Cyber hackers often target equipment, systems that are never checked

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Cyber attacks are increasing every day and can emanate from sources that the information technology department never checks, an expert said Tuesday. Ryan Vela, Dallas-based regional director of North America reactive and proactive cyber security services at Fidelis Cybersecurity, cited data stating 70% of security professionals […]

DHS awards Morpho Detection contract to develop new checked baggage EDS

Top Priority Sector:  cbrne_detection Morpho Detection, Inc. has announced that it has received a contract valued at approximately $10 million from the DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) for the development of a next-generation checked baggage explosives detection system (EDS). Read More…. View full post on The Cyber Wars

Google Android Market finally checked for malware by Bouncer scanner

Google has been using a service codenamed Bouncer to scan of applications submitted to the Android Market in an effort to improve security, the company revealed last week. Bouncer scans the market for potentially malicious software without disrupting the user experience or requiring developers to submit to an application approval process, said Hiroshi Lockheimer, vice […]