Mandiant Report: Chinese Cyber Unit Resumes Hacks on US Firms
According to cybersecurity firm Mandiant, after a three-month hiatus, a team of hackers working for China’s People’s Liberation Army has started to attack targets once again, including raids on U.S. corporations, according to the NY Times. David Sanger and Nicole Perlroth write that China’s Unit 61398 is using different techniques in their most recent attacks emanating from a 12-story [...]
General Dynamics to Build Reagan Airport Data Collection Net; Mike Tweed-Kent Comments
December 11, 2012 No CommentGeneral Dynamics‘ advanced information systems unit will build and install a data collection network at Reagan National Airport in Washington for testing and evaluating systems. The company said it won a 30-month, $5 million contract from the Transportation Security Administration through the Enterprise Acquisitions Gateway for Leading Edge Solutions vehicle. “We are supporting TSA’s capability [...]
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The General Services Administration will host a webinar Tuesday to help agencies prepare for the entire lifecycle of their mobile applications and present three examples from agencies on how to carry this out. In a post on the MobileGovBlog, GSA said the webinar between 11 a.m. and 12 p.m. Eastern time is free and open [...]
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The Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration’s Science and Technology Directorate has issued a request for information and proposals on devices that can scan cargo for stowaways, NextGov reports. Aliya Sternstein writes that the TSA wants equipment that can examine containers, crates, and boxes that weigh more than 150 pounds. There are [...]
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The Transportation Safety Administration is looking to upgrade its mobile inventory by purchasing more than 2,000 Apple products. TSA would make the acquisition over the next three years through multiple contract actions worth up to $3 million, according to a sole source justification posted on FedBizOpps. Products would include around 1,000 iPads, iPhones and iPods [...]
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Accenture‘s federal services subsidiary has been selected to enhance a U.S. Department of Homeland Security biometric and biographic identity management system. The U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program helps federal, state and local officials determine whether travelers can legally enter or remain in the U.S., the company said. The company will work to increase the number [...]
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A Colorado man has been handed a two-year prison term for attempting to damage a protected computer while he was employed by government contractor. According to court documents, Douglas James Duchak worked at Transportation Security Administration’s computer center as a data analyst, employed by a government contractor. Initially, he was responsible for receiving information from [...]
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Spammers are notorious for latching on to the most recent trend in an effort to increase click rates. Recently, a spam campaign containing Zeus malware utilized recent concerns over terrorism to send messages which appeared to be sent by the Department of Homeland Security, TSA and DoD. Researchers at Sophos Labs have discovered the low-yield [...]
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The recent attempts by underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to detonate explosives on flight to Detroit in December and the attempt by a terrorist in Saudi Arabia to blow up Prince Mohammed bin Nayef with explosives in his rectum, has raised concern among transportation officials on how to detect explosives hidden beneath clothing. The U.S., [...]
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Former U.S. Transportation Security Agency data analyst, Douglas Duchak, has been accused of trying to sabotage a terrorist database one week after losing his job. The database stores updated information from the government’s terrorist watch-list and criminal histories. Also, the database is used to examine people with access to sensitive information and secure data. The [...]
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