copy of a report submitted by the Office of Management and Budget to the key Congressional Committee responsible for cyber security. The report criticizes the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team for ...

According to US-CERT, phalanx2 bears certain similarities to an older rootkit called "phalanx," and is set up to steal SSH keys and send them to attackers, who then turn around and use them to break ...

US-CERT, part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), issued the situational awareness alert Thursday to financial institutions and said they could be targeted in denial-of-service and database ...

Michael Witt was appointed deputy director of the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team within the Department of Homeland Security’s National Cyber Security Division in January 2006. He leads US-CERT ...

Online criminals are exploiting a flaw in the Microsoft Office Access database to install unauthorized software on computers, the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) warned. In its brief ...

Skinner said he thought DHS had come a long way in protecting computer networks. However, he said more needed to be done cited the following hindrances to DHS’ progress: The Homeland Security ...

The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) warned that Cisco Systems’ Internet Operating System (IOS) contains several vulnerabilities that could allow remote attackers to use ...

The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has issued a warning that North Korea has stepped up its efforts to attack media, aerospace, and financial companies in the United States.

Mischel Kwon, director of the Homeland Security Department's operational cybersecurity team that handles cyber incident detection, warning and response activities for civilian agencies’ networks, has ...