Infection by Social Networking

The past year has seen a sharp increase in cyber attacks against social networking users according to a report released by Sophos. Users of social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook have experienced a 70 percent increase in spam and malware attacks in the past year.

Within the past year, close to 60 percent of users of social networking sites have experienced spam attacks and close to 40 percent…

Featured Job- Cyber Professional VI with Raytheon

Security research engineers will work on a variety of projects related to software protection, security auditing, vulnerability research and malicious mobile code. Because of the highly technical nature of this work, a strong background in low-level programming and operating systems is essential, as is previous experience with application security, reverse engineering or malware.

Required skills include:

C/C++ on Windows and Win32 API/internals

TCP/IP networking and common networking hardware

Knowledge of contemporary security…

Botnet Assaults CIA

The Central Intelligence Agency has come under attack by a modified botnet on the SSL port (secure sockets layer). The same botnet has also launched attacks against PayPal and several hundred other websites.

The botnet sends a flood of legitimate-looking information requests over the SSL port, which forces them to consume more resources, according to Shadowserver Foundation, a security research collective.

The attacks began approximately a week ago and appear to…

Hackers Sell Twitter Accounts for Up to $1,000

For the right price, you can now buy a Twitter account user name and password. Researchers at Kaspersky Labs claim that hackers are attempting to sell compromised Twitter accounts for up to $1,000.

While cyber criminals have developed software to steal banking information and passwords, the most common spyware on the Internet is generic software that captures everything typed into a computer. Instead of just stealing money from compromised…

UN Chief Calls for International Treaty on Cyber War

International Telcommunications Union Secretary General Hamadoun Toure has called for a treaty to avert possible cyber war at the World Economic Forum.

During a debate on when a cyber attack becomes a declaration of war, Toure called for a treating that would bind nations to not launch the first cyber attack.

“A cyber war would be worse than a tsunami –…

Robert Carey: ‘In Today’s Age, You are a Cyber Warrior’

Robert Carey is a trailblazer among CIOs, pioneering the use of a public blog to include the public in his discussions surrounding cybersecurity for the Navy.

ExecutiveGov recently interviewed Carey on his use of Web 2.0 technologies and some cybersecurity initiatives in the Navy.

Carey discussed the Navy’s Cyber Security Education Mission, saying, “it’s really important to realize that when…

Featured Job- Project Coordinator with L-3 Communications

If you thrive on challenge and are motivated, creative, and can hit the ground running, we want you on our team!

Project Coordinator

Brief Role Description

Primary responsibilities are to provide direct support to the Quality Assurance and Field Engineering directorate. Duties will include assisting in the coordination of administrative and operational support activities for the directorate. Provide direct support to the procurement office, proposal teams, proposal review teams, field teams….