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The British cybersecurity researcher who rose to fame earlier this summer when he stopped the vicious “WannaCry” malware attack has plead not guilty to the charges which led to his arrest by the FBI two weeks ago over a separate hacking incident. Marcus Hutchins, 23, who goes by “Malwaretech” online, was arrested and indicted by […]
The U.S. military will be looking to a once-outdated technology as a possible response to modern cyber threats. The technology, formally called LORAN, or long-range navigation, is a radio signal-based navigation system first developed during World War II. Nearly all of modern military and commercial navigation is done through the use of Global Positioning System […]
A U.S. congressional panel this week asked 22 government agencies to share documents on Moscow-based cyber firm Kaspersky Lab, saying its products could be used to carry out “nefarious activities against the United States,” according to letters seen by Reuters. The requests made on Thursday by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space […]
United States national security officials looking into Russian cyber-meddling of the recent elections are seeing that the recent “ransomware” cyber-attacks are part of an increasing problem. Hackers are now not just in the business of ransom but in chaos and disruption of the internet. The goals are to disrupt signaling capabilities, disruption of normal systems […]
As cyberattacks on the US become commonplace, disorienting, and potentially damaging to the US’s fundamental infrastructure, the US Army’s Cyber Command reached out to civilian hackers in a language they could understand — hidden hacking puzzles online. In the opening sequence of a Go Army commercial for Cyber Command, green text scrolls on a vacant computer as the […]
United States national security officials looking into Russian cyber-meddling of the recent elections are seeing that the recent “ransomware” cyber-attacks are part of an increasing problem. Hackers are now not just in the business of ransom but in chaos and disruption of the internet. The goals are to disrupt signaling capabilities, disruption of normal systems […]
“I strongly pressed President Putin twice about Russian meddling in our election. He vehemently denied it. I’ve already given my opinion…..” He added: “We negotiated a ceasefire in parts of Syria which will save lives. Now it is time to move forward in working constructively with Russia!” Republican Senator Marco Rubio of Florida immediately criticized […]
Although modern warfare can be every bit as brutal as the battles Americans have fought in the past, a new combat domain is rapidly becoming the focus of many defense experts, in which America’s first line of defense isn’t a heavily armed soldier at a gate, but rather a technically minded expert sitting at a […]
A colossal cyberattack on Tuesday has been wreaking havoc on countries and corporations across the globe, and some cybersecurity experts are zeroing in on a familiar name as the possible culprit. The attack, dubbed “Petya,” is a ransomware worm that has so far targeted, among others, Ukrainian banks and airports; Russian state-owned oil giant Rosneft; […]
Britain’s parliament was hit by a “sustained and determined” cyber attack on Saturday designed to identify weak email passwords, just over a month after a ransomware worm crippled parts of the country’s health service. The House of Commons said it was working with the National Cyber Security Centre to defend parliament’s network and was confident […]
There are a growing number of Western technology companies, including Cisco, IBM, and SAP, that are caving to demands by Moscow for access to closely guarded product security secrets. What the Russians are demanding is that Western tech companies to allow them to review source code for security products such as firewalls, anti-virus applications and […]
There are a growing number of Western technology companies, including Cisco, IBM, and SAP, that are caving to demands by Moscow for access to closely guarded product security secrets. What the Russians are demanding is that Western tech companies to allow them to review source code for security products such as firewalls, anti-virus applications and […]
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