Featured Job- Sr. Cyber Network Operations Analyst (TTA) with Northrop Grumman

Specific Duties and Responsibilities (Examples): Works as a member of the Army Computer Emergency Response Team (ACERT) /Computer Network Operations (CNO) Staff, with specific duties as a Technical Threat Analysis. * Provide technical and administrative support to US Army Tenants and higher Headquarters staff; during the identification, resolution, and tracking of computer security incidents or events. Provide long-term and near-term Computer …

Man Threatens Cyber Attack, Gets Charged with Cyber Extortion

A man from California has been charged with extortion for allegedly threatening his insurance company with a spam attack if the company failed to pay him $200,000. The price would increase to $3 million if the deadline was not met by the company, according to court documents.

Anthony Digati, 52, faces a possible 2 year sentence for, what the FBI has termed, “cyber extortion.” The indictment claims that Digati developed…

Congress Needs to Come Together to Plan Cyber Defense says Rep. Sanchez

There are currently a number of bills before Congress that deal with cybersecurity and multiple committees claim some level of oversight regarding cybersecurity. However, there appears to be little consensus between the different players claiming dominion over cybersecurity.

Rep. Loretta Sanchez, who is the chair of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Subcommittee on Terrorism, …

FBI Finds New Technologies a Challenge

New age technologies like smart phones and gaming consoles pose new problems for law enforcement officials, according to a member of the FBI. During the 2010 Computer Forensics Show in New York City, attendees were told that these new technologies pose unique problems for law enforcement trying to mine the hardware for forensic data, according to an article on…

Navy Looks to Secure NextGen Cyber Warriors Through NROTC Scholarships

The U.S. Navy is looking to enhance its current cybersecurity capabilities by granting scholarships to the top twenty percent of contestants competing in the U.S. Cyber Challenge, a cyber war game sponsored by the SANS Institute and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The goal of the war game is to connect participants with training and mentoring opportunities…

Former NSA Director Ken Minihan to Head Cybersecurity Panel

Lt. Gen. Ken Minihan (USAF, ret) has been tapped to lead the cybersecurity panel at Capital Connection ‘10, which will be held in Baltimore, MD from May 19-20. The panel will also include Kristin…

Featured Job- Cyber Defense Technical Engineer with BAE

Job Number: IT091112-8328 Location: Herndon, VA Category: Engineering Security Clearance Status: Active Security Clearance Type: Top Secret Job Level: Regular Travel Required: 20% Shift: 1st US Citizenship Required: Yes

This position reports to the Director of Cyber Programs. A candidate is expected to work as a member of an integrated systems engineering team with other vendor and Government organizations. A candidate will be involved with cyber defense activities such as identifying technologies, developing technical solutions, writing proposals, …

Service Academies Battle in Cyberspace

As attention continues to grow regarding the variety of threats from cyberspace, the U.S. government and private industry are on the hunt for the next generation of cyber professionals. The five service academies are currently working to build up the next generation of military officers as skilled cyber professionals by adding cybersecurity courses to the curriculum and encouraging students…

Botnet Server Escapes to China

Last week, security experts based in Hong Kong succeeded in taking out a key piece of the Koobface botnet, only to have it pop up in China. Koobface, which uploads stolen user names and passwords to a remote server, was taken down by the Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre (HKCERT) last week.

However, the cyber criminals running Koobface merely moved the server to a hosting company in…

UK’s National Health Service Hit by Virus

The National Health Service in the UK has been hit by a virus designed to steal data from the computers. However, the worm is easily detected by off-the-shelf security software, according to researchers at Symantec.

“The logs show that there is a significant Qakbot infection on the National Health Service (NHS) network in the UK,” a Symantec update states. “This threat has managed to infect over…