Featured Job- Cyber Intelligence Analyst at Northrop Grumman

Specific Duties and Responsibilities (Examples): Performs duties as a cyber threat analyst assigned to the Cyber Intelligence Center of the 1st Information Operatons Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Correlates threat data from various sources to establish the identity and modus operandi of hackers active in Army networks and posing potential threat to Army networks. Provides the customer with assessments and reports facilitating situational awareness and understanding of current cyber…

Oil Industry Subjected to Cyber Attacks

The oil industry experienced previously undisclosed Aurora-style cyber attacks in 2008 according to an article on the Christian Science Monitor website. Three US-based oil companies, Marathon Oil, ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips were informed by the FBI in early 2009 of the attacks on their systems.

The attacks attempted to target ‘bid data’ which contains the location, quantity and value of oil discoveries. Some of the data that was accessed was…

‘We Have to Work Together’ to Fight Cyber Crime says McAfee CEO

Dave DeWalt, president and CEO of McAfee, has called for the formation of an international framework to combat the growing threat from cyber crime according to a CRN article. While traveling to the World Economic Forum, where DeWalt will speak on the need to protect critical infrastructure, DeWalt briefly stopped in London and discussed the need for international…

Air Force Cyber Command to Go Operational

The 24th Air Force was certified for operation yesterday by the head of the Air Force Base Command, according to San Antonio Business Journal.

The unit stationed at Lackland Air Force Base will begin cybersecurity operations immediately.

The mission of the 24th Air Force is to defend and operate the Air Force’s information technology network. The unit was activated…

Featured Job- Cyber Capture Senior Manager at CSC

Do you have strong capture planning and coordination abilities? Do you have a proven track record of developing and assessing alternative markets and business models within the Commercial and Federal Government information technology services sectors? If so, you might be the person we are looking for!

CSC’s North American Public Sector (NPS) has a need for a Cyber Capture Sr Manager to join the team of our newly created…

Don’t Put a Flash Drive in Your PC, Put Your PC in a Flash Drive

The New New Internet has learned that Lockheed Martin has developed a new technology that could revolutionize the relationship between data portability and security.

The Problem

The evolution of data storage has come a long way since the days of the floppy disk. The data has been stored on 3.5 inch (or 5.25 inch) floppy disks, burned onto CDs, placed…

Cyber Threats Developing Faster than Defenses

According to a survey conducted by CSO magazine and sponsored by Deloitte, the threats posed by cyber crime against companies are increasing quicker than defensive measures are put into place.

The 2010 CyberSecurity Watch Survey also suggests current countermeasures against cyber criminals are not particularly effective.

While the survey revealed the number of victims of cyber crime had dropped, it also registered an increase in the number of attacks. One…

China Claims US Has ‘Cyber Army’ and ‘Hacker Brigade’

Since the cyber attacks against Google earlier this month, China and the United States have engaged in a “war of words: over cyberspace policy. Over the weekend, China accused the United States of conducting cyber warfare.

The People’s Daily, a Chinese government-run newspaper, said in an editorial:

“The U.S. was the first country in the world to introduce the…

Chinese Human Rights Websites Hit in DDoS Attack

The websites run by human rights activists in China were hit in a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack over the weekend, according to a report on ComputerWorld.com. The Chinese Human Rights Defenders were targeted in a DDoS attack which lasted 16 hours. The group is unclear of the origins of the attack but identify the Chinese government as the likely culprits.

Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch was also…

Most Federal Agencies Miss DNS Deadline

Approximately 80 percent of federal agency websites failed to meet a December 31 deadline for deploying DNS security technology according to media reports. The technology, when properly implemented, makes it significantly more difficult for hackers to assault the websites and redirect traffic.

Only 20 percent of federal agencies were found to have complied with implementing the DNS Security…