Swiss regulator FINA is investigating an incident of data theft at HSBC holdings, the largest bank in Europe. Earlier, the bank said that an incident of data theft by a former employee led to the compromise of approximately 24,000 client... (Continue reading)
Back in February, the BiPartisan Policy Center hosted a mock cyber wargame called “Cyber ShockWave,” which examined how the U.S. would respond to a cyber attack. Former DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff served as the head of the mock NSC during... (Continue reading)
A hacker has been sentence to prison by an Estonian court for using a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against his insurance company. Artur Boiko, a 44-year-old Estonian national, received a prison sentence of 2 years 7 months for... (Continue reading)
In recent weeks, there has been a marked increase in efforts to disrupt botnets, with Microsoft utilizing legal channels and Spanish authorities arresting botnet administrators. Approximately one quarter of the computers currently part of the Zeus botnet have been knocked... (Continue reading)
Job Description Job Number: IT091120-8369 Location: Washington, DC Category: Analysis/Operations Security Clearance Status: Active Security Clearance Type: Top Secret/SCI Job Level: Regular Travel Required: 0% Shift: 1st US Citizenship Required: Yes Posting Date: 12/4/2009 Candidate will provide support to the government agency Cyber Threat Branch as a senior analyst and advisor on a special project.... (Continue reading)
Until recent years, cybersecurity has been approached largely as a technical problem with technical solutions. However, in recent years, the focus has broadened to include the human factor of cybersecurity. A significant percentage of successful cyber attacks exploit users who click... (Continue reading)
At last week’s RSA Conference, security researchers with TippingPoint’s Digital Vaccine Group presented their research into mobile botnets. To date, the largest mobile botnet was centered predominately in Europe on “jailbroken” iPhones. Researchers Derek Brown and Daniel Tijerina were able... (Continue reading)
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced that a cyber scams targeting U.S. small business have netted over $120 million and has cost U.S. companies approximately $25 million in the third quarter alone. The data, announced by David Nelson, a... (Continue reading)
When hackers look assemble their tools to carry out attacks, they often look to exploit commonly used platforms in an effort to increase the number of potential targets. This is why more hackers write viruses for PCs instead of Macs,... (Continue reading)
Job Description Req Number: 22492BR Title: Cyber Threat Analyst Specific Responsibilities: Candidate will be part of a cyber threat analysis team, specifically the Surface Analysis Group. Responsible for an advanced level of all-source analysis of cyber threats to US Federal Government networks. This position... (Continue reading)