Hathaway and Schneier Speak at Cyber Conference

Last week, experts from around 40 countries met at the Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in Estonia’s capital Tallinn to discuss cybersecurity issues. Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves gave the opening remarks, warning about cyber crime.

Melissa Hathaway, President of Hathaway Global Strategies and leader of the 60-day Cyberspace Policy…

Defense Firms Hit by Cyber Espionage at Arms Show

This week, France plays host to Eurosatory, one of the largest land-arms shows in the world, located near Paris. The exhibition space has representatives from more than 130 countries, according to Reuters.

The arms show is also a cyber sleuths heaven, with major defense contractors coming under siege from cyber espionage.

“It is very easy to go crawling over everybody’s …

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Senior Director, Cyber Security Business Development (47024)

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Security Clearance: Top Secret

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Schedule: Full Time

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Conduct business development activities to identify and qualify Cyber Security programs & task orders of significant value, with a special focus on emerging business opportunities at U.S. Cyber Command, Service component cyber security commands, as well as other…

Open Society Makes Estonia a Target for Cyber Attacks

Experts from nearly 40 countries met in Estonia yesterday to discuss the latest issues in fighting cyber attackers and address the asymmetric nature of web-based threats.

Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves offered opening remarks at the international conference organized by the NATO-accredited Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in Estonia’s capital Tallinn. He warned about the severity of cyber crime, saying how there have already been cases of actual…

Chinese Call for Cooperation – with Limits

While many people consider China to be one of the central perpetrators of cyber malfeasance, it is also equally concerned about cyber attacks. As such, the Chinese are now looking to promote greater cooperation on the international stage for cyberspace.

Approximately 40,000 websites in China were hacked in 2009 alone, according to official statistics. Back in January, Baidu, a Chinese…

DHS Official: Cybersecurity Mission Requires Teamwork

The United States must be aware and focused on combating the threats in cyberspace, a DHS official told members of the House Committee on Homeland Security.

“As a nation, it is essential that we are aware of, and focused on, the cyber threat,” Greg Schaffer, assistant secretary at the Office of Cybersecurity and Communications at…

Paraguyan Government Website Hosts Phishing Data

Phishing gangs are growing increasingly bold, evinced by researchers finding phishing data on website owned by the Paraguyan government. Sunbelt researchers discovered that a website belonging to the Paraguyan government is hosting data on banks and insurance companies in the United Kingdom gathered through phishing attacks.

The researchers have notified the website owners regarding the data cache. Typically, researchers will sit on the data and try to learn…

Banks Under Siege in Eastern Europe

A group of cyber criminals are placing banks in Russia and the Ukraine under siege with a next-generation exploitation kit that hacks the authentication system and uses a denial of service attack.

The attacks use a revised version of BlackEnergy, which was commonly used in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The criminals are using the new and improved version to transfer funds from electronic bank accounts and then attack…

DHS IG: US-CERT Needs Work

Despite the various accomplishments of the U.S.-CERT in the past few years, there are still many areas that need improvement, DHS’ Inspector General told members of the House Committee on Homeland Security.

During a hearing June 16, Richard Skiner told members U.S.-CERT has had some successes but still doesn’t provide analysis and warning for the federal government as…

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Cyveillance, Inc. provides online risk monitoring and management services focused on helping organizations monitor the Internet for issues such as identity theft, fraud, security risks, unauthorized product distribution and many forms of brand abuse. Cyveillance web-based subscription services use proprietary technology to deliver relevant, actionable intelligence drawn from the Internet helping customers protect brand equity and intellectual property, reduce costs of…