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02/25/13

Lookingglass Bolsters Executive Leadership Team and Launches Northern Virginia Presence

Three Cyber Industry Strategy Veterans Join Lookingglass Management to Drive Corporate Growth

02/20/13

Lookingglass Chief Scientist, Jason Lewis, Calls for Cyber Threat Information Sharing in Homeland Security Today

A Call for Cyberchampions by Jason Lewis Homeland Security Today, February 20, 2013

01/17/13

Lookingglass Cyber Solutions Names Scott Schneider Vice President of Sales

Arlington, VA – (January 17, 2013) -- Lookingglass Cyber Solutions, a cyber security company whose revolutionary appliance-based platform delivers global visibility for Over-The-Horizon Cyber Threat Suppression, has named Scott Schneider the company’s Vice President of Sales. As an established technology industry veteran, Mr. Schneider will be responsible for growing Lookingglass’ sales organization and leading a world class team in sales strategy and execution worldwide.

12/13/12

Lookingglass Research Referenced in Article Unveiling Cyberattack Plan 'Project Blitzkrieg' - CNNMoney

Massive Bank Cyberattack Planned CNNMoney, David Goldman, December 13, 2012 Security firm McAfee on Thursday released a report warning that a massive cyberattack on 30 U.S. banks has been planned, with the goal of stealing millions of dollars from consumers' bank accounts.

12/12/12

Lookingglass Chief Scientist Comments on Magnitude of Recent DDoS Attacks Aimed at US Banks

New DDoS Attacks Slam US Banks, Attackers Say Worst Is Yet To Come SecurityWeek, Fahmida Y. Rashid, December 12, 2012 After an almost one-month hiatus, five U.S.-based banks, U.S. Bancorp, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, PNC Financial Services Group, and SunTrust, are again being targeted for a series of denial of service (DoS) attacks.

12/10/12

Lookingglass Cyber Solutions Wins GSN Homeland Security Award

Revolutionary Cyber Threat Solution Selected for Intelligence Data Fusion Category Arlington, VA – (December 10, 2012) – Lookingglass Cyber Solutions, the industry leader in Over-The-Horizon Cyber Threat Suppression, announced that ScoutVision was selected as the winner for the Government Security News (GSN) 2012 Homeland Security Awards in the Best Intelligence Data Fusion and Collaborative Analysis Solution category.

12/07/12

SearchSecurity Critical Infrastructure Protection Expert Panel Featuring Lookingglass CEO, Derek Gabbard

Critical Infrastructure Protection Hindered by Difficulties, Experts Say Robert Westervelt, News Director

12/04/12

Lookingglass Ranks Top 10 Countries Infected by Cutwail Botnet in Dark Reading

'Gameover Zeus' Gang Launches New Attacks Dark Reading, Kelly Jackson Higgins, December 4, 2012 The cybercrime group behind the Gameover Zeus Trojan that steals online banking creds and credit card numbers is waging a massive malicious email campaign that enlists the massive Cutwail spamming botnet to blast its emails.

12/03/12

Lookingglass Chief Scientist, Jason Lewis, Offers Outlook on DDoS Attacks in SecurityWeek.com

Cyberattack Capable of Downing Entire Internet Is Unlikely, Experts Say SecurityWeek, Fahmida Rashid, December 3, 2012 Even as distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are becoming larger and more complex, the possibility of an attack big enough to take down the entire Internet remains unlikely, security experts say.......

11/30/12

GSN 2012 Awards Announced: Lookingglass Wins Best Intelligence Data Fusion and Collaborative Analysis Solution

GSN 2012 Awards Announced: White House Deputy of Homeland Security Recognized for Leadership at Annual Gala GSN, Mark Rockwell, November 30, 2012

11/27/12

Lookingglass Cyber Solutions Named GSN Homeland Security Awards Finalist

Over-the-Horizon (OTH) Cyber Threat Solution Recognized in Intelligence Data Fusion Category Arlington, VA – (November 27, 2012) – Lookingglass Cyber Solutions, the industry leader in Over-The-Horizon Cyber Threat Suppression, announced that ScoutVision was recognized as a finalist in the Government Security News (GSN) Homeland Security Awards in the Best Intelligence Data Fusion and Collaborative Analysis Solution category.

