Citadel launches AI software to protect troops and critical infrastructure from commercial drones

Citadel Defense has released new AI-powered software and networking solutions in order to autonomously protect against 98% of commercial off-the-shelf drones. By securely networking multiple Titan systems together, a large base or airfield can achieve … Continue reading Citadel launches AI software to protect troops and critical infrastructure from commercial drones

Wall-Climbing Robot Grabs Prize

Gravity is a nice thing to have most of the time, but sometimes it would be nice to be able to ignore it for certain applications. Rock climbing, for example, would be much easier, as would performing bridge inspections in the way that a group of mechanical engineering cadets (students) …read more

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Miller Kaplan acquires Citadel to offer clients information security analyses and expertise

Miller Kaplan, a top-100 certified public accounting firm, is pleased to announce that effective January 1, 2020, the firm has acquired Citadel Information Group – a Los Angeles-based company dedicated to providing information security management servi… Continue reading Miller Kaplan acquires Citadel to offer clients information security analyses and expertise

14 years prison for man who helped hackers evade detection by anti-virus software

A US court has sentenced the creator of a notorious service that helped malware authors avoid detection by anti-virus software to 14 years in prison. Ruslans Bondars, a 37-year-old Latvian citizen, was convicted earlier this year of conspiracy to viola… Continue reading 14 years prison for man who helped hackers evade detection by anti-virus software

How a Citadel Trojan Developer Got Busted

A U.S. District Court judge in Atlanta last week handed a five year prison sentence to Mark Vartanyan, a Russian hacker who helped develop and sell the once infamous and widespread Citadel banking trojan. This fact has been reported by countless media outlets, but far less well known is the fascinating backstory about how Vartanyan got caught. Continue reading How a Citadel Trojan Developer Got Busted

A week in security (July 17 – July 23)

A compilation of security news and blog posts from the 17th of July to the 23rd. We discuss the recent Dark Web market take downs and lots more.

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