Best of the Week – January 13, 2013

Some important security topics emerged and catched my attention this week. Here is a brief list of the best articles and resources I found on the net.

Hope you enjoy it!

John Walker ‏@SBLTD #ENISA Threat Landscape Report: http://lnkd.in/BSSTWk

Gareth Niblett ‏@infosecmaven Cyber Attack Threat: UK Armed Forces Warned http://news.sky.com/story/1035284/cyber-attack-threat-uk-armed-forces-warned

Team Cymru ‏@teamcymru Crisis and Escalation in Cyberspace http://tinyurl.com/be3bzus

Some articles on the so called “Operation Ababil”…
Dancho Danchev ‏@danchodanchev Operation Ababil – they must have read this paper http://is.gd/8w1IAW  before launching the attacks. Where’s the rocket science in that?

The Washington Post ‏@washingtonpost Major banks turn to NSA for help http://wapo.st/WJdF9n

Bank DDoS Attacks Employ Web Servers As Weapons http://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/167901121/security/attacks-breaches/240145920/bank-ddos-attacks-employ-web-servers-as-weapons.html by @darkreading

And to finish this post some articles about the inauguration of the “European Cyber-Crime Centre” (EC3)
Cecilia Malmstrom @MalmstromEU Tackling online fraud in the EU – the European #Cybercrime Centre, #EC3, and its tasks: http://j.mp/Vf6ud5

 A look inside the EU’s new cybercrime unit http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20983013 – A brief BBC video on #EC3

Sandro Suffert @suffert Europe´s Cybercrime centre Chief: ‘We will focus on criminal groups or networks who steal your money’ http://tinyurl.com/abkdrbn  #EC3

*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from Punto 1 authored by Matteo Cavallini. Read the original post at: http://www.matteocavallini.com/2013/01/best-of-week-january-13-2013.html