Month: April 2015

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A darknet marketplace called TheRealDeal Market has emerged, focusing on brokering hackers’ zero-day attack methods.

The post New Dark-Web Market Is Selling Zero-Day Exploits to Hackers appeared first on WIRED.

New jets have Wi-Fi passenger networks that use the same network as the avionics systems of the planes.

The post Hackers Could Commandeer New Planes Through Passenger Wi-Fi appeared first on WIRED.

The Cybersecurity Internship Program is designed to give current students an opportunity to work alongside cyber leaders with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Interns are recruited from the nation’s top undergraduate and graduate programs to put their academic achievements and intellect to use during a critical time in American history. Interns will have the opportunity to apply concepts, protocols and tools acquired through coursework in the real world by working side by side with experts in cybersecurity. Internships focus on mission areas such as identification and analysis of malicious code, forensics analysis, incident handling, intrusion detection and prevention, and software assurance. Interns will have the opportunity to be selected into the bachelor’s or master’s-based Cyber Fellows Program within the DHS Secretary’s Honors Program after graduation.

For more information about internship opportunities at DHS, please click here.

Are you interested in applying classroom theory in a real-world work environment? Each year, Sandia welcomes students from around the country. Some are year-round interns who attend local schools, many come during the summer, and others co-op during the academic year. We offer a wide range of technical and business-related opportunities for students ranging from high school (ages 16+) to those working on their Ph.D degrees.

We offer intern and co-op opportunities that…

Provide students with research mentoring from top scientists and engineers.
Offer students training and practical work experience in using state-of-the-art equipment and instruments.
Identify outstanding graduates for possible full-time employment.
Help students gain academic credit while working as co-op interns. (Ask your college’s co-op or internship office about these work-study programs that are offered during the fall, winter, and spring.)

For more information about internship opportunities at Sandia, please click here.

The FBI’s Cyber Internship Program is a great first step to a cyber career. The program offers undergraduate (Junior or Senior), graduate or post-doctorate students throughout the nation, an opportunity to assist in preventing and investigating the most sophisticated computer threats around the globe. Cyber interns will have the opportunity to assist experts in the collecting and analyzing of information pertinent to computer intrusion investigations, assisting in the computer forensic laboratory, incident handling, and assisting with software assurance.

The FBI’s Cyber Internship Program allows students to work at select FBI Field Office locations and at Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Participants who come on-board during the summer months will spend at least 10 weeks working side-by-side with other FBI professional staff employees and FBI special agents. After completing the summer internship, opportunities are also available throughout the school year at selected offices. Travel cost from the office selected will be on the sole responsibility of the student.

The majority of interns will be assigned to field offices, and others will be assigned to FBI Headquarters in Washington, DC, the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia; or other off-sites.

For more information on the FBI Cyber Internship, please click here.

Cyber Summer Program (CSP)
The Cyber Summer Program (CSP) is the National Security Agency’s (NSA) premier outreach effort to the very best undergraduate and graduate computer science, engineering, mathematics, network security and information assurance students in the country. Each summer we invite up to 16 exceptional students to participate in a 12-week program where they work together, and in teams, directly with NSA technical professionals on mission-critical cyber-related problems.

Application Deadline
Applications are accepted September 1st – October 31st each year.

For more information on the NSA Cyber Summer Program (CSP), please click here.

Cyber Defenders is a 6- to 12-week, paid summer internship at Lawrence Livermore National Lab that provides students at all levels with practical experience in understanding computer systems, network operations, computer security, information protection, and cyber policy. Interesting projects abound.

Click here for more information on the Cyber Defenders program.