White House Cyber Meeting Stresses Partnerships

Yesterday, President Barack Obama and several key officials met with members of the private sector to discuss the progress of cybersecurity efforts in the past year. Chaired by White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt, the meeting also included Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano.

Larry Clinton, president of the Internet Security Alliance (ISA), also attended…

Webcam Chat Site Leaves Users Vulnerable Study Says

Privacy flaws in Chatroulette.com, a webcam-based chat site, could leave users open to security risks, according to researchers. Security researchers at McGill University and University of Colorado at Boulder demonstrated that a pre-recorded low-quality video of an attractive woman could cause most participants to believe that the feed was actually live.

The technology could be used prior to a phishing attack. The researchers found a way to use…

DHS Announces Winners of Cyber Awareness Challenge

The Department of Homeland Security has announced the winners of DHS’ National Cybersecurity Awareness Challenge. The competition, launched earlier this year, asked private sector companies and members of the public to submit creative ways to increase cybersecurity awareness in the United States.

“Everyone has a stake in cybersecurity, and everyone has a role to play in keeping our networks…

Northrop Grumman Receives Award for Role in Cyber Education

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been awarded the 2010 Hoyt S. Vandenberg Award by the Air Force Association (AFA), in recognition of its contribution to aerospace education. Recently, Northrop Grumman was a sponsor of CyberPatriot, a cyber wargame used to prepare future cybersecurity professionals.

“We are proud of our entire CyberPatriot team, and appreciate…

Featured Job- Senior Director, Cyber Security Business Development with CACI

Date: Jun 16, 2010 Location: Fairfax, VA, US

Senior Director, Cyber Security Business Development (47024)

USA-VA-Fairfax

Security Clearance : Top Secret

Clearance Status : Must be Current

Schedule : Full Time

Shift : 1st

Type of Travel : Local

Percent of Travel Required : Up to 25%

Description

Duties and Responsibilities:

Conduct business development activities to identify and qualify Cyber Security programs & task orders of significant value, with a special focus on emerging business opportunities at U.S. Cyber Command, Service component cyber…

Sale of ICQ Could Leave Individuals Open to FSB Spying

Digital Sky Technologies has closed a deal with AOL to buy the ICQ instant messaging service for $187.5 million, according to Russian news agency RIA Novosti.

Jeff Carr, of GreyLogic, says the deal has interesting implications from an espionage standpoint.

As part of the deal, the servers will be moved from Israel to Russia, which RIA Novosti says will…

Crimeware Hosting ISP Taken Out

Ukrainian PegasusHosting, a crimeware friendly ISP, has been partially taken-down by one of its upstream providers.

The ISP, known for hosting phishing mule scams and other crimeware, has had a significant portion of its IP addresses null routed, according to dynamoo.com, a security blog.

“Hosted web sites include fake pharmacies, fake job sites, hacking, porn and what appear to be fake dating sites,” according to dynamoo. “Blocking the…

Malware Warnings on Facebook Prove to be False

A series of warnings making the rounds on Facebook regarding a Trojan worm called “Knob Face” are actually inaccurate, according to security researchers at Sophos. The actual malware, however, is much more serious and has nothing to do with the alleged warnings.

The warnings are actually likely to cause more harm than good, according to Sophos, which advises only sharing threat warnings after double checking the information with…

Cyber Coordinator Schmidt Calls Meeting to Discuss Cyber Agenda

White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt will host a meeting today to discuss President Barack Obama’s cyber agenda as outlined in May 2009. The meeting is expected to include industry experts and such heavyweights as Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Gary Locke, Secretary of Commerce, according to Computer World.

The goal of…

Air Force Begins Training Officers in Cyber War

The United States Air Force is moving to rapidly increase its cyber capabilities by training cyber warriors to provide defensive and offensive cyber capabilities. Airmen in training as cyber warfare officers are learning to provide dynamic defense against cyber attacks on critical infrastructure. Once the art of defense has been mastered, the training…