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• On the front line against the next Stuxnet

  Something has gone terribly wrong on the plant floor at ACME Specialty Chemical International Inc.

• US agencies making progress on cybercrime, officials say

  U.S. government agencies are getting better at sharing information about cyberattacks with private companies, but cybercrime shows no signs of slowing down, cybersecurity experts told lawmakers Wednesday.

• DHS warns of planned Anonymous attacks

  The U.S. Department of Homeland Security today issued a somewhat unusual bulletin warning the security community about the planned activities of hacking collective Anonymous over the next few months.

• Cloud security fears exaggerated, says federal CIO

  WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is not afraid of the public cloud.

• Cloud Fears Are Overblown, Says U.S. CIO

  The U.S. Department of Homeland Security isn't afraid of the public cloud.

• A power plant hack that anybody could use

  The night before the start of this week's Black Hat hacker conference here in Las Vegas, security researcher Dillon Beresford gave a demonstration to a small audience in his room at Caesar's Palace. The topic: how a hacker could take over the Siemens S7 computers that are used to control engines, machines and turbines in tens of thousands of industrial facilities.

• US agencies charge 72 in child porn ring

  Seventy-two people from the U.S. and other nations face child pornography charges for their alleged involvement in an Internet bulletin board focused on trading images and videos of people having sex with young children, two U.S. agencies announced.

• US warns Anonymous, LulzSec could up their game

  Hacker groups such as Anonymous and Lulz Security may need to be monitored more closely in the event they are assisted by other hackers with higher skill levels and decide to strike critical infrastructure.

• Battle over EU flight passenger data rages on

  Digital rights organizations have hit out at new agreements to transfer information about flight passengers in Europe to the U.S. and Australia.

• Lawmakers question Obama cybersecurity proposal

  A proposal for new cybersecurity legislation by U.S. President Barack Obama's administration could give the government unprecedented access to private data, critics said Wednesday.

• Experts: Small firms can take steps to improve cybersecurity

  Wading into e-commerce waters can be scary for small businesses because of cybersecurity threats, but they can take steps to protect themselves, a group of security experts said Monday.

• Mozilla defies DHS, will not remove Mafiaa Fire add-on

  The open-source Mozilla project said Thursday it won't comply with a U.S. Department of Homeland Security request to remove a Firefox add-on that helps redirect Web traffic for sites that have been seized by the government.

• Sony: PlayStation Network resumes this week

  Sony is still investigating the security breach that downed its PlayStation Network and Qriocity online services, but expects the gaming network will be back in operation this week, a company exec told media Sunday afternoon in Tokyo.

• Sony exec to address PlayStation Network outage

  Sony announced today that the head of its gaming division will make a statement Sunday afternoon Tokyo Time to address the PlayStation Network outage.

• DHS chief: What we learned from Stuxnet

  If there's a lesson to be learned from last year's Stuxnet worm, it's that the private sector needs to be able to respond quickly to cyber-emergencies, the head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Monday.