With Cybersecurity on the Rise, Accenture Helps San Antonio Get in on the Action

Cybersecurity is steadily becoming an area of focus throughout the nation, with states and cities seeing it as an opportunity to grow business opportunities by making themselves ‘hubs’ for cyber. Accenture opened a threat analysis center in San Antonio this week which help monitor client networks against attacks.

San Antonio is known to be the destination of the…

Survey Shows America Needs More Cyber Education

In a study released today by StaySafeOnline.org, results show that America’s youth are not receiving enough education to use digital technology and navigate the Internet in a safe, secure and responsible manner. Further more the study also says that American teachers are not prepared to address these subjects within the current curriculum.

The survey, which started December 29, 2009…

Over 60 Sites Compromised with SEO Poisoning

Recently, an additional 60 sites have been found to host SEO poisoning activity. SEO attacks have been increasing with people primarily using Google to point searchers to infected domains. These other sites launch malware, phishing attacks and IFrame SEO attacks.  Topics are broad ranging and often connected. Criminals also use well researched terms to place infected domains.

One of the major problems with SEO Poisoning is that for each infected…

Cyber Problems Will Remain, Says Northrop Grumman’s Bob Brammer

As troubling news emerges about America not being ready for a potential cyber war, more companies are becoming acutely aware of the importance of preparing for web-based attacks.

“If we went to war today in a cyber war, we would lose,” said former Director of National Security and National Intelligence Michael McConnell during…

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If you have strong problem-solving and consulting skills, deep technical knowledge, and a dedication to client service, Booz Allen could be what’s next in your career.

The following opportunities-and many others-are available at locations nationwide:

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Cyveillance Finds Targeting of New Brands Up 50 Percent

Cyveillance, a leader in cyber intelligence, announced its findings that cyber criminals are having greater success by using increasingly sophisticated techniques. Phishing remains one of the top threats according to Cyveillance’s “2H 2009 Cyber Intelligence Report.”

Panos Anastassiadis, COO of Cyveillance, said “Cyber criminals are focusing their efforts on developing more sophisticated and targeted attacks rather than using a far reaching blanket approach, in order to…

Bulgarians Charged in ATM Hacking Case

Three Bulgarians were charged yesterday in connection with an ATM hacking case that occurred over a 44 day period. The suspects allegedly planted electronic skimming devices on a number of ATMs in Massachusetts, making off with more than $137,000, according to an article on The Register.

The skimmers surreptitiously recorded the information that is stored on the magnetic strips of the cards inserted into the machines. Additionally, the suspects…

New York Firm Faces Bankruptcy Following Cyber Attack

Instances of criminals using cyberspace to carry out monetary theft has been steadily increasing in recent years, with dire consequences for victims. Little & King LLC, a New York based marketing firm, faces bankruptcy after a computer virus infection allowed cyber criminals to drain the organizations bank account to the tune of $164,000.

The firm’s account was drained over a weekend. When the fraud was noticed by the firm, it…

By Light, InZero Team Up to Fight Cyber Attacks

Tech companies By Light Professional IT Services and InZero Systems are forming a joint venture in an effort to quickly expand the federal government’s capacity to defend against cyber attacks. The joint venture, termed By Light-InZero, will provide support, testing and contracting capabilities for clients in the defense and intelligence sectors.

InZero Systems, headed by Louis R. Hughes, has created…

Microsoft Uses Courts to Take Down Botnet

Microsoft and the Botnet Task Force have struck again, and this time against one of the United States largest spam producers. Microsoft petitioned the U.S. courts for a take down order against domains associated with the Waledac botnet.

The order, which was granted by the court, allows traffic to be restricted from 277 domains linked to compromised machines. “Waledac is estimated to have infected hundreds of thousands of computers around…