Cyber Crooks Exploit News of Royal Couple Prince William, Kate Middleton

Internet users who are looking for information about the recently announced engagement and upcoming nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton are in for a royal surprise: According to Sophos, searching for the couple’s names can lead to rogue websites, which trick visitors to believe their computers are infected with viruses.

“We’ve seen this trend before with hot news stories,” said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant…

Commission Warns of China’s Rerouting of US Web Traffic

A new report submitted to Congress by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission expresses concerns over China’s alleged ability to control and manipulate Internet traffic, Computerworld reports.

The report highlights two incidents earlier this year, where actions taken inside China directly impacted web traffic in the United States and…

Online Romeo Gets Busted by Police

A 27-year-old Indian man who posed on social-networking sites as a bank manager and scammed women out of money has been arrested for his transgressions, according to Times of India.

Earlier this week, the Chennai cyber crime police in India arrested Saifuddin, who turned out to be a former bank worker. Authorities were able to nap the suspect after setting up a social-networking account and interacting with him.

“We…

Unisys Inks $33 Million IT Deal with City of Minneapolis

Unisys Corporation has received an extension of its contract to provide IT outsourcing services to the City of Minneapolis.

The services span all departments of the city government, including the mayor’s office, city council, fire and police departments and the public works department.

Under the extension, Unisys will provide city employees with…

40 Percent of All Rogueware Strains Created in 2010

Forty percent of all rogueware strains ever produced were created this year, according to PandaLabs.

Since rogueware was first reported four years ago, 5,651,786 unique strains have been detected. Of those, 2,285,629 appeared between January 2010 and October 2010.

When comparing the number of rogueware specimens to the total number of malware specimens included in PandaLabs’ cloud-based Collective Intelligence database, 11.6…

Upgraded Stuxnet Variants Could Attack US

The Stuxnet worm could soon be modified to attack vital industrial facilities in the United States and globally, government officials and experts warned Wednesday at a Senate hearing.

Testifying before the Senate Committee on Homeland and Security Affairs, Dean Turner, director of Symantec’s Global Intelligence Network for Symantec Security Response, called Stuxnet “one of the most…

Hong Kong Reports Onslaught of Cyber Threats

Hong Kong organizations need to battle cyber threats in a collaborative manner, said Agnes Mak, executive director of the Hong Kong Productivity Council, after the Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre reported the number of hacking and phishing cases were up 34 percent year-on-year in the first 10 months of…

Wounded Warrior Project Provides Vets with Cybersecurity Skills

Raytheon Company and Cisco have announced a joint effort to expand the Wounded Warrior Project’s education initiatives and support the development of a new cybersecurity training program.

The initiative will include the expansion of ongoing IT training programs with added focus on creating new cybersecurity training…

United Arab Emirates Sees Explosive Growth of Infected PCs

There has been a dramatic increase in the number of infected computers in the United Arab Emirates and the Middle East because users are not fully aware of the measures needed to prevent them, Trend Micro said.

“It’s an illegal trillion-dollar industry,” Trend Micro Security Adviser Rik Ferguson told Khaleej Times. “It is even more profitable than .”

In a recent presentation, Ferguson said the number of infected…

National Intelligence CIO Priscilla Guthrie Resigns

Priscilla Guthrie, CIO of the Office of the Director for National Intelligence, has resigned after approximately 18 months on the job, Federal News Radio reports.

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper sent out a note to agency employees yesterday, thanking Guthrie for her contributions and announcing Charlene Leubecker…