Lynn Announces Plans to Facilitate IT Procurement

Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn announced plans to facilitate the faster procurement of IT products for the Department of Defense. During the U.S. Strategic Command Cyberspace Symposium, Lynn announced the formation of a task force to speed the procurement process.

The newly formed task force will include DoD experts in acquisition, logistics and…

DDoS Attack Takes Out Web Host

Web hosting provider Media Temple was hit by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack earlier this week. The attack, which appeared to emanate from outside the United States, began sometime in the afternoon on Tuesday and took down the domain servers for around 2.5 hours.

“Due to the sophistication of the attack, our normal DDoS firewall prevention techniques didn’t block the attack adequately, as the traffic appears…

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When Something Strange Hits Your PC, Who You Gonna Call?

When Internet users fall victim to cyber crime, who do they call? Well, in Mumbai, India, 79 percent of educated residents don’t know who to call in that situation, according to a survey by KPMG Advisory Services.

The survey results, which were released on Tuesday at conference that was part of Cyber Safety Week, also found that 96 percent of…

McAfee Joins Acquisition Wave

In order to build cyber capabilities, companies have one of two options; invest into expanding your own offerings by building the capabilities into your company structure or acquire a company that already has the capabilities you are seeking. Last week, Harris Corporation and Symantec each announced several acquisition moves.

McAfee (NYSE:MFE)…

BAE Looks to Attract Government Cyber Contracts

As cybersecurity grows in importance, and the dearth of skilled cyber professionals working in government is accentuated, the government is turning more and more to the private sector to provide cybersecurity solutions. BAE Systems North America is working to position itself as a leader in the cybersecurity market.

“Our adversaries will hide. They have every motivation not to be…

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ISP Forced to Pay $807,000 in Spam Case

An internet service provider (ISP) has been ordered to pay a $807,000 fee after a judge ruled that the spam case the company filed was “groundless.” Asis Internet Services has filed over twenty lawsuits alleging spam attacks by users.

Earlier this month, the company won $2.6 million in a separate spam lawsuit. In the most recent case, the judge ruled that Asis kept pursuing the case without adequate evidence against…

Researcher Finds New Type of Phishing Attack

A researcher has found a new method for carrying out phishing attacks “that takes advantage of the way that browsers handle tabbed browsing and enables an attacker to use a script running in one tab to completely change the content in another tab,” according to ThreatPost.

The attack, discovered by Aza Raskin of Mozilla, relies on users visiting a controlled infected website. When the user visits…

Army Special Agent Receives Cyber Defender Award

Special Agent Thomas M. Williamson received the outstanding special agent of the year award from U.S. Army’s Criminal Investigation Command’s Computer Crime Investigation Unit, according to a blog post by White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt.

“Special Agent Thomas M. Williamson delivered the highest levels of support,” Schmidt writes. “He directly contributed…