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The SEA has struck again!

The Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) has struck again, this time hacking into the Telegraphs’ Facebook and Twitter accounts. On the Facebook page a post claimed that Prime Minister David Cameron had held a fundraiser ‘for the terrorists in Syria.’ This was then followed by the usual message from the Telegraphs twitter handle, ‘Syrian Electronic Army Was here.’ This attack follows a breach of the Financial Times’ twitter account on Friday and before that a breach on the social media platforms of the BBC, Al-Jazeera and The Guardian. Commenting on the attacks to the Telegraphs’ Facebook and Twitter accounts Wieland Alge, IT security pioneer, inventor of one of the most robust corporate firewalls and VP and General Manager EMEA, Barracuda Networks said:

: WIELAND ALGE, IT PIONEER/VICE PRESIDENT, BARRACUDA NETWORKS; Talking Point; Posted On Wednesday, 22 May 2013 08:26

Home Office Disclosure and Barring Service selects Skyscape’s Platform-As-A-Service Solution via G-Cloud

On-demand, enterprise class virtual machines and storage solutions enable Home Office to tailor storage and computing requirements resulting in significant cost savings.

London: Skyscape Cloud Services, the easy to adopt, easy to use and easy to leave assured cloud services company, has been selected by the Home Office to provide services to the Disclosure and Barring Service for Platform as a Service (PaaS).

: Charlotte Martin and Fiona Halkerston; InfoSecurity; Posted On Wednesday, 22 May 2013 08:13

Wi-Fi client security weaknesses still prevalent as mobile vendors ignore the issue

The basic operation of how the majority of mobile devices connect to networks leaves them open to “Karma-like” attacks says security researcher

UK: Google Android, Apple iOS, BlackBerry, and Windows Mobile devices have an inherent security weakness in the method they use for connecting to Wi-Fi networks that has the potential for exploitation by skilled cyber-attackers says Raul Siles, a highly respected security expert and SANS Instructor.

: DAWN NICHOLLS; InfoSecurity; Posted On Tuesday, 21 May 2013 10:30

U.S. Army awards Cubic $21 million foreign military sales training contract

SAN DIEGO, Calif.: Cubic Corporation, announced yesterday it was awarded a $21 million foreign military sales contract for its Engagement Skills Trainer 2000 (EST 2000) Plus, virtual small arms training system. The U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) awarded the contract to Cubic in support of a foreign customer. The order includes systems, weapons, and in-country support with a key subcontractor.