CyberPatriot IV Opens Up Registration for Cyber Warrior Hopefuls

The nation’s largest high school cyber-defense challenge, CyberPatriot, is now inviting students from all U.S. high schools or accredited home school programs to register for CyberPatriot IV to compete to become the next cyber warriors.

Established by the Air Force Association, CyberPatriot was created to inspire high school students to pursue careers in cybersecurity or other science, technology,…

Hacker Breaches Iowa Restaurant Patrons’ Accounts

Police are urging central Iowans to keep track of their bank accounts after more than a dozen patrons of a local Mexican restaurant had their bank accounts accessed by a hacker, according to The Des Moines Register.

Police Lt. John Broderson said up to 18 customers who frequented Qdoba Mexican Grill on University Avenue in Clive have reported suspicious banking transactions “in the several hundred-dollar range, maybe in the…

Alleged Sextortionist Charged with 13 Counts of ID Theft

A 26-year-old Minnesota man has been charged with identity theft for allegedly hacking into Facebook accounts and pilfering pictures of women to post on adult websites, The Associated Press reported.

Prosecutors say Timothy Noirjean allegedly contacted the victims online and lured them into befriending him and handing over their personal information. He then would reset passwords and posing as the account holder, contacting the victims’ friends to obtain more information.

Noirjean allegedly stole photographs…

Hawaii Opens Doors to First Cyber Center

Hawaii may be most famous for its beaches and picturesque landscapes, but the volcano island could soon become known for its work in defending the nation’s digital battleground.

Referentia Systems, a cybersecurity solutions provider headquartered in Hawaii, yesterday announced the opening of its new Honolulu-based Cyber Collaboration Center. The new facility will work to…

TechAmerica Selects Harris Corp’s Wyatt Starnes for Cloud Commission

The TechAmerica Foundation has selected VP of Harris Corporation’s cyber division Wyatt Starnes for the foundation’s CLOUD2 Commission.

The commission’s task is to provide the Obama administration with the latest cloud recommendations on government and commercial innovation and advancement.

A 37-year expert in information technology, including his role as…

Hackers Breach another School District’s System

Thousands of students’ and teachers’ personal information have potentially been compromised after officials with a South Carolina school district say a hacker broke into their system.

The break-in at Lancaster County School District happened after the hackers monitored district computers and captured keystrokes to get passwords. The intruders were then able to access the records on the state system of more than 25,000 students and more…

Survey: External Threats Greater Risk than Internal

A recent global survey by Cyber-Ark Global Solutions found that 57 percent of global C-level executives agree external threats will become a greater security risk than insider threats in the next couple of years.

But, the fifth annual “Trust, Security and Passwords” survey also found that one in five C-level execs admitted that cases…

GE’s New Security Center Adds 200 New Jobs in Virginia

General Electric announced it will open an Information Security and Technology Center in Glen Allen  Va., near Richmond,  featuring high-tech experts specializing in cybersecurity, data management, application development, network design and architecture.

Senior Vice President and CIO for GE Charlene Begley said IT specialists at the center will…

Vengeful Hacker Gets 2 Years for Infecting 100K Computers

A hacker was last week sentenced to two years behind bars for launching a virus that infected nearly 100,000 computers worldwide and directed them to attack media outlets that published stories about him, federal prosecutors said.

Bruce Raisley, 48, of Kansas City, Mo., was convicted six months ago of launching a malicious computer program designed to attack computers and websites. Raisley previously volunteered for…

Iran: Siemens Aided US, Israel Launch Stuxnet Attack

A senior Iranian military official is accusing Siemens of helping the United States and Israel unleash last year’s Stuxnet worm, a highly complex piece of malware that targeted Iran’s nuclear facilities, according to media reports.

“Our executive officials should legally follow up the case of Siemens SCADA software which prepared the ground for the Stuxnet worm,” Gholamreza…