for Presidential Net 'Kill Switch' (CNet 10/27/2010)
DHS Urged to Bolster Cyber Infrastructure Security (Information Week 10/27/2010)
Report: ‘Spear-Phishing’ Attacks Keep on Giving (wired 10/26/2010)
Iranian cyber army moves into botnets (CSO online 10/25/2010)
D.C. Hacking Raises Questions About Future of Online Voting (Stateline.org 10/22/2010)
Agencies Hard Hit By Shortage of Cybersecurity Pros (Government Computer News 10/21/2010)
Pentagon Will Help Homeland Security Department Fight Domestic Cyberattacks (NY Times 10/20/2010)
Stopping the Next Stuxnet (The Patriot Post 10/20/2010)
Tests show consumer antivirus programs falling behind (computerworld.com 10/19/2010)
SCADA security just got more serious (Control Engineering UK 10/19/2010)
SpamBot Wants to be Your Friend (Vienna University of Technology 10/18/2010)
Internet security plan under review would alert users to hacker takeover (washingtonpost.com 10/18/2010)
Google to alert admins of phishing attempts and malware (The H Security 10/15/2010)
Progress is slow on cybersecurity goals, GAO reports (NextGov.com 10/7/2010)
Cybersecurity as a Catalyst for Economic Growth (Gov Info Security 10/6/2010)
Stopping Malware: BLADE Software Eliminates "Drive-By Downloads" from Malicious Websites (Georgia Tech Research News 10/6/2010)

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2010 3rd quarter articles

EU Seeks to Boost Defenses Against Cyber Attacks (Reuters 9/30/2010)
In a Computer Worm, a Possible Biblical Clue (New York Times online 9/29/2010)
FBI drive for encryption backdoors is déjà vu for security experts (ars technica 9/28/2010)
Vulnerability allows ZeuS botnets to be taken over (The H Security 9/27/2010)
Cyber Attacks Test Pentagon, Allies and Foes (Wall Street Journal online 9/25/2010)
'Secure Zone' Suggested to Counter Computer Threat (Associated Press 9/23/10)
An army of tech-savvy warriors has been fighting its battles in cyberspace (WashingtonPost.com 9/23/2010)
Is a Cyber Attack Targeting Iran's Nuclear Plant? (Foxnews.com 9/23/2010)
U.S. competitive position has further declined in past five years, report says; nation needs sustained commitment to investment in innovation (KrebsOnSecurity 9/14/2010)
‘Stuxnet’ Worm Far More Sophisticated Than Previously Thought (nationalacademies.org 9/23/2010)
Secure App Development Can Lead To Cost Savings, Study Says (darkreading.com 9/13/2010)
Security firm warns of commercial, on-demand DDoS botnet (ComputerWorld 9/13/2010)
Google Confronts China's "Three Warfares" (Timothy L. Thomas 9/13/2010)
Pentagon considers preemptive strikes as part of cyber-defense strategy (Washington Post 8/28/2010)
DARPA Takes Aim at Insider Threats (Network World 08/27/10)
Malware implicated in fatal Spanair plane crash: Computer monitoring system was infected with Trojan horse, authorities say (MSNBC 8/20/2010)
Interview with Ernest McDuffie: NIST's leader for the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education -- Back to school (Government Computer News 8/16/2010)
Microsoft to Issue Emergency Patch for Critical Windows Bug (krebsonsecurity 7/30/2010)
Air Force moves to fill nearly 700 cybersecurity vacancies (Defense Systems 7/21/2010)
Prepublication: A Human Capital Crisis in Cybersecurity (CSIS 7/16/2010)
Navy tightens cybersecurity training rules (Federal Computer Week 7/14/2010)

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2010 2nd quarter articles

Better cybersecurity depends on better information management (Government Computer News 6/22/2010)
The unreadiness team (Washingtonpost.com 6/20/2010)
Sophisticated ATM Skimmer Transmits Stolen Data Via Text Message (krebsonsecurity.com 6/18/2010)
NASA security chief orders bold change to secure networks (nextgov 5/19/2010)
Cyber Challenge: 10,000 security warriors wanted (Government Computer News 5/17/2010)
Government Reveals Cybersecurity Research Agenda (InformationWeek 5/13/2010)
UPDATE 1-U.S. struggles to ward off evolving cyber threat (Reuters 5/12/2010)
'Cyber War' author: U.S. needs radical changes to protect against attacks (NetworkWorld 4/7/2010)

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2010 1st quarter articles

Military To Tighten Vendor Cybersecurity Policies (InformationWeek 2/16/2010)
Companies Fight Endless War Against Computer Attacks (New York Times online 1/17/2010)
Threats in Cyberspace (abanet.org September 2009)

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Digital Forensics Websites:
NIST's National Software Reference Library
The Ultimate Collection of Forensics Software
Systematic Approaches to Digital Forensic Engineering (SADFE)

SFS and IASP Scholarship Application Forms and Information:
National Science Foundation (NSF) Scholarship for Service (SFS) application form (PDF)
NSF SFS FAQ for Students
NSF SFS general information
NSF SFS program announcement
The Department of Defense (DoD) Information Assurance Scholarship Program (IASP)
DoD IASP prospective student information