Josh Halliday of the Guardian reports on the arrest of Armenian national, for masterminding the distribution of a worm that has infected over 30 million computers worldwide. The worm, Bredolab, is believed to have originated in Russia, according to one tech expert.
Marguerite Reardon at CNET discusses the FCC’s moves towards freeing up more spectrum for wireless usage, and the steps being taken to entice TV broadcasters to voluntarily cede unused spectrum. To see the FCC Report mentioned in the article, click here.
Aaron Barr writes of the necessity to increase cybersecurity not by simply adding more personnel, but by paying those personnel better and developing a common means of categorizing threats.
The White House Office of Science and Technology announced yesterday the launch of a subcommittee devoted to internet policy and privacy.
Matthew Anderson, in his role as leader of an international cyber crime ring, infected numerous computers with Trojans to steal sensitive personal information.
Google’s cars, which snapped pictures through neighborhoods for its Street View application, also plucked emails, URLs, and passwords from residential Wi-fi networks.
Sam Churchill at DailyWireless reports on the ITU’s approval of two “official” technologies for 4G mobile wireless broadband technology – LTE-Advanced and WirelessMAN-Advanced. Those two technologies were consolidated from the initial six that were presented to the ITU back in 2009.
At least from three major TV broadcasters. Reuters has the story on Google TV’s troubles with NBC, Disney and CBS, which have blocked access to a number of their programs. NewsCorp has yet to make a decision on the matter.
The final two videos from the Cyber Day of UNL’s Space & Telecom Conference in Washington DC:
1:20-2:50: Cyber Policy–Addressing the Problem
3:00-4:00: Cyber Policy–Keynote Legal Conversation
Following up on last week’s post regarding the DOD / DHS partnership on cybersecurity, Thom Shanker of the New York Times reports on the Obama administration’s new policies implementing that partnership. The arrangement is supposedly akin to how the military operates in response to natural disasters, often under the direction of FEMA.
Marvin Ammori 