May wants Britain to follow European lead emphasizing cybersecurity

May wants Britain to follow European lead emphasizing cybersecurity

PARIS — Following the third deadly terrorist attack Britain has suffered in less than three months, Prime Minister Theresa May vowed to review her country’s counterterrorism strategy. While May condemned what she called the “evil ideology of Islamist extremism,” the thrust of her new counterterrorism demands focused on a far more technical matter: the Internet. […]

U.N.’s North Korea sanctions monitors hit by ‘sustained’ cyber attack

U.N.’s North Korea sanctions monitors hit by ‘sustained’ cyber attack

United Nations experts investigating violations of sanctions on North Korea have suffered a “sustained” cyber attack by unknown hackers with “very detailed insight” into their work, according to an email warning seen by Reuters on Monday. The hackers eventually breached the computer of one of the experts on May 8, the chair of the panel […]

The era of cyber-disaster may finally be here

The era of cyber-disaster may finally be here

On Friday, the world was hit by one of the biggest cyberattacks in recent history. The culprit was “ransomware” known as WanaCryptOr 2.0, or WannaCry. It operates by encrypting a computer system and demanding a ransom to release it. This money would be paid in the digital currency bitcoin to an unknown source, who would — in […]

Businesses bolster cyber defenses for new ransomware attacks

Businesses bolster cyber defenses for new ransomware attacks

Businesses around the world scrambled on Saturday to prepare for a renewed cyber attack, convinced that a lull in a computer offensive that has stopped car factories, hospitals, schools and other organizations in around 100 countries was only temporary. The pace of the attack by a destructive virus dubbed WannaCry slowed late on Friday, after […]

U.S. warned France of Russian cyber meddling before French election

U.S. warned France of Russian cyber meddling before French election

During testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on May 9, 2017, head of both the National Security Agency (NSA) and U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM), Admiral Mike Rogers, informed the senators that the United States had sent a warning to French government officials that Russia was penetrating French computer systems ahead of the French […]