Cyber attack is ‘single largest threat’ to U.S.: House Intelligence Committee head | Business Insurance

WASHINGTON – Cyber attacks represent “probably the single largest threat” facing the United States, the chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee said Monday. Speaking during a Washington briefing held by The Week magazine and Zurich Insurance Co. Ltd., Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich. – author of a cyber security bill that has passed…

Hacktivist Groups Pose Major Threat- Organizations Beware!

A cyber-attack can affect organizations at different levels. While organizations are actively trying to prevent these attacks, ironically the number of attacks seems to be constantly on the rise. More shockingly, the 2012 Data Breach Investigations Report released by Verizon indicates a dramatic increase in cyber-attacks linked to hacktivist groups. Groups like ‘Anonymous’ and ‘LulzSec’…