US experts to study mobile cash transfer

US government cyber security specialists are in Nairobi to discuss ways of protecting mobile money transfers and Internet communications from criminal and terrorist threats.

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#Boeing Acquiring #CyberSecurity Biz

The Boeing Company (BA - Analyst Report) has entered into an agreement to acquire Solutions Made Simple Inc. ("SMSi"). The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The company expects the deal to be completed during the third quarter of 2011.
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Smart grid #cybersecurity: glass is half full

The opening line in a recent IDC report, "Smart Grid Security: What's Real and What's Hype," offers a balanced perspective:
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Free USB Sticks Could Be Used To Transmit #Viruses

By Ben Rooney

The infamous computer virus Stuxnet was able to infect computers that have no external connection; how it was able to do that was often speculated and if evidence from a recent trial is anything to go by, it appears that speculation is correct.

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Despite #Stuxnet, Iran moves closer to #nuclear weapon

Iran has boasted about installing centrifuges with "better quality and speed" at its nuclear plants, thus improving the country's uranium-enrichment capacities.
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How Should the US Deal With #CyberAttacks?

From WikiLeaks to the Chinese attacks on U.S. government information infrastructures, cyber attacks are becoming more prevalent and threatening every day. The most lucrative target of these attacks remains America, but the rest of the international community is not immune to hacking either: It is only a matter of time before we see a coordinated hacking attempt at Germany, France, or Britain.
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Easy-to-Guess Passwords Open Door to #Hackers

The phone-hacking scandal at News Corp.'s defunct News of the World U.K. tabloid exposes how vulnerable phones remain to snooping, security experts say. The chief reasons are the insecurity of two crucial numbers: the passwords people choose to protect their messages, which often are brief and easy to guess; and cellphone numbers themselves, which can be turned against phone owners to tap into their voice messages.
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#Hacker arrests: Some were on Facebook, some blogged

A 20-year-old university student from Las Vegas says on her Facebook page she likes volleyball and bowling; on his Facebook page, a 27-year-old Colorado man describes his main interests as cars, games, movies and racing on his profile; and a 21-year-old Florida man writes on his personal blog how he hates the state because of "old people," tourists and "illegal immigrants."
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