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Senator: White House Cybersecurity Recommendations Could Expose Info to Hackers, Terrorists
Published on 24 May, 2011 at 13:55 in GovCon Industry | Viewed 66 times | No Comments
A ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has voiced concern over a cybersecurity recommendation submitted by the White House, saying she fears the plan would give hackers and terrorists vital information on which U.S. infrastructure entities are easy to breach, Politico reports.
The Obama administration’s proposal…
Salesforce.com Invests in Japan’s Cloud 2 Industry
Published on 24 May, 2011 at 13:22 in Industry News | Viewed 19 times | 1 Comment
Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) has announced its latest strategic investments in Japan, with the goal to drive the continued expansion of Japan’s Cloud 2 industry and accelerate the availability of locally developed social, mobile and open cloud-computing services.
Salesforce.com will invest in a Tokyo data center slated to open in November and further development of…
South Korea Beefs up Cybersecurity to Stave off Attacks from North
Published on 24 May, 2011 at 13:05 in Cyber | Viewed 44 times | No Comments
South Korea plans to ramp up cybersecurity within the government to counter cyber attacks from its northern neighbor, AFP reports.
Forty-five officials at 23 government agencies will be tapped to lead computer security and emergency planning in an effort to protect against continuous web-based attacks, a home affairs ministry official told AFP.
South Korean prosecutors earlier this…
Security Analyst: LinkedIn Cookies Grant Account Access to Attackers
The popular professional social-networking website LinkedIn’s has vulnerabilities that make users’ accounts susceptible to hackers who could break in without needing passwords, according to a security researcher who detected the flaw.
News of the vulnerability emerged only days after LinkedIn Corp went public last week. Rishi Narang, an Internet security researcher based in India, who discovered the security flaw, told Reuters on Sunday the issue is related…
Cyber-stalking Fan Sentenced to Jail for Harassing Teen Star
Published on 24 May, 2011 at 11:38 in Cyber | Viewed 79 times | No Comments
A 39-year-old truck driver has been sent to jail for 18 months for cyber stalking a 16-year-old Canadian actress, Vancouver Sun reports.
David William Cholin pleaded guilty to harassing the actress between 2006 and March 2010 in what has become the first case in British Columbia involving a cyber stalker of a celebrity using social media.
Cholin was obsessed with the girl, who cannot be identified because a judge…
Travel, Education Industries Most ‘Phish Prone’
The top five industries most susceptible to cyber crime include travel, education, financial services, government services and IT services, according to a recent phishing experiment conducted among small and medium enterprises featured in the latest Inc. 500 and Inc. 5000 listings.
Cybersecurity awareness training firm KnowBe4 sent out a simulated phishing…
Northrop Grumman’s Linda Mills Honored for Tech Achievements
Published on 23 May, 2011 at 12:05 in Industry News | Viewed 40 times | No Comments
Northrop Grumman Corporation‘s (NYSE: NOC) Linda A. Mills has been recognized for her leadership and professional achievements in the technology industry at the 12 Annual Women in Technology Leadership Awards.
Mills, who serves as corporate vice president and president of Northrop Grumman’s Information Systems sector, was…
Study: Majority of Federal Agencies Lack Cloud Exit Plan
Published on 23 May, 2011 at 11:51 in GovCon Industry | Viewed 78 times | 1 Comment
Ninety percent of public-sector agencies lack a cloud-computing exit strategy, and a majority of federal IT professionals say there is some level of confusion at their organization about the distinction between cloud computing and virtualization, according to a…
Romanian Hacker TinKode Claims Hacking NASA FTP Site
Published on 23 May, 2011 at 10:31 in Cyber | Viewed 187 times | No Comments
A Romanian hacker claims to have intruded a computer server at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and gained access to confidential satellite data, SecurityNewsDaily reports.
The hacker, who goes by the name TinKode, last week boasted on Twitter about breaching the server. He also posted a screen shot on his blog, seemingly displaying a Goddard Space Flight Center FTP server and files that appear to be…
NJ Man Pleads Guilty to $4.4 Million VoIP Scam
Published on 23 May, 2011 at 9:43 in Cyber | Viewed 130 times | No Comments
A man who posed as an Internet telephone service wholesaler has admitted his role in a scheme to pilfer more than $4.4 million from multiple Voice over Internet Protocol service providers, the FBI’s Newark office announced.
Vinod Tonangi, 32, of Guttenberg, N.J., pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He entered his guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan in Trenton federal…
