Cyber-stalking Jersey Man Sentenced to 45 Days in Jail

A New Jersey man has been sentenced to 45 days in prison and five years’ probation for his role in a case of cyber bullying that included sending sexually explicit photos of another person to that person’s school and …

FBI Awards ManTech Cybersecurity Contract

ManTech scooped up another hefty contract today.

The federal government awarded the Fairfax, Va., IT security firm a five year, $9.2 million contract to provide cybersecurity for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Under the contract, ManTech will supply the FBI with security policies, procedures, training and planning, and manage security for FBI communications.

The award follows previous contracts…

Australia, UK Team to Battle Cyber Warfare

Australia and U.K have announced partnership to meet challenges in  cyberspace to address the growing rate of cyber attacks and crimes committed via the web, according to a news release.

The two countries have also agreed to develop global standards for cyberspace. The partnership provides for cooperation between agencies and departments dealing with cybersecurity in both nations.

Earlier,…

FBI Warns of Malware-Laced Email Sent to Private-sector Companies

Recent FBI analysis reveals that cyber criminals engaging in ACH/wire transfer fraud have targeted businesses by responding via email to job postings online.

The bureau said more than $150,000 was recently stolen from a U.S. business via unauthorized wire transfer as a result of an email the company received that contained malware. The malware was embedded in an email response to a job posting the business placed on an…

‘Insider Threat’- the Perfect Storm

Watching the trends and waves of popular evolutionary Internet patterns in government contracting from a publisher’s desk, the WikiLeaks story has created a booming crash on the beach of  fear, uncertainty and doubt (aka FUD).

While the average American may be thinking, as casual observers of an international…

Report: Boosted Cyber Defense Won’t Scare Hackers

Although military cyber weaponry will become customary this century, it will unlikely prevent attacks by hacktivists and criminal gangs, and could easily be used for state-sponsored cyber attacks instead, according to study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

The British authors of the study, which was released Monday, also warns that “lurid language” and…

New Report Details Governmental Cloud Security in EU

Cloud computing will soon serve a significant number of EU citizens, subject-matter experts and public administrations, and national governments should thus develop a strategy and study the role cloud computing will play for critical information infrastructure protection, according to a new report from the European Network and Information Security…

Facebook Email Hijacker Spread Nude Pics of Women

A California man has admitted using personal information he gathered on Facebook to hack into women’s email accounts, then send nude pictures of them to everyone in their address book, according to The Associated Press.

George Samuel Bronk, 23, hijacked the email accounts of dozens of women in the United States and England. He then scanned the women’s “sent” folders for nude and…

New Second-in-Charge for IT Security at NASA

NASA’s Chief Information Officer Linda Cureton has selected Valarie Burks as the new deputy CIO for IT security, according to a press release.

Burks served as the associate CIO for cyber and privacy policy and oversight at the Department of Agriculture since 2009. She managed Federal Information Security Management Act reporting,…

Strip Joint Owner Pleads Guilty to Using Software to Commit Tax Fraud

A Michigan strip club owner last week pleaded guilty to pulling off a tax scam that entailed using a software program designed to remove a portion of the sales from a computerized point of sales systems, making it appear as if the clubs received less income than they actually did, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service announced.

According to court documents, Nicholas J. Faranso owned…