11/20/12

Lookingglass' Jason Lewis Talks Continuous Threat in Defense Systems' 'Cyber War' Year in Review

2012: Year One in Global Cyber War Defense Systems, John Edwards, November 15, 2012 When historians look back at 2012, it’s likely that they will peg the year as the moment when the world became fully engaged in its first cyber war.

11/12/12

Lookingglass Cyber Solutions Names Brian Ray Vice President of Engineering

Arlington, VA – (November 12, 2012) -- Lookingglass Cyber Solutions, a cyber security company whose revolutionary appliance-based platform delivers global visibility for Over-The-Horizon Cyber Threat Suppression, has named Brian Ray the Company’s Vice President of Engineering. As an established industry veteran, Mr. Ray will lead Lookingglass’ development and operations teams to accelerate advances in product capabilities using an Agile framework. Mr.

10/12/12

Counternarcotics, Terrorism & Intelligence Chinese Cyber Espionage Concerns Point to 'Deep Contamination'

'The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on Oct. 8 recommended that two of China’s largest telecommunications firms be blocked from business in the US involving critical national infrastructure, and that US government contractors should not use equipment manufactured by the two companies in government enterprises.....

10/10/12

Cyber Intelligence: Identifying the Threat and Understanding the Terrain in Cyberspace

SecurityWeek.com / Matthew Stern Successful conduct of military operations requires a unit’s clear understanding of the battle space it controls and its “area of operations”. This includes not only the terrain of the battlefield but also the capabilities, motives, and determination of the enemy they face.

10/04/12

White House Spam Attack is No Reason to Blast Obama Cybersecurity Policy

White House Spam Attack is No Reason to Blast Obama Cybersecurity Policy CIO.com's Constantine von Hoffman, posted a blog on the White House spam attack and quotes Lookinglass Chief Scientist, Jason Lewis:

09/26/12

Targeted Attackers Often Gain Upper Hand Once Inside...

IT security teams are focused on vulnerability and configuration management and monitoring the endpoint for malicious activity, but security pros may be missing the telltale signs that highly skilled attackers may have already set up operations on the corporate network, according to new whitepaper from Trend Micro.

09/26/12

Security Concerns in Today’s Critical Infrastructure Environment

Read the by-lined article written by Rick Gordon and Kirstjen Nielsen of Lookingglass on Critical Infrastructure Security in the September issue of Government Computer News. You can access the online magazine by clicking the link below, and the article can be found on pages 14 and 15 of the electronic publication. http://e-ditionsbyfry.com/Olive/ODE/GSN/Default.aspx?href=GSN/2012/09/01

09/18/12

Republicans Speak Out Against Presidential Executive Order on Cybersecurity

Homeland Security Today, Dan Verton, September 18, 2012

09/18/12

Republicans Speak Out Against Presidential Executive Order on Cybersecurity

Homeland Security Today, Dan Verton, September 18, 2012

08/14/12

Lookingglass CEO, Derek Gabbard, Discusses Public-Private Links Necessary for Cyber Situational Awareness

Lookingglass Cyber Solutions CEO, Derek Gabbard, was profiled in Military Information Technology's August issue in an article on Cyber Situational Awareness by Peter Buxbaum. The article describes how military and industry have stepped up efforts to enhance decision making through greater visibility and awareness of the cyber-domain.

