TASC VP Named among Maryland’s Top 100 Women

TASC Vice President of Business Development Rosemary Budd has been named one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women for her professional accomplishments, community leadership and mentoring.

“Rosemary exemplifies what the people of TASC strive to be: talented professionals who are passionate about the mission of their customers and leaders who seek ways to strengthen the communities where…

Juniper Exec David Yen Lands at Cisco to Lead Tech Group

Cisco announced it has named former Juniper executive David Yen to head its Server Access and Virtualization Technology Group.

As general manager and senior vice president for SAVTG, Yen will report to the co-leaders of Cisco’s engineering organization, Senior Vice Presidents Padmasree Warrior and Pankaj Patel.

Most recently, Yen  served as executive vice…

Knights of the Cyber Roundtable: FCC Hosts Industry Experts for Sit-down on Online Threats

On the heels of recent reports on the exorbitant cost of data breaches and hack attacks, Federal Communications Commission will host a roundable with leading industry executives and government experts in cybersecurity and IT to help small businesses better understand the cyber threats and risks.

Over the past 15 years, U.S. small businesses…

Experts Doubt Iran’s Claims of being Cyber Attacked

More than a week after Iran said it had been the victim of another cyber attack by foreign adversaries, computer security experts around the globe are voicing their skepticism about the country’s claims.

After the Stuxnet incident last year, Iran claims it was recently hit with another cyber attack. The Iranian government…

Syrian ‘Man-in-the-Middle’ Attack Hits Facebook

The Syrian Telecom Ministry earlier this week launched a man-in-the-middle attack against the HTTPS version of the Facebook site, according to Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Also known as bucket-brigade attack or Janus attack, this form of online eavesdropping allows a hacker to insert himself between two communicating parties. While both parties believe they are talking to each other, the attacker can delete or modify the communications at will.

“The…

Apptis, UMUC Team Up for Veteran Scholorship Fund

IT and communications company Apptis Inc. announced with the University of Maryland University College a newly established Wounded Warrior Scholarship Fund, which grants scholarships to veterans who have sustained injury or suffer illness related to their military service, as well as their spouses and dependents.

Army…

Proposed Bill Gives Energy Dept. Power in Cyber Emergency

Sens.  Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) have crafted and released a 12-page bipartisan draft of legislation aimed at protecting U.S. energy infrastructure from cyber attacks, Nextgov reports.

The lawmakers presented the legislation at a recent hearing for protecting energy from cyber threats. The senators have the backing of their…

The Young Eating the Young: ‘Anonymous’ Member Turns on Group?

Maybe it’s karma or maybe it’s just the nature of the hacking world, but infamous hacktivist collective Anonymous was recently hacked by one of its own, according to postings from administrators of the groups’ network.

Postings on a site belonging to a subgroup called Anonops claim an insider named Ryan hijacked one of the group’s network’s domains. A posting on the group’s site claimed…

Cyber Crime Rises in Canada

Canada is the new breeding ground for cyber criminals and is experiencing a 319 percent increase in phishing sites, ranking second behind the U.S. in hosting malicious sites, according to the Financial Post.

Senior Security Research Manager for cybersecurity firm Websense Patrik Runald said while the number of servers hosting malicious websites is going down in countries such as the U.S.,…

Symantec Fights APTs with New Security Software

Because of the consistent and aggressive cyber threats by criminals, companies have a hard time keeping up with malicious attacks. To help alleviate some of the issues, Symantec has introduced two new security solutions to counter advanced persistent threats.

Symantec’s Endpoint Protection 12 offers companies the protection…