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Insecure industrial control systems, hacker trends prompt federal warnings

DHS warns of increasing security risk to power utilities, water treatment plants and manufacturing

Want a security pro? For starters, get politically incorrect and understand geek culture

Security expert Winn Schwartau says outmoded hiring requirements stifle IT security hiring

South Carolina reveals massive data breach of Social Security Numbers, credit cards

The state governor said she wants the hacker "slammed to the wall"

South Carolina breach exposes 3.6M SSNs

Another 387,000 credit and debit cards also exposed in Department of Revenue intrusion, but most were encrypted

Critical flaw found in software used by many industrial control systems

CoDeSys runtime flaw allows hackers to execute commands on critical industrial control systems without authentication, researchers say

Google’s email security flaw embarrassing, but no catastrophe

DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) vulnerability highlights need to upgrade to stronger keys as they improve

Preparing your business for mobility

Line blurs between insider, outsider attacks

Underground forums provide insider access to enterprises

BYOD resistance loosening but security practices lacking

SANS survey of more than 650 IT and security professionals shows access control and VPNs favored for mobile

Google, Microsoft and Yahoo fix serious email weakness

Use of weak DKIM signing keys could allow spoofed email messages to look legitimate, US-CERT warned