SRA, M.A.D. to Bring Federal Clients iPhone, iPad Security Solutions

Smartphone security company M.A.D. Partners, LLC and SRA International, Inc. have announced a collaboration in which SRA will be able to offer federal customers various services to protect and secure iPhones and iPads.

M.A.D’s Mobile Enterprise Compliance and Security Server locks down iPhones and iPads, as well as…

WikiLeaks Forces NATO to Focus More on Protecting Information

With cybersecurity becoming a high-priority topic within NATO, the members of the alliance are taking steps to improve distribution of intelligence and protect its networks, Navy Adm. James G. Stavridis said this week.

Stavridis, who serves as the…

Juniper Execs Land on Top 100 Most Influential Executives List

Juniper Networks CEO Kevin Johnson and Frank Vitagliano, senior vice president of Americas Partners, have been named to Everything Channel’s CRN magazine Top 100 Most Influential Executives list.

Johnson made his debut on the CRN Top 100 list in 2009 as one of the IT industry’s top

Red Hat Buys Cloud Software Vendor Makara

Open source solutions provider Red Hat, Inc. announced it has acquired Makara, a developer of deployment and management solutions for applications in the cloud.

Makara’s technologies will speed up the development of Red Hat’s Platform-as-a-Service solution as part of its Cloud Foundations portfolio.

“Cloud Foundations is about enabling customers and developers to have an easy on-ramp to the cloud,”…

FBI Warns Consumers about Bogus Lottery Notifications

The FBI’s cyber crime center IC3 continues to receive reports of consumers receiving letters and emails declaring them as winners of sweepstakes and lottery schemes.

These schemes employ counterfeit checks that have legitimate-looking logos of financial institutions to fool victims into sending money to the fraudsters. Crooks tell victims they won a sweepstakes or lottery, but to receive a lump sum payout, they must pay the taxes and…

Teenager Recruits 4chan Member to Launch DDoS Attacks on Australian Government

A teenager has admitted launching DDoS attacks against the Australian government after becoming angered with Communications Minister Stephen Conroy‘s plans to filter all Internet access in Australia, according to TGDaily.

Infuriated with the minister’s decision, Stephen Slayo, 19, recruited a hacker known as Pulsar through 4chan to help him attack government websites. These included those of Conroy and then-Prime Minister Kevin Rudd,…

China’s Cyber Crime Situation Remains ‘Very Grave’

Police in China have solved 180 cyber attack cases and arrested more than 460 suspects as of the end of November, but the cyber crime situation in the country remains “very grave,” said an unnamed ministry official.

Additionally, 14 websites have been shut down for allegedly distributing hacker software, training hackers and organizing attacks, according to a…

No Partrides, Pear Trees in McAfee’s ’12 Scams of Christmas’ List

Plan on doing Christmas shopping online to avoid crowds and congested roads? Be very careful to avoid falling victim to cyber crooks taking advantage of the holidays.

McAfee has revealed the 12 most dangerous online scams consumers should be aware of this upcoming holiday season, ranging from iPad offer scams to fake gift cards…