Net Crooks Defraud Service Members with Phishing Site

Symantec has discovered a phishing site spoofing a credit union that provides financial services to members of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force and their family members.

The phishing site states the customer’s login has been locked because of several failed login attempts. The page also prompts customer to fill in a form to unlock the login, with information including Social Security number, credit-card details,…

Lynn Announces Plans to Facilitate IT Procurement

Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn announced plans to facilitate the faster procurement of IT products for the Department of Defense. During the U.S. Strategic Command Cyberspace Symposium, Lynn announced the formation of a task force to speed the procurement process.

The newly formed task force will include DoD experts in acquisition, logistics and…

JR Reagan Discusses What It Takes To Be a Cybersecurity Expert

As cybersecurity leader for Deloitte’s Federal Government Services, JR Reagan knows about cyber crime. With years of experience under his belt, he prepares for the upcoming challenges that the profession is expected to face.

ExecutiveBiz recently sat down with Reagan to get a better look into his perspective on the future of cybersecurity. When asked to…

DDoS Attack Takes Out Web Host

Web hosting provider Media Temple was hit by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack earlier this week. The attack, which appeared to emanate from outside the United States, began sometime in the afternoon on Tuesday and took down the domain servers for around 2.5 hours.

“Due to the sophistication of the attack, our normal DDoS firewall prevention techniques didn’t block the attack adequately, as the traffic appears…

Paul Strasser Sees a Bright Future For DRC

It has only been a month since Paul Strasser moved to Dynamics Research Corporation, but this cybersecurity expert already has big plans in mind for the company’s future.

As newly appointed Senior Vice President of Strategic Development for DRC, Strasser has been challenged with the transition to a…

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Howard Schmidt to Keynote at Cybersecurity Symposium

Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt will be delivering a keynote presentation at the Symantec Government Symposium: No Compromise – Open, Secure, Everywhere held June 22, 2010 in Washington, D.C.

A one-day annual happening devoted to the public sector and its partners, the event will bring together more than 1,000 government IT, security and business professionals…

Self-Published Authors Warned about Phishing Attack

BookWhirl.com, a book-marketing site, has issued a warning on recent phishing attacks that have hit self-published authors.

According to the BookWhirl management, this scam includes fraudsters sending emails that appear to be from an official BookWhirl.com email. These emails embody fake names and contact information that only uses the BookWhirl.com’s name to extract personal information for monetary gain.

Recipients of these fraudulent emails have been advised to verify…

Scott Miller: There’s a Lot of Interest to be Engaged in Cybersecurity

After six years with the U.S. Air Force as a communications and crypto technician, Scott Miller joined E-Systems as a systems engineer. In 1993, he decided to take a different career path and joined E-Systems Network Engineering Group, where he was involved in customer facing and internal IT projects. As time progressed, Miller…

When Something Strange Hits Your PC, Who You Gonna Call?

When Internet users fall victim to cyber crime, who do they call? Well, in Mumbai, India, 79 percent of educated residents don’t know who to call in that situation, according to a survey by KPMG Advisory Services.

The survey results, which were released on Tuesday at conference that was part of Cyber Safety Week, also found that 96 percent of…