08/03/12

More Than Half Of Top 20 Fortune 500 Firms Infected With 'Gameover' Zeus Botnet - Dark Reading

Dark Reading, Kelly Jackson Higgins, July 31, 2012 http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerability-management/167901026/security/attacks-breaches/240004672/more-than-half-of-top-20-fortune-500-firms-infected-with-gameover-zeus-botnet.html

08/02/12

Lookingglass CEO on Face to Face with Jon Ralston, Las Vegas Sun and KSNV

Lookingglass CEO, Derek Gabbard, visits with Jon Ralston on Face to Face, a Las Vegas Sun and KSNV news program. Derek discusses how organizations need to work together to defend their cyber ecosystems from adversaries operating in dark alleys of the Internet. View the Interview

07/31/12

Yet More Malware Caught Targeting OS X, MORCUT Bites Into Audio Captures - SiliconAngle.com

SiliconAngle.com, Isha Suri, July 30, 2012 http://siliconangle.com/blog/2012/07/30/yet-more-malware-caught-targeting-os-x-morcut-bites-into-audio-captures/

07/30/12

Majority of the Largest World Banks Harbor Malware Infections - TechJournal

TechJournal, Allan Maurer, July 25, 2012 Research shows that 18 of the 24 largest banks in the world continue to be infected with malware such as Conficker, DNS Changer, Gameover Zeus, BlackHole Exploit Kit, Fake AV and others, says Lookingglass Cyber Solutions, an appliance-based security company. Since January 2012, Lookingglass researchers have tracked over 104 million unique malicious IP addresses, many of which are associated with malware for which there are known fixes.

07/27/12

More Than Half Of Major Banks Infected With Conficker, Zeus, Fake AV, Other Malware - Dark Reading

Most users infected with malware suffer reinfection By Kelly Jackson Higgins Dark Reading

07/25/12

Malware Infects Three-Quarters of the World's Top Banks - BetaNews

File this story in the "Who do you trust with your money?" category. Eighteen of the top 24 banks in the world have malware problems, security firm Lookingglass says on Wednesday. Even three-year old worms that have long had patches and fixes to address them continue to infect the PCs of banks, including Conficker, found (gasp) in the IT deployments of 10 of the top 24. Other virus and malware of note found on these computers included DNS Changer, Gameover Zeus, BlackHole Exploit Kit, and Fake AV among others, the security firm says.

07/25/12

Large Global Banks Still Plagued by Conficker, Zeus Malware: Report - SecurityWeek.com

An analysis of 24 of the world's largest banks showed that 18 banks contained malicious infections, including Conficker, DNSChanger, and Gameover Zeus, BlackHole Exploit Kit, and Fake AV, Lookingglass Cyber Solutions said in a report released July 25. Researchers also were able to track “tens of thousands” of machines infected by Flashback in March, Derek Gabbard, CEO of Lookingglass Cyber Solutions, told SecurityWeek.

07/25/12

Lookingglass Research Shows World’s Largest Banks Continue to be Plagued by Malicious Cyber Infections

Arlington, VA – (July 25, 2012) -- Lookingglass Cyber Solutions, a cyber security company whose revolutionary appliance-based platform delivers global visibility for Over-The-Horizon Cyber Threat Suppression, today announced research that shows that 18 of the 24 largest banks in the world continue to be infected with malware such as Conficker, DNS Changer, Gameover Zeus, BlackHole Exploit Kit, Fake AV and others.

07/25/12

Lookingglass and iSIGHT Partners Team to Make Threat Intelligence More Actionable

Arlington, VA – (July 25, 2012) -- Lookingglass Cyber Solutions, a pioneer in cyber security whose revolutionary platform delivers emerging network threat intelligence, and iSIGHT Partners, the leading provider of global cyber intelligence, today announced the integration of iSIGHT’s industry leading cyber intelligence with Lookingglass’s cyber threat analysis platform, ScoutVisionTM.

07/20/12

Lookingglass Cyber Solutions Aims to Keep an Eye on Hackers - Courtesy of Greenspun Media Group and Vegas Inc

Courtesy of Greenspun Media Group and Vegas Inc Experts recommend that companies adopt a “trust but verify” mentality when it comes to electronic transactions to deal with proliferating espionage, cyberattacks and hacking schemes that target consumers, businesses and even political campaigns. Even trusted business partners such as vendors and clients could unknowingly provide a company or group with infected data and files, for which specialized tools are needed to fix.

