“Though auditors’ attempts to gain access to two computer systems that control air traffic in the United States failed, they discovered during their assessments vulnerabilities that could lead to the seizure of the IT systems. The Department of Transportation’s inspector general hired auditors from the accounting firm Clifton Gunderson to conduct the audit earlier this [...]
“Violence swept across Syria on Friday, with at least 43 people killed in another bloody day of confrontation between government forces and demonstrators. The killings occurred in several flashpoint regions as thousands of Syrian protesters defiantly marched after Muslims’ weekly prayers in a display of mass discontent toward the government.” Source: More than 40 dead [...]
“Syria deployed police officers, soldiers, and military vehicles yesterday in two of the country’s three largest cities in advance of nationwide protests planned today that will test the popular reception of reforms decreed by President Bashar Assad as well as the momentum that organizers have sought to bring to a five-week uprising.” Source: Syria deploying [...]
” Indonesia is on high alert after police foiled terror plans to detonate bombs Friday near a church in a Jakarta suburb. The plan was to detonate the bombs by a timer, using a mobile phone, just before a scheduled Easter service at a Catholic church in Tangerang, authorities said.” Source: Indonesian police foil plan [...]
“Industries crucial to the functioning of society – such as water treatment systems, power plants, and oil and gas facilities – use computer-controlled systems that are under fast-growing cyberattack by hackers, often affiliated with government and organized crime groups, says a new report. These key industries, it adds, often are not boosting security to deal [...]