Volume, Sophistication of Malware are ‘Exponential,’ Says McAfee’s Dave DeWalt

With 34 million samples of malware detected last year, hackers are working overtime with creating nearly 47,000 new malicious code every day, which is causing a “heavy progression of issues” growing at an alarming rate, said Dave DeWalt, CEO and president of McAfee, at the McAfee Public Sector Summit held yesterday morning in Washington,…

Bill Crowell and Alan Wade to Serve on CyberSecurity & Intelligence Advisory Council

KippsDeSanto & Co. has announced that the recently formed CyberSecurity & Intelligence Advisory Council (CIAC) will include both William Crowell and Alan Wade. The mission of the CIAC is to “provide strategic advice and analysis to KippsDeSanto clients across the CyberSecurity and Intelligence markets.”

Bob Kipps, Co-Founder and Managing Director of KippsDesanto, said, “The…

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Provide support to a team of engineers that ensure the 24×7 availability of a backup infrastructure. Maintain mirrored installations of system upgrades to the Legacy systems on to the backup location hardware. Ensure that SOPs are in place that detail exact methods of recovery and operations are written and tested. Ensure patches are deployed to all servers from the WSUS server and…

‘The NSA is a national treasure’ says Sen. Lieberman During Alexander Confirmation Hearing

The Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing today to discuss the nominations of Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander to head U.S. Cyber Command and Vice Admiral James Winnefeld to head NORTHCOM and NORAD. During the hearing, Alexander told Committee members that he was a technology buff and already had an iPad.

The Committee members asked a…

Schmidt Says Cybersecurity Efforts Need Improvement

Howard Schmidt, the White House Cybersecurity Coordinator, believes that the current federal efforts to secure cyberspace, while heading in the right direction, remain inadequate, according to Federal Computer Week. Schmidt recently spoke at the Interagency Resources Management Conference where he called for greater coordination in cyber R&D, better…

Study: Malicious Attacks Cost More for French Companies

Data breaches as a result of malicious activity are significantly more expensive than inadvertent breaches caused by employee negligence, according to a recent study by the Ponemon Institute, together with PGP Corporation.

The study, “2009 Annual Study: French Cost of a Data Breach,” found that for each customer record lost, it cost a company approximately 89 euros.

Currently, France does…

NSA Chief to Appear Before Senate Committee

Today, Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander, the current director of the National Security Agency, will go before the Senate Armed Services Committee to discuss his appointment to head the U.S. Cyber Command. For close to six months, Alexander’s appointment has been delayed due to concerns over the role of the NSA and the military in providing…

New Phishing Scam Targets US Businesses with Fake Email from BBB

Better Business Bureau is warning U.S. businesses to be cautious of a new phishing attempt disguised as an email from BBB about a complaint filed against the company.

Several law firms, advertising agencies and architecture firms have reported receiving an email from the address seatac@bbb.org with the subject line “BBB Complaint Case #” followed by a nine-digit number. The email claims the company did not respond to a complaint filed…

Cyber Crime Tops List of Most Common Crimes in Malaysia

Financial and cyber crimes are the most common crimes committed in Malaysia, according to Malaysian national news outlet Bernama.

Tommy Seah, honorary group chairperson of International Cybercrime and Forensics Examiner Group of Companies, said the most widespread of financial crimes in Malaysia were financial statement frauds, procurement frauds and misappropriation of assets.

“Malaysia is a pretty docile country but we are also not well equipped in preventing such crimes,” he said…

Hacker Indicted in Tax, Mail, Wire Fraud Conspiracy

A California-based man who allegedly tried to swindle the government out of millions of dollars by using sophisticated hacking techniques and other conniving methods was indicted last week.

The indictment alleges that as early as 2005, Daniel David Rigmaiden, aka Steven Travis Brawner, conspired with others, including Ransom Marion Carter, III, to steal the names and Social Security numbers of living and deceased individuals, and to use their identities to…