NGA Awards $30 Million Extension to Raytheon

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has announced a one-year extension worth $30 million to Raytheon for its Information Assurance Services contract.

Raytheon began the contract in 2005, providing assistance on areas involving cybersecurity with a staff of more than 100.

Raytheon’s team of professionals focuses on several important areas, including vulnerability assessments, intrusion detection and public…

Twitter Worm Spreads Vulgar Messages

In the light of the Stuxnet malware, a newly discovered worm spreading vulgar tweets may seem on the humorous side. However, those affected by this malicious code are not laughing, having seen how the virus spread messages saying they liked having inappropriate relations with goats, Sophos reports.

Twitter users found their accounts were posting the crude message of “goat romance” after they clicked on links reading “WTF.” Clicking…

Panda Security, Brazilian Army Join Forces to Fight Cyber Terrorism

In an effort to fight cyber terrorism in Brazil, Panda Security has signed an agreement to support the training of the Brazilian Army’s operational agents engaged in the battle against Internet-based crime and strategic intervention for cyber warfare.

Panda Security will also provide endpoint protection to 37,500 computers belonging…

A Sneak Peek into National Cybersecurity Awareness Month

With National Cyber Security Awareness Month just around the corner, public and private sectors have already begun offering sneak peaks into what will transpire in October to educate citizens on safe and secure Internet use.

NCSA, along with the Department of Homeland Security and the Multi-State Information Sharing and…

Northrop Grumman Wins Billion-Dollar Contract to Provide IT Services

Northrop Grumman Corporation has won a $2.63 billion task order from the General Services Administration to implement a campus-wide IT infrastructure for secure communications and operations at the Department of Homeland Security St. Elizabeths headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Under the contract, Northrop Grumman will design, install, test, operate and maintain a seamless, integrated and…

Expert: Sweden Stands No Chance against Attack of Stuxnet Magnitude

Sweden would never have been able to protect itself against a worm like Stuxnet, and an attack by a similarly complex malware on the kingdom’s critical infrastructure would have had devastating–even fatal–consequences, warns a cybersecurity expert.

TrueSec‘s security expert Marcus Murray told Dagens Nyheter the 1.18 megabyte virus that infected personal…

Man Cyber-Bullies Sister-in-Law after Being Rejected

A 35-year-old bank official was arrested in India after allegedly sending defamatory, anonymous emails to his sister-in-law’s coworkers after she rejected his advances.

The Telegraph reports that Adhiraj Roy Choudhuri was taken into custody after investigators tracked him down, using the records of a cyber cafe from where he had allegedly sent the emails. During interrogation, Choudhuri admitted his ego had been bruised when …

Comcast Hackers Get 18-Month Prison Sentences

Two men accused of hacking the Comcast website were sentenced last week to 18 months in prison.

Christopher Allen Lewis, aka “EBK,” of Newark, Del., and Michael Paul Nebel, aka “Slacker,” of Kalamazoo, Mich., previously pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to disrupt service at Comcast‘s website May 28 and 29, 2008.

Lewis, Nebel and co-defendant James Robert Black, Jr., aka “Defiant,” were members of hacker group Kryogeniks. On May…

Dr. John M. Chandler Joins HP as Chief Medical Officer

HP Enterprise Services has appointed Dr. John M. Chandler the U.S. federal healthcare chief medical officer to provide clinical insight, leadership and strategic direction to support the firm’s health IT business.

Chandler will report to Don Picard, HP Enterprise Services’ vice president of federal healthcare market segment,…

Let the Cyber-War Games Begin: DHS Kicks Off Cyber Storm III to Test Internet Preparedness

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano yesterday announced the launch of Cyber Storm III—a three-day long, DHS-sponsored drill that aims to examine the nation’s response capabilities in the event of a cyber attack.

“Securing America’s cyber infrastructure requires close coordination with our federal,…