07/17/12

Lookingglass Updates Cyber Security for Enterprise, Cloud

Cybersecurity company Lookingglass Cyber Solutions is shipping an alert and warning system to suppress threats and protect against network vulnerabilities to enterprise networks as well as to Internet-based connections to partners and providers. The company’s Cyber-Heads-Up-Display (CyberHUD) works with Lookingglass’ appliance-based ScoutVision and cloud-based CloudScout products. by Vance McCarthy

07/16/12

Lookingglass Teams Up with MMA Superstar Randy Couture at the Black Hat Conference to Benefit Wounded Veterans

Arlington, VA – (July 16, 2012) -- Lookingglass Cyber Solutions, a cyber security company whose revolutionary appliance-based platform delivers global visibility for Over-The-Horizon Cyber Threat Suppression, today announced a partnership with Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) superstar Randy Couture and his Xtreme Couture G.I. Foundation to raise money and awareness for American troops wounded in action and their families.

07/09/12

Lookingglass Extends Market Leadership, Adding Security Industry Veterans as Key Investors and Directors

Arlington, VA – (July 9, 2012) -- Lookingglass Cyber Solutions, a cyber security company whose revolutionary appliance-based platform delivers global visibility for Over-The-Horizon Cyber Threat Suppression, today announced the addition of Don Gilberg, H.P. Goldfield and John Watters as Series A investors. The Series A round was lead by Alsop Louie Partners, an early-stage technology venture firm based in San Francisco, CA, and Vital Financial, a private equity and capital investment firm based in Bethesda, MD that served as a participating investor.

07/03/12

Lookingglass CEO Highlights Sandboxing as an Effective Way to Observe Code Behavior

Network threat detection moves beyond signatures SearchSecurity.com, Mike Mimoso, July 2, 2012

07/02/12

Jason Lewis Dispels the Belief that Everything in the Cloud is Fault Tolerant and Redundant

Storm's Impact On Amazon Data Center Renews Cloud Concerns AOL Government, Wyatt Kash, July 2, 2012 Federal agencies and regional data center operators, including one operated by Amazon Web Services, are still taking stock of the impact of widespread power outages that began Friday night and continue to leave large swaths of greater Washington, D.C., region without electrical power.

07/02/12

Lookingglass Cyber Solutions Announces Diamond Sponsorship of Black Hat USA 2012

Arlington, VA – (July 2, 2012) – Lookingglass Cyber Solutions, a cyber security company whose revolutionary appliance-based platform delivers global visibility for Over-The-Horizon Cyber Threat Suppression, announced today that it is now a top tier Diamond Sponsor of Black Hat USA 2012.

06/15/12

Black Hat Releases Complete Event Schedule

Black Hat Releases Complete Event Schedule (via PR Newswire) SAN FRANCISCO, June 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Black Hat, producer of the world's premier information security events, today announced the official schedule for Black Hat USA 2012, where the smartest and most disruptive cyber security professionals will reveal research and vulnerabilities that threaten national infrastructure and identify flawas in popular consumer products. Among the news breaking will be 36 tools, 17 0-days and 49 live onstage demonstrations during the action packed week of July 21-26 2012 in Las Vegas. For more information and to register, visit Black Hat.…

06/14/12

Lack of Information Sharing Hurts Everyone, says Jason Lewis

U.S. Government Attempts to Thwart Chinese Network Intrusions National Defense Magazine, Stew Magnuson, July 2012 U.S. companies large and small, and in many sectors of the economy, are under assault by sophisticated and persistent cyberespionage operations. Some of these attacks originate in Russia, the FBI said in a report last year, but most of them come from China.

06/14/12

Jason Lewis, Lookingglass CTO, Discusses the Chinese Hacking Threat

Stopping the Chinese Hacking Onslaught National Defense Magazine, Stew Magnuson, July 2012

05/29/12

Thrift Savings Plan Hackers Could be Targeting Other Government Data

Aliya Sternstein, NextGov, May 29, 2012 The hack of a computer supporting the federal government’s retirement savings plan may be part of a more extensive breach of U.S. government information, several cybersecurity experts said independently.

