Featured Job- Cyber Strategic Account Manager with Northrop Grumman

Posting ID: IT/109785

Description: Come join our Northrop Grumman Team. The Strategic Account Manager (SAM) works at the business unit (BU) level and spans the breadth of the operating units (OU). The SAM has a mission focus, not an operating focus. This person must be customer oriented with the US Cyber Command and other agencies that will participate with this command with the focus in…

Jail Time and $2.5 Million Fine for Cyber Criminal

A man in India was sentenced to close to seven years in prison and ordered to pay restitution of around $2.5 million for hacking into the brokerage accounts. He then used the compromised accounts to manipulate stock prices.

Jaisankar Marimuthu, 36, of Chennai, India, was ordered by the court to pay around $2.5 million is restitution to over 90 victims and seven brokerage firms. Back in February, he plead guilty…

San Francisco’s Rogue System Admin Found Guilty

Terry Childs, a system administrator working in San Francisco who refused to disclose the passwords for the city’s network, was found guilty of computer tampering, according to The Register.

Childs has been in custody for the past two years awaiting trial. His sentencing hearing will take place on June 14.

He refused to turn over the passwords when he heard that he was going to be laid off. He claims he…

Storm Worm Back From the Dead

The infamous Storm Worm has returned from the dead, according to researchers with CA. Storm was once responsible for 20 percent of the world’s spam but began to decline in 2007 when Microsoft undertook a massive cleaning operation. Eventually, the botnet was allegedly destroyed.

CA researchers claim that they have found a new botnet that bears a number of characteristics of the Storm botnet and is currently sending a…

Cyber Attack Me? I’ll Send Special Forces After You

Fault Lines, a television program run by Al Jazeera, recently ran a segment on cyber warfare, which included interviews with notable experts like Michael Chertoff and James Lewis. During his interview, Chertoff discussed the possiblity of responding to a cyber attack with kinetic response, such as utilizing Special Forces to go and take down the server conducting…

Featured Job- Cyber Architect with Deloitte

Location: Arlington, Virginia, United States Firm Service: Enterprise risk services Reference Code: E10WAKESRCKR062-SP Type of Position: Full-time Job Description

Deloitte & Touche LLP’s (“Deloitte & Touche’s”) Audit and Enterprise Risk Services business has a risk-based approach, experienced professionals, comprehensive methodologies, and technical resources. Deloitte & Touche’s services combine competency and experience in the areas of financial reporting, risk management, and compliance.

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Malware Accounts for 73 Percent of Threats in US, Microsoft Study Finds

According to a recently released Microsoft study, the vast majority of threats detected on infected computers in the U.S. are malware. The firm detected malware on 7.8 out of every 1,000 computers scanned in the U.S.

Trojans were the most common form of malware found on infected U.S. computers. The U.S., China and Brazil were the top three nations with infected computers cleaned by Microsoft software. The report also found…

iPad Users Hit by Scammers

In typical fashion, scammers are quickly moving to exploit the new iPad and individuals who own the new technology. According to security researchers at BitDefender, scammers are attempting to convince iPad buyers to download backdoor software onto PCs.

The cyber criminals have distributed emails claiming that the iPad needs an iTunes update for “best performance, newer features and security.” The links in the email send the user to…

UK Follows in US’ Footsteps with Cyber Competition

The U.S. has held a number of cyber competitions recently in an effort to find the next generation of cyber professionals. The UK is now looking across the pond for ideas to build its own cybersecurity capabilities.

By operating a cyber competition, the UK hopes to identify and tap individuals who already possess technical savvy. The competition is designed to…

Gary Gagnon to Head Cyber at MITRE

MITRE Corporation has announced that vice president Gary Gagnon was appointed corporate director of cybersecurity. Gagnon will work to develop and implement MITRE’s cybersecurity strategy and cyber work activities for government clients.

“An increased focus and coordinated approach on cyber security and assurance underlie successful outcomes for all of our government customers,” said Alfred…