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FCC, NIST leading fight against 'zombie armies'

A new Internet Botnet Group will bring together federal and industry experts to try to stem the tide against botnet attacks. Experts estimate one in 10 computers are controlled by bad actors using malicious software to attack organizations. FCC working groups released three reports with recommendations for improve cybersecurity.

Tags: technology , Miriam Perlberg , Julius Genachowski , FCC , NIST , National Security Council , White House , cybersecurity , Steve Crocker , Shinkuro , Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group , Communications, Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council , DNSSEC , Jason Miller

Friday - 03/23/2012, 03:25am EDT

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FAA & IBM team up to predict cyberattacks

IBM and the FAA are working together on a Research and Development project to protect the nation's civilian aviation system from the ever-growing threat of cyber attacks. CTO of IBM U.S. federal, Dave McQueeney, explains.

Tags: Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , technology , FAA , IBM , Dave McQueeney , contracting , hacking , analytics , cyberattack

Monday - 10/17/2011, 01:09pm EDT

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Preview: Federal Security Spotlight on Supercomputing

Tags: Federal Security Spotlight , supercomputing , Tom Temin , DNS attack

Tuesday - 07/19/2011, 01:22am EDT

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Spam emails on the decline

InfoSecurity.com reports that three botnets have stopped their activities, leading to less spam.

Tags: Cybersecurity Update , technology , Infosecurity.com , spam email , Dorobek Insider

Tuesday - 01/25/2011, 03:15pm EST

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Botnets are for sale to cybercriminals

A new investigation finds a managed services provider that specializes in offering a fee-based service sheds new light in to the growing commercialization of this criminal space.

Tags: Federal Drive , Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , managed services provider , Damballa

Friday - 09/17/2010, 09:30am EDT

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