Top Priority Sector: border_security Watertown, MA-based Dynasil Corp.’s RMD research subsidiary has been awarded contracts totaling $2.1 million from DHS’s Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO), helping to advance the government’s research and development initiatives focused on the identification of illicit nuclear materials. Read More…. View full post on The Cyber…
Exelis awarded $32 million to supply airborne surveillance radars to U.S. Coast Guard
Top Priority Sector: maritime_port_security McLean, VA-based Exelis has received $32 million to supply airborne surveillance radars, spares, support equipment, and technical services to the U. Read More…. View full post on The Cyber Wars
Sotera awarded $60 Million to support FBI’s Sentinel case management system
Top Priority Sector: federal_agencies_legislative Herndon, VA-based Sotera Defense Solutions was recently awarded a $60 million task order to support the engineering and sustainment of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Sentinel software case management system. Read More…. View full post on The Cyber Wars
Google Offers $3 million to Hackers
Google, which does not take Internet security lightly, has announced its willingness to pay computer hackers up to a total of $3 million to find and exploit its computer software Chrome OS. The company, based in Mountain View, California, said in March that it would hold its own contest name…
Yahoo malware turned up to TWO MILLION European computers into ‘Bitcoin slaves’
Yahoo malware turned up to TWO MILLION European computers into ‘Bitcoin slaves’ Virus stole computer power to make it easier for criminals to mine Bitcoins There are 21 million Bitcoins hidden across an internet-based network, which are expected to all be found – or ‘mined’ – by 2040 Security breach…
Hackers ‘compromise’ 16 million German online accounts
Germany’s internet security agency said millions of Germans have had their passwords and usernames for websites stolen, with many of the targeted computers likely being infected with malware. The Federal Office for Online Security (BSI) said the 16 million compromised accounts surfaced as a result of information forwarded to it…
FEMA and the SBA to Give $12 Million to Illinois Victims of Tornadoes
Ashley Bennett Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U. Read More…. View full post on The Cyber Wars
US cybercrime: At least 70 million customers robbed of private details
US retailer Target has revised the number of customers whose personal information was stolen in a widespread data breach during the holiday season, now reporting a range from 70 million to 110 million people. The stunning figure represents about a third of all American adults at the low end, and…
Anti Captivity Activist Sued for $1.5 million by Marineland
January 1 2014 Re: #OpKillingBay An anti-captivity activist from Canada has been hit with a $1.5 million dollar lawsuit for handing out leaflets on public property and protesting outside Marineland Canada, a notorious marine mammal captivity facility in Niagara Falls. Mike Garrett was hit with the lawsuit only weeks after the…
WidePoint’s iSYS subsidiary wins $600 million blanket purchase agreement from DHS for wireless
Top Priority Sector: communications WidePoint Corp., a provider of secured, cloud-based, enterprise-wide solutions and services for telecommunications and cyber security management, announced on December 23 that DHS has selected View full post on The Cyber Wars