“Iranian hackers working for the powerful Revolutionary Guard’s paramilitary Basij group have launched attacks on websites of the ‘enemies,’ a state-owned newspaper reported Monday in a rare acknowledgment from Iran that it’s involved in cyber warfare. The report followed an announcement in January that Iran had formed its first cyber police unit in an attempt [...]
“The Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation is opening a new cyber investigations unit that will combat electronic spying in the nation’s networks. This special cyber investigations unit will investigate and provide advice on state-sponsored cyber attacks against or involving Australian interests. “ Source: Australian govt reveals new cyberspooks unit | Articles | FutureGov – Transforming [...]
“Pentagon officials are seeking $500 million for cutting-edge research that could help protect the department from emerging cyber threats. Security experts give the department high marks on cybersecurity, but note that most of the Pentagon’s efforts have centered on immediate threats.” Source: Pentagon seeks $500M to beat cyber threats – TheHill.com
“The FBI broke the news to executives at DuPont Co. late last year that hackers had cracked the company’s computer networks for the second time in 12 months, according to a confidential Dec. 9, 2010, e-mail discussing the investigation. About a year earlier, DuPont had been hit by the same China- based hackers who struck [...]
“GCHQ, the UK intelligence agency, aims to expand its remit to defend privately owned networks from hackers. Under the plan, security teams at GCHQ would be allowed access to private networks of national significance, and search for signs of attack and take defensive action if necessary.” Source: GCHQ to protect private infrastructure from cyber attack [...]
“Deep inside a glass-and-concrete office building in suburban Washington, Sean McGurk grasps the handle of a vault door, clicks in a secret entry code, and swings the steel slab open. Stepping over the raised lip of a submarinelike bulkhead, he enters a room bristling with some of the most sophisticated technology in the United States.” [...]
“The French finance ministry came under a large-scale cyber attack in December that targeted G20 documents, France’s Budget Minister Francois Baroin told French radio on Monday. Baroin told Europe 1 an investigation was underway and that there were unconfirmed leads. ‘It seems what was targeted was the organization of the G20 (conference),’ Baroin said.” Source: [...]
“Evidence outlined in a Pentagon contractor report suggests that financial subversion carried out by unknown parties, such as terrorists or hostile nations, contributed to the 2008 economic crash by covertly using vulnerabilities in the U.S. financial system. The unclassified 2009 report ‘Economic Warfare: Risks and Responses’ by financial analyst Kevin D. Freeman, a copy of [...]
” Forty Web sites in South Korea came under attack by a computer virus on Friday, including the presidential Blue House, the Foreign Ministry, the country’s biggest bank, the two largest search engines, a major online auction house and some American and Korean military sites. It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack, [...]
“The WordPress.com blogging service has been hit by an ‘extremely large’ distributed denial of service attack. Many high-profile blogs were crippled or just plain unavailable for large parts of Thursday. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers speculate about political motivation.” Source: WordPress blog service down: Huge DDoS attack – Computerworld Blogs
