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Narus to Present at GFIRST Conference
Published on 3 Aug, 2011 at 11:55 in Industry News | Viewed 27 times | No Comments
Boeing subsidiary Narus, Inc. will exhibit at the seventh annual GFIRST National Conference held next week in Nashville, Tenn., an event that brings together cybersecurity experts, information security professionals and government officials to discuss the latest in cybersecurity news and trends.
Narus will showcase its traffic intelligence solution, the NarusInsight Solution for Cyber Protection, at the US-CERT-sponsored…
Obama to Nominate Cyber Lawyer Maureen K. Ohlhausen as FTC Commissioner
Published on 20 Jul, 2011 at 15:04 in Cyber | Viewed 48 times | No Comments
The White House announced yesterday President Barack Obama’s intent to nominate Maureen K. Ohlhausen as a commissioner to the Federal Trade Commission.
Ohlhausen is currently an attorney at Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP, where she works in the firm’s privacy, data protection and cybersecurity practice. If confirmed by the Senate, she would…
Former Contractor Accused of Stealing Business Secrets from AT&T Servers
Published on 20 Jul, 2011 at 14:30 in Cyber | Viewed 57 times | No Comments
A New Mexico man who previously worked as a contractor for AT&T is accused of stealing confidential business information stored on the company’s servers and posting it on a public file-sharing site, the FBI’s Newark division said.
According to the criminal complaint, Lance Moore, 21, who worked as a customer support contractor, allegedly in April of this year downloaded thousands of spreadsheets, documents, presentations, applications and other files related…
FBI Nabs Alleged InfraGard Hacker
Published on 20 Jul, 2011 at 13:21 in Cyber | Viewed 135 times | No Comments
FBI agents yesterday arrested a 21-year-old man believed to have participated in a recent cyber attack on InfraGard, the bureau’s initiative with the private sector to fight terrorist threats against the nation.
According to the criminal complaint, Scott Matthew Arciszewski, a University of Central Florida student, uploaded three files that damaged the server of InfraGard Tampa Chapter by “impairing the integrity of the server.”
Using the name voodooKobra,…
Dell Announces Plans to Purchase Force10 Networks
Published on 20 Jul, 2011 at 11:45 in Industry News | Viewed 1,002 times | No Comments
Dell today announced it has an agreement to acquire Force10 Networks, Inc., which provides solutions designed to deliver new economics by virtualizing and automating conventional data center and cloud networks.
Force10’s networking capabilities complement Dell’s data center solutions portfolio, enabling it to offer customers a broader range of enterprise offerings, Dell said in a release.
“Today’s data…
Alleged Hacker Faces 35 Years in Jail for Theft of Scholarly Articles
Published on 19 Jul, 2011 at 15:08 in Cyber | Viewed 53 times | No Comments
Of all the things to steal, scholarly articles may not top many hackers’ wish lists. However, a former fellow at Harvard’s Center for Ethics is accused of doing just that: stealing millions of academic texts with the intent of sharing them online.
According to the Boston Herald, prosecutors allege Aaron Swartz, 24, used the name Gary Host or “ghost” to hack into the MIT computer network and download…
Survey: Most IT Security Pros Want FISMA- or PCI-compliant Cloud Vendors
Published on 19 Jul, 2011 at 13:58 in Cyber | Viewed 45 times | No Comments
Nearly 70 percent of IT security professionals polled in a recent survey said they are more likely to use FISMA- or PCI- compliant cloud vendors, compared with 63 percent in 2010
“These results are a clear indication that there is demand for specific and tangible assurance of security and compliance measures…
Intel to Purchase Fulcrum Microsystems
Published on 19 Jul, 2011 at 13:11 in Industry News | Viewed 30 times | No Comments
Intel Corporation has signed a deal to acquire Fulcrum Microsystems Inc., a privately held fabless semiconductor company in Calabasas, Calif., that designs Ethernet switch silicon for data center network providers.
Intel said 10 Gigabit Ethernet networks are among the fastest-growing market segments in the data center today. As demand for data continues to increase, there is an increasing…
Boston Hospital Notifies 2,000 of Data Breach Resulting from Computer Virus
More than 2,000 patients at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have been notified about a data breach that may have exposed their personal information after a hospital computer was compromised, The Boston Globe reports.
The Boston-based hospital said a computer that held medical record numbers, names and birth dates of 2,021 patients, as well as information about their radiology procedures had been infected with a virus…
US, India Sign Cybersecurity MOU
Published on 19 Jul, 2011 at 11:04 in GovCon Industry | Viewed 144 times | No Comments
The United States and India signed a Memorandum of Understanding today to strengthen ties and promote information sharing between the nations’ organizations tasked with cybersecurity, the Department of Homeland Security announced.
Signed in New Delhi by Jane Holl Lute, DHS deputy secretary, and R. Chandrashekhar, secretary of the India Department of Information Technology, the MOU helps…
