What’s to come?
The IT landscape has evolved over the past two decades. Where it is headed is anyone’s guess, reports Chuck Miller.
Most recent articles by Chuck Miller
Hacker charged for marketing systems to steal bandwidth
A federal indictment was unsealed Monday in Boston charging a hacker with selling hardware and software designed to steal internet bandwidth.
New ransomware variant features novel payment scheme
A new ransomware variant encrypts files on a computer, but uses a novel twist on monetizing the extortion threat.
Botnet use in click fraud skyrockets
Botnets accounted for nearly 43 percent of all click fraud in the third quarter of this year, according to a new report.
Rapid7 buys Metaploit, remains committed to open source
Metasploit, the organization behind the Metasploit Project, a popular open-source tool for exploit research, has been acquired by vulnerability management provider Rapid7.
New Cyber Command head
The new U.S. Cyber Command will be headed by U.S. National Security Agency director Keith Alexander, if Congress approves his nomination by President Obama. He also would continue in his role at NSA. The U.S. Cyber Command, based in Ft. Meade, Md., is expected to become fully operational by October 2010 as part of the Department of Defense’s U.S. Strategic Command. The announcement was made this week by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who ordered the creation of the Cyber Command this summer. Alexander was also nominated to be promoted to full general. — CAM
Survey finds lax health care privacy in United States
Despite regulations mandating protection of health care records, more than half of American hospitals fail to take appropriate steps to safeguard the privacy of patients, according to a new survey of health care IT security professionals.
GAO: NASA must fix cyber vulnerabilities
A new report from the Government Accountability Office found that NASA has multiple cybersecurity problems.
NASA hacker makes extra-judicial appeal
Accused NASA hacker is running out options to avoid extradition to the United States.
WebSpy buys Marketboomer
WebSpy, an internet monitoring and reporting software vendor, announced Friday its plan to acquire Marketboomer, a procurement and materials management system provider. In a release, WebSpy’s CEO Jack Andrys said the merger is complementary because both companies offer busines-to-business solutions around internet and data manipulation, which can be applied to any industry sector. Terms of the proposed deal were not disclosed. — CAM