05/24/12

Lookingglass' ScoutVision Adds Visibility in Managing Partner Security Risks

For years, the mantra of the security industry has been to get enterprises to look internally for weaknesses and activity that can raise a red flag to a malware-infected machine or an employee with malicious intentions. But how do you know how secure your partners and clients are?

05/21/12

NetworkWorld Products of the Week - ScoutVision with CyberHUD

Lookingglass Cyber Solutions' new product release of ScoutVision with CyberHUD was featured in NetworkWorld Products of the Week slideshow, 5.21.12. ScoutVision with CyberHUD empowers customers to continuously monitor for over-the-horizon threats within customer, provider or partner networks such as malicious hosts, unexpected route changes, or loss of network resiliency. More info.

05/21/12

Lookingglass Cyber Solutions Delivers Actionable Security Intelligence

Arlington, VA – (May 21, 2012) -- Lookingglass Cyber Solutions, a cyber security company whose revolutionary appliance-based platform delivers over-the-horizon cyber threat suppression, announced today its Cyber-Heads-Up-Display, CyberHUD, a new alert and warning capability that empowers users to rapidly define and continuously monitor for threats within customer, provider and partner networks.

05/02/12

Lookingglass CEO, Derek Gabbard, Featured in SmartCEO Magazine

SmartCEO Magazine featured comments from Lookingglass CEO, Derek Gabbard, in Rachel Cieri's article "Mr. Right Investor - How local CEOs met and courted their capital partners". The article can be found on pages 16-17 in the digital version of the Baltimore edition of the magazine, available at www.smartceo.com.

03/26/12

Lookingglass Named Finalist in Chesapeake Regional Tech Council's Annual TechAwards

Baltimore, MD – (March 26, 2012) -- Lookingglass Cyber Solutions, a leading provider of global cyber situational awareness, today announced its recognition as a finalist in the Chesapeake Regional Tech Council’s seventh annual TechAwards in The Innovator Award category. This award recognizes organizations that best exhibit ground-breaking technologies, innovative strategies for business partnerships and are advancing technology in the Annapolis-Washington-Baltimore area.

03/23/12

Lookingglass CTO, Jason Lewis, Comments on Backdoors Added to Network Gear

Is China Putting Backdoors into Networking Gear? Enterprise Networking Planet, By Robert McGarvey, March 19, 2012

03/06/12

Lookingglass Named Info Security Products Guide 2012 Global Excellence Award Winner

Baltimore, MD – (March 6, 2012) -- Lookingglass Cyber Solutions, a leading provider of global cyber situational awareness, today announced its recognition as the Info Security Products Guide’s 2012 Global Excellence Awards Best New Security Start-Up Company of the Year in the services category. This award recognizes innovative security and IT vendors with leading products and solutions that are setting new standards in technology.

02/26/12

Lookingglass Executives to Present at Security B-Sides and America's Growth Capital's Information Security Conference

Baltimore, MD – February 27, 2012 – Lookingglass Cyber Solutions, a leading provider of global cyber situational awareness, today announced that CEO, Derek Gabbard, and CSO, Matt Stern will co-present at Security B-Sides on February 27, 2012. Later that day, Gabbard will also speak at the America’s Growth Capital’s (AGC) 8th Annual West Coast Information Security & Emerging Growth Conference.

02/07/12

Lookingglass Named a Finalist for Info Security Products Guide’s Excellence Awards

Baltimore, MD – (February 7, 2012) -- Lookingglass Cyber Solutions, a leading provider of global cyber situational awareness, today announced its selection as a finalist for the Info Security Products Guide’s 2012 Global Excellence Awards in the Best New Security Start-Up Company of the Year category. This award recognizes security and IT vendors with advanced, ground-breaking products and solutions that are setting the bar in all areas of technology.

01/30/12

Lookingglass Raises $5M to Deliver Enterprise-Class Cyber Situational Awareness

Baltimore, MD – (January 30, 2012) -- Lookingglass Cyber Solutions, a security software company delivering cyber situational awareness, today announced that it raised $5 million in funding to bring its next generation of cyber intelligence tools to market.

