Government Contractors, NVTC to Assess Processes, Technologies at Arlington Cemetery

Booz Allen Hamilton, SAIC and The MITRE Corporation are among the 16 government contractors who are collaborating with Northern Virginia Technology Council to conduct a 60-day pro-bono assessment of Arlington National Cemetery’s processes and technology.

The effort seeks to identify and develop solutions to restore America’s confidence in…

Cyber Crooks Crank Out 57,000 New, Fake URLs Weekly

Every week, cyber criminals are developing around 57,000 new fake web addresses, which are placed and registered on search engines in hopes of tricking innocent users to click on them, according to PandaLabs.

PandaLabs has examined malicious URLs placed online during June 2010 to August 2010, by scammers to trick Internet users into downloading malware unknowingly or hack their bank details.

Users who click on these bogus web pages will…

‘Radical Muslim’ Hacker Compromises Florida Family Policy Council’s Website

The Florida Family Policy Council yesterday announced its website had been compromised by what a senior executive described a “radical Muslim hacker.”

“We have some rather stunning and almost unbelievable news that we need to report,” John Stemberger, president and general counsel, wrote in an email from which Sunshine State News quoted. “Late last week, we were attacked and the code of our FFPC website at FLFamily.org was completely disabled…

Return of the Aurora Attackers?

Researchers at Symantec say a new round of targeted web assaults appear to come from the same group responsible for last year’s attacks against Google and other major U.S. businesses.

Writing on the Symantec Security blog, researcher Karthik Selvaraj said evidence collected on the new targeted attacks have  many of the…

Cyber Experts: Espionage, APTs, Malware among Most Dangerous Cyber Threats

Although cybersecurity experts have their separate ideas on what the most pressing Internet security concern is, they generally agree on one thing: The threat landscape is evolving into more attacks of increasing sophistication.

Here, 10 industry insiders offer their insight into what they believe are the most dangerous cyber threats, ranging from social engineering to cyber espionage.

Baltimore’s First-Ever Hacking Suspect Indicted

A Baltimore man has been charged with breaking into his former employer’s computer and causing chaos with stolen passwords, making him the city’s first-ever hacking suspect.

Walter Powell, a former employee of Baltimore’s main drug-referral authority Substance Abuse System, allegedly recorded the keystrokes of former coworkers, then used that information to break into the government agency’s system more than 100 times in one month.

“He…

Hacker Compromises Louisiana Town’s Web Link

A Web link to a report about the Alexandria’s Sugarhouse Road realignment project has been hacked by someone who accessed the city’s main website.

The website serves to inform visitors about the history and events taking place in Alexandria, La. The link redirected users to a page displaying a hooded image and text that included: “Heyy Admin. Your site .” The compromised link — done…

Departing Navy CIO Rob Carey: Tap the Expertise of ‘Digital Natives’

In his last blog post as U.S. Navy’s chief information officer, Robert Carey urged the service’s IT department to embrace the organizational, technological and educational changes that began during his tenure.

Carey, who is joining the Fleet Cyber Command after four years as Navy CIO, detailed some of the changes the Navy has…

ManTech Ranked One of Biggest Employers in D.C. Metro Area

ManTech International Corporation is one the largest employers in the Washington, D.C., metro area, according to Washington Business Journal’s annual rankings of 50 nonfederal and public-sector companies.

ManTech currently employs 3,600 individuals in the D.C. metro area and more than 9,100 worldwide. The company also plans to hire 300 to…

HP to Expand Cybersecurity Offerings with Acquisition of ArcSight

HP has signed a definitive agreement to buy security software firm ArcSight, for $43.50 per share, or an enterprise value of $1.5 billion.

Combined, HP and ArcSight will deliver:

A comprehensive view of all events across IT operations, security and compliance Deeper context: The ability to detect threats and risks by correlating both activity and state…