Executive Mosaic, publisher of The New New Internet and other web properties related to government contracting, has announced the launch of the latest issue of GovConExec magazine, which highlights the insider threat, emerging federal IT topics and data breach remedies. From yesterday’s clandestine spies to today’s insidious insiders, the cover story spotlights how malicious actors [...]
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The Commerce Department today released a report that proposes voluntary codes of conduct to bolster the cybersecurity of companies that increasingly rely on the Internet to do business, but are not part of the critical infrastructure sector. The report, Cybersecurity, Innovation and the Internet Economy, focuses on the “Internet and Information Innovation Sector” (I3S), which [...]
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Salient Federal Solutions, a provider of federal IT and engineering solutions, today took part in World IPv6 Day to call attention to the need to transition government networks to Internet Protocol version 6. During the event, Salient released free web-training videos to highlight the security issues and risks associated with the switch from IPv4. “At [...]
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Wired magazine calls it the “nerdiest holiday ever” and the “biggest geek party since Pi Day,” but around the world, some are taking World IPv6 Day very seriously. “Granted it isn’t up there with the World Cup final, or the opening ceremony of the Olympics, but today many of the key players, including Google, Facebook, [...]
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Report: Inconsistency in Creating Cybersecurity Strategies Common among EU Nations
June 8, 2011 1 CommentA new report on network and information security finds that European nations are highly varied in how prepared they are for dealing with cyber crime, network attacks and network resilience, according to the European Network and Information Security Agency. ENISA’s “Country Reports” features an overview and detailed reports on 30 European nations, with information that [...]
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A Russian self-proclaimed “freelance researcher” claims to have reverse-engineered part of Skype’s code to make the program an open source and then released the code online, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The hacker, Efim Bushmanov, said in addition to making Skype open source, he wants to find “friends who can spend many hours” to finish [...]
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Greek police have arrested a teen accused of having hacked into the electronic systems of the FBI and Interpol, CNN reports. The unnamed 18-year-old allegedly also took over the computers of unsuspecting users, accessed their data and used it to obtain new credit cards in their names. A raid on his home resulted in 120 [...]
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Information security company SafeNet has joined the nation’s epicenter of cybersecurity, CyberMaryland, which is part of a strategy launched by Gov. Martin O’Malley to create and protect Maryland jobs and to advance the cause of cybersecurity across the world. Headquartered in Belcamp, Md., SafeNet is the third largest information-security company in the world, protecting data [...]
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Another eBay Scammer Bites the Dust; Pleads Guilty to Selling Counterfeit Software for $1M
June 7, 2011 No CommentA Cincinnati man has admitted to selling more than $1 million worth of counterfeit financial and tax preparation software through an online auction site, according to an announcement from the Justice Department. Brandon C. Davis, 31, pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud, one count of copyright infringement and two counts of filing a [...]
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Three hundred cyber experts from around the world gathered in Tallinn today for a NATO Cyber Conflict conference to discuss the legal and political aspects of national and global cybersecurity amid a surge of attacks, AFP reports. “The special focus at the conference this year is on generating cyber forces … the technologies, people [...]
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