Northrop Grumman Partners with University for Cyber Education

Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced a partnership with the University of Cincinnati’s College of Engineering and Applied Science to offer a master’s degree in computer science with a focus on cyber informatics. The course will begin in the fall of 2010.

“This new partnership between Northrop Grumman and the University of Cincinnati will…

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DDoS Attack Hits DNS Made Easy

Over the weekend, the website DNS Made Easy was subjected to a concentrated denial of service attack that peaked on Saturday at around 50Gbps. Currently, the identity of the attackers and their motivation remains unclear.

The attack, which lasted eight hours according to the firm, effectively shut-down the site for 1.5 hours. DNS Made Easy offers global IP Anycast enterprise DNS services.

A Twitter feed documenting the attacks is available

Computer Repair Engineer Senteced to Prison Following Bank Fraud Attempt

A computer repair engineer has been sentence to prison for nine months following an attempted computer hack on one of his customers. Grzegorz Zachodni, 30, was discovered browsing through photos and attempting to hack an online bank account during a Sky News investigation.

Sky News gave a laptop which was designed to run the webcam to covertly cover the repairs in shop. The webcam picked up Zachodni looking at photos…

Court Rejects Warrantless GPS Tracking

A federal court of appeals has rejected the U.S. government’s argument that it does not need a warrant to conduct GPS tracking on suspects.

The three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled unanimously that agents of the FBI should have obtained a warrant prior to planting a GPS…

Indian Law Students to Receive Cyber Training

Law students in India are being given the opportunity to include cyber training within their curriculum, according to The Times of India. Students attending the Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University will have the chance to participate in an internship with the Cyber Appellate Tribunal (CAT) located in New Delhi.

Chairman of the CAT, Justice Rajesh Tandon, said students could…

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iPhone Cracking Software Retrieves Passwords

A Russian password-breaking company have released software it claims can retrieve passwords stored on the latest version of the Apple iPhone. The technique allegedly does not modify the device or any of the data stored on the device.

ElcomSoft of Moscow claims the iPhone Password Breaker software can recover encrypted keychains used by the iPhone 4 to store passwords used for email, third-party software and websites. The software can  be…

Hungarian Defense Academy Looks to Fight Cyber Crime

The Hungarian government has launched a new effort to combat cyber crime by providing training classes at the Zrinyi Defense Academy. Graduates from the Academy who attend the course will allegedly be equipped to handle and combat international cyber crime, according to Budapest Report.

The creation of the training course comes at a time…

Malaysia and Australia Sign Cyber Agreement

CyberSecurity Malaysia and stratsec Australia have signed an agreement to allow the Australian company to set up in Malaysia under the Malaysian Common Criteria Evaluation and Certification (MyCC) Scheme. Stratsec Australia is a information security and risk consulting services provider.

The agreement was signed between tratsec chief executive officer Peter Lilley and CyberSecurity Malaysia chief executive officer Lt. Col. (Rtd)…