International Cyber Arms Bazaar Demonstrates Depth US Must Go for Cybersecurity

Earlier this month, a diverse crowd of government agents, private developers and hackers from around the world gathered at a Hilton in Malaysia’s capital, Kuala Lumpur, to get a firsthand look at some of the world’s most cutting edge cyber warfare and surveillance technologies.

According to Bloomberg news, the “Wiretapper’s Ball,” codename for the ISS World trade…

Kratos Expands Cybersecurity Capabilities with SecureInfo Acquisition

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is expanding its presence in the cybersecurity market, announcing today that it has purchased SecureInfo Corp., a defense and intelligence cybersecurity firm.

SecureInfo provides solutions for cloud security and specializes in operational cybersecurity and cybersecurity risk management services. Some of its major federal customers include the U.S. Defense Department and the U.S. Department of Homeland…

SafeNet Offers Software Publishers Easy Transition to Licensing Solutions

SafeNet, Inc. announced today the expansion of its Sentinel HASP licensing solution to include both hardware and software based license enforcement keys to enhance end-user experience. The software keys provide flexible, easy-to-use licensing solutions that still protect software developers from software piracy and IP theft.

SafeNet customers including TechSmith, DIP Tech, Key Traffic Systems,…

FBI Cracks Down on Company Selling Counterfeit Computers

BIZI INTERNATIONAL, INC., a company in Tyngsboro, Mass., was earlier this week sentenced to two years’ probation and ordered to pay $219,439 in restitution to Cisco Systems, Inc. for selling counterfeit computer equipment, the FBI announced.

According to the bureau, the company pleaded guilty in March to trafficking in counterfeit goods.

BIZI obtained the equipment from somewhere other than an authorized Cisco distributor or reseller for a discounted…

TASC Adds New Head of Business Development

TASC, Inc. has named Rosemary Budd director of business development, a role in which she will lead the development and implementation of TASC’s integrated strategy to support the missions of government customers at Ft. Meade, including the National Security Agency, DISA, U.S. Cyber Command and related service …

Roger Anderson of Applied Signal Technology: Current Security Appliances Not Much Defense against Nation-State Hackers

Roger Anderson has been involved in intelligence-related activities his entire career. In the 1980s, he worked on Department of Defense TIARA programs while at the Georgia Tech Research Institute. He then joined the CIA and spent 15 years there, working on all of the NFIP programs with the primary focus on SIGINT and technical…

Lance Cottrell of Abraxas: ‘Substantial Civil-Liberty Impacts’ But No Security Benefits with Large-Scale Internet Surveillance

It may not sound like the most straightforward avenue into cybersecurity, but Abraxas’ chief scientist and cyber expert Lance Cottrell began his career as an astronomer. Pursuing graduate studies in astrophysics in San Diego in the early 1990s, Cottrell had direct access to the Internet, the web, and high-speed backbones at a time where no one outside the scientific…

Swede, US Citizen Accused of Running Scareware Scam

An international cyber crime group is accused of luring Internet users in more than 60 countries to buy more than one million bogus software products, causing victims to lose more than $100 million.

The charges allege a Cincinnati-area man and two other men believed to be living overseas deceived Internet users into believing their computers were infected with malware or had other critical errors. To solve the problem,…