ManTech Subsidiary HBGary Updates Malware Detection Technology
A Mantech International Corporation subsidiary has just released an updated version of its malware detection technology that is now able to detect the latest Trojans and malware that is currently undetectable by most tools. HBGary has integrated its Digital DNA 3.0 with the Responder Pro 2.1 to find “the latest rootkits, Trojans, zero-days, and malware [...]
Mike McConnell, vice chairman at Booz Allen Hamilton, recently told a Todd Lecture series audience that every citizen must work together to protect the U.S. from cyber attacks that affect their ways of life. The former national intelligence director addressed cybersecurity issues facing the modern world last week at Norwich University in Northfield, Vt., the [...]
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LGS Innovations has won a $1 million task order to build systems intending to help the Department of Health and Human Services defend its networks from malware and security breaches. The Alcatel-Lucent subsidiary won the one-year order through the National Institutes of Health‘s CIO-SP3 contract vehicle, LGS said Thursday. Kevin Kelly, LGS CEO, said the [...]
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Moscow-based antivirus company Kaspersky Lab found that the developers of the Flame malware have also developed at least four viruses in total, NextGov reports. Although the purpose of the others are still unknown, Kasperksy said one of the other malwares directs infected computers “out to a sinkhole.” Kaspersky Lab also found “further clues of the [...]
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FBI Issues Public Warning Against Malware Which Locks Computer, Extorts Money
August 13, 2012 No CommentThe FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center has issued a warning about malware which tries to extort money from its victims by locking their computers, the agency announced August 9. Donna Gregory from the IC3 said the Reveton is a “drive-by” malware that can infect a computer just by the user clicking on a compromised website. [...]
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