Need a Job? Cyber Criminals are Hiring…

Everyone agrees the present job market is tough as unemployment in the United States is in the double digits. Well, cyber criminals are stepping into the gap, seeking to hire individuals willing to infect computers with malware, according to an article on RedOrbit.com.

Two cyber criminal organizations that have previously been involved with credit card and banking thefts are…

Hacker Sold VoIP Calls for $100,000 per Minute

Hacker Edwin Andrew Pena of Miami has admitted to selling around 10 million minutes of VoIP calls for approximately $1 million, according to The Register.

Pena routed the VoIP calls over telecommunication networks under the radar.

He pleaded guilty to two felonies; conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud and unauthorized access to a protected computer. He skipped bail and was arrested in Mexico last year. Pena faces up to 25…

Lt. Gen. Elder: There’s a Tendency to Depend Too Much on Security

The U.S. military depends upon its networks to carry out day-to-day operations throughout the world. The Air Force has perhaps the greatest need, as its forces need to remain connected over vast distances. Lt. Gen. Bob Elder headed the U.S. Air Force’s development of its cyberspace mission from 2006 till…

Google to Team with NSA

Search engine giant Google and the largest electronic surveillance intelligence agency in the world, the National Security Agency, are teaming up to increase cybersecurity.

Google is looking to finalize an agreement with NSA, which would allow the agency to analyze the Aurora attacks that took place in December, according to The Washington Post.

Once NSA analyzes the attacks, it will…

Be Wary of Web Surfing, Infection is All Around You

The use of infected websites is becoming increasingly popular, according to security researchers.

A post on the Kaspersky Lab’s ‘Threat Post’ claims that one out of every 150 legitimate websites is infected with malware.

Researchers with the Kaspersky Lab have been monitoring around 300,000 legitimate websites over the past few years. Back in 2006, the websites analyzed saw one infected website for every 20,000. However, in 2009, the ratio is…

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Melissa Hathaway to Serve as Security Adviser to Cisco

The New New Internet has learned Melissa Hathaway, president of Hathaway Global Strategies and the former acting senior director for cyberspace within the National Security Council, will join Cisco as a senior adviser to the security team.

Hathaway previously led the 60-Day Cyberspace Policy review for the Obama administration.

On Thursday, February 4 at 2 p.m. PST, Cisco will…

Dennis Blair: Critical Infrastructure is Severely Threatened

Yesterday, in testimony on the Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, DNI Dennis Blair discussed the issue of threats from cyberspace in the beginning of his testimony.

Blair said neither the public or private sector can protect U.S. critical infrastructure alone.

“I am here today to stress that, acting independently, neither the…

The Chinese Are Coming: Cyber Espionage Targets Government Contractors

U.S. government networks are consistently probed for vulnerabilities by hackers and foreign intelligence agencies. The difficulty of attribution combined with the ease of access and decreased physical risk makes cyber espionage a favorite tool of more advanced intelligence services.

Foreign governments seek information for U.S.-based networks for a variety of reasons, including intelligence gathering and economic espionage, enabling domestic industries to copy U.S. products. This pursuit of intellectual property alongside…

iPhone Vulnerable to Exploitation

The advent of smartphones has helped to propel Internet use across the globe. In countries in the developing world, most users access the Internet exclusively via cellphones. However, these smartphones bring forth a host of new opportunities for cyber criminals to exploit.

The iPhone, Apple’s smartphone, has a number of vulnerabilities that can be exploited remotely. Of particular concern is the way it handles digital certificates (which verify user legitimacy),…