USIS|LABAT to Showcase at AIIM Expo

USIS|LABAT will demonstrate its offerings of information management services at the upcoming Association for Information and Image Management International Conference & Expo@ Info360 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.

Between March 21-24, representatives from USIS|LABAT will be on-site in booth 1034 to provide information about the firm’s e-records management…

Wash. State Man Found Guilty of Cyber Stalking Prosecutor

A 48-year-old man in Washington state was convicted last week of cyber stalking after sending a deputy prosecutor two angry emails, The Herald reported.

James R. Swanson was found guilty of twice emailing a prosecutor after the lawyer declined Swanson’s request to file criminal charges against his now ex-wife. Jurors also determined Swanson committed the crime in retaliation against a public official performing her duties.

Prosecutors…

Expert: ‘Ludicrous’ Price Tags on Cybersecurity Acquisitions

The price of cybersecurity firms has been pushed to “ludicrous” levels by defense companies desperate to move into the fast-expanding market, according to an industry expert.

Andy Stevens, the chief executive of Cobham, said he was “not even bothering” to pursue acquisition opportunities in cybersecurity because competitors were willing to pay absurd prices,…

French Finance Ministry under ‘Spectacular’ Cyber Attack

The French Finance Ministry has been cyber attacked since December by hackers targeting the treasury and G20 documents, according to a French news outlet.

Paris-Match magazine said between December and this weekend, the Ministry of Finance and the Economy had been the victim of “an unprecedented cyber attack,” with the management of the French Treasury department identified as the main target.

A senior official who declined to be…

SRA Scores $14.4 Million Task Order from SOCOM

SRA International, Inc. (NYSE: SRX) has won the Special Operations Research, Development and Acquisition Center Science and Technology task order under the Global Battlestaff and Program Support vehicle from Defense Department’s …

Report: Malware Continues to Threaten SCADA Systems

A new report by the Security Incidents Organization has revealed that manufacturing and infrastructure security worldwide continues to be vulnerable to malware and cyber attack.

John Cusimano, executive director of SIO, said the “Report on Cyber Security Incidents and Trends Affecting Industrial Control Systems Resulting from Malware Infections” details the continuing web hazards and…

NERC Sets Up Cyber Task Force to Protect Power Grid

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation is setting up a cyber-attack task force to evaluate and help protect the U.S. power grid in the event of an web assault, according to a release from the electric reliability organization.

The 40-volunteer strong task force will identify opportunities to boost existing protection, resilience and recovery capabilities associated with power…

South Korea under DDoS Bombardment

Forty websites belonging to the South Korean government, agencies and businesses came under attack yesterday, including those of the presidential Blue House, the U.S. forces, the military Joint Chiefs of Staff, the ministries of foreign affairs, defense and unification, the intelligence agency, parliament and the tax office, AFP reported.

Cybersecurity company AhnLab confirmed the websites had been hit by DDoS attacks and estimated that up to…

British Teen Credit Card Scammer Goes to Jail

A teenager and his friends, who stole $25 million from 130,000 hacked credit cards around the world, have been sentenced to prison for organizing “the largest English-language online cyber crime forum.”

Toronto Star reported that 19-year-old Nicholas Webber, the creator of Gh0stMarket.net, was sentenced to five years in prison.

Co-conspirator and software designer Gary Kelly, 21, was also ordered to spend five years in prison. Sensing his impending…

GovConExec Magazine Launches Cloud Computing Issue

Executive Mosaic, publisher of The New New Internet and other news sites related to government contracting, announced today the release of its spring edition of GovConExec magazine, which focuses on cloud computing and the executives who are spearheading the move for government customers.

In the latest issue, which marks GovConExec’s fifth issue and second year of…