Botnets Battle for Domination

A new botnet, which came out in late December, is trying to kill off a rival botnet, according to security researchers.

The new toolkit, known as SpyEye V1.0, is similar to the more prolific Zeus trojan, both of which can be used to form botnets by infecting computers.

SpyEye also contains a feature called “Kill Zeus,” which steals the information that the Zeus Trojan has collected off a victim’s computer,…

China Looks to Increase Capacity for Cyber War

The Chinese Communist Party is devoting an unprecedented level of resources to growing China’s cyber-war capabilities, according to Asian Times.

The issue of cyber war and cyberspace espionage is featured heavily in the drafts of the 12th Five-Year Plan, which is being drafted by the government and the People’s Liberation Army.

Hu Jintao, president and commander-in-chief of the People’s Republic of…

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PwC Brings in Former FBI Agent to Head Forensic Technology Solutions Sector

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP yesterday announced Edward Gibson, a former FBI agent and former chief security adviser for Microsoft LTD in the U.K., has joined as the director of the U.S. Forensics Technology Solutions practice.

Gibson’s duties will include aiding organizations with issues surrounding money laundering, economic espionage, theft of intellectual property and cyber fraud.

In his…

Melissa Hathaway Awarded Top Honor by Internet Security Alliance

The Internet Security Alliance (ISA) has awarded Melissa Hathaway the Dave McCurdy Internet Security Award, in recognition of her contribution to strengthening cyber security. The award recognizes Hathaway’s contribution to US national cyber security in her role in conducting the Cyberspace Policy Review and her ongoing efforts to raise cyber security…

Utility Companies to Invest Billions on Cybersecurity

Within the next five years, utility companies will likely invest $21 billion on cybersecurity to protect electrical grids, according to a new report by Pike Research.

Much of the increased spending (investment will triple between 2010-2015) will be driven by configuration management and equipment protection.

As the United Stats and other nations look to increasing cybersecurity, the critical infrastructure is…

Highly Sensitive Info Available via P2P

Peer-to-peer networks can be useful to increase the rate and volume of information exchange. However, this also has its drawbacks as two security researchers demonstrated at the ShmooCon conference over the weekend.

Larry Pesce and Mick Douglas took a look at the information individuals send via P2P applications and found even the most sensitive information could be shared.

The two researchers were able to intercept highly personal data that could…

Spying on Your Smartphone

Last week, The New New Internet reported about the vulnerabilities in the iPhone to exploitation. The iPhone is not the only smartphone with vulnerabilities, as Tyler Shields, a senior security researcher at Veracode, demonstrated over the weekend.

According to an article on Kaspersky Labs Threat Post, Shields demonstrated a spyware program called txsBBSPY at the ShmooCon conference that can intercept email, text messages and determine a BlackBerry…

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Melissa Hathaway to Serve on Terremark Board of Directors

Melissa Hathaway has been elected to the board of directors at Terremark Worldwide, Inc., a provider of managed IT services.

“During my time working in the federal government, I became very impressed with Terremark’s innovative solutions, its team of experts and …