01/11/12

Lookingglass CTO Highlights the Importance of Monitoring 3rd Party Networks

When Someone Else's Insider is Your Threat By Robert Lemos, Contributing Editor Protecting intellectual property against insiders is tough enough when the insiders are a company's own employees. The problem becomes even more difficult when a third party -- whether a vendor or customer -- has access to confidential information.

12/05/11

Lookingglass Cyber Solutions Names Matthew Stern Chief Strategy Officer

Baltimore, MD – (December 5, 2011) -- Lookingglass Cyber Solutions, a leading provider of global cyber situational awareness, today announced that Matt Stern has joined the company as its Chief Strategy Officer. In this role, Mr. Stern will be responsible for the strategic vision of the company and will provide guidance on the unique security needs of Lookingglass’ customers. An established security industry veteran, Mr.

12/04/11

Lookingglass CEO Weighs in on Information Sharing Legislation

Helping Businesses Defend Against Cyber Threats Helping businesses defend against cyber threats Ruppersberger bill would let National Security Agency share classified information with private sector By Matthew Hay Brown, The Baltimore Sun 7:09 p.m. EST, December 3, 2011

11/15/11

Governor Appoints Lookingglass CEO to Commission on Maryland Cybersecurity

Baltimore, MD – (November 15, 2011) -- Lookingglass Cyber Solutions, a leading provider of global cyber situational awareness, today announced that its Chief Executive Officer, Derek Gabbard, was named to the Commission on Maryland Cybersecurity Innovation and Excellence by Governor Martin O’Malley. The commission is tasked with conducting a comprehensive review of federal and state cybersecurity laws and policies to identify inconsistencies, as well as provide feedback on the state of Maryland’s role in promoting cyber innovation.

11/08/11

Lookingglass Names Rick Gordon Chief Operating Officer

Baltimore, MD – (November 8, 2011) -- Lookingglass Cyber Solutions, a leading provider of global cyber situational awareness, today announced it has appointed Rick Gordon as the company’s new Chief Operating Officer (COO). A proven leader with more than 15 years providing organizations with strategic growth, Mr. Gordon will be responsible for helping drive the strategic direction of the company while managing corporate expansion initiatives.

10/19/11

Lookingglass CTO, Jason Lewis, Comments on Duqu Malware Threat

According to Jason Lewis, CTO at Lookingglass Cyber Solutions, the time and money required to build Stuxnet and Duqu points to a nation-state sponsor. "It was targeted. They had specific people in mind who they wanted to gather data from," Lewis says. Waiting for 'Son of Stuxnet' to Attack, Kelly Jackson Higgins, Dark Reading, October 19, 2011

08/10/11

Lookingglass CEO, Derek Gabbard, Offers Insight at 2011 GFIRST

Derek Gabbard, CEO Lookingglass, presents at the 7th Annual GFIRST National Conference on Aug 10, 2011. GFIRST (Government Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams) is a group of technical and tactical practitioners from incident response and security response teams responsible for securing government information technology systems and providing private sector support.

06/08/11

Lookingglass Joins CyberMaryland and the Initiative to Grow Cybersecurity

Lookingglass Cyber Solutions is proud to be one of many companies to join CyberMaryland and demonstrate their commitment to helping Maryland become the epi-center of cybersecurity for the Nation. The CyberMaryland Initiative brings together federal, state and local government; private businesses; academia; and workforce to address challenges to the security of our nation’s digital infrastructure.

02/23/11

Lookingglass Named 'Best Software Security Company of the Year'

02/08/11

Lookingglass Named Finalist in Info Security Global Excellence Awards

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01/05/11

Lookingglass Recognized for Emerging Growth by Baltimore SmartCEO 'Future 50'

Baltimore, MD – (January 5, 2011) Baltimore-based Lookingglass Cyber Solutions - the leading provider of global cyber situational awareness - announced today that the company and CEO Derek Gabbard have been named award recipients in the Emerging Growth category by Baltimore SmartCEO’s Future 50. This award highlights the region’s fastest-growing technology companies and emerging leaders.