“Most of what we see in day-to-day cybersecurity is not cyberwar, or the perennial threat of the ‘digital Pearl Harbor.’ Crime, espionage, political vandalism, and military “long-range cyber-reconaissance”–rather than kinetic targeting that kills, damages, or disables–are more mundane, day-to-day concerns. National Defense University’s Samuel Liles does make a persuasive case that much of cyberwar exists [...]
“When the Chinese penetrated Google in late 2009 — yes, that operation was Chinese, and yes, it was done with the blessing of a member of the Politburo — they weren’t after customer information. They were after the source code that makes Google unique. Nor was Google the only victim: Thousands of U.S. and Western [...]
“While Googling some NERC CIP research activities, I came across several forum posts regarding cyber security where details of systems, systems that had automation software installed. The posts involve HijackThis logs, which are tools that dump configuration information for posting on a support site, and it’s one of many such tools. On those support sites, [...]
“William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, said the agency had joined forces with the Serious and Organised Crime Agency to obtain the information as part of the ongoing cyber war against foreign states and criminals. A team of experts at GCHQ is understood to be working with the military to develop internet tools to strike back [...]
“A cyber-attack on the email accounts of Texas police chiefs revealed the vulnerability even of the state’s top cops and appears to have prompted a new investigation into a notorious hacking group. The stealthy group known as Anonymous claimed responsibility for “Texas Takedown Thursday.” The email accounts of 25 members of the Texas Police Chiefs [...]
“The U.S. Department of Homeland Security today issued a somewhat unusual bulletin warning the security community about the planned activities of hacking collective Anonymous over the next few months. The bulletin, issued by the DHS National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC), warns financial services companies especially to be on the lookout for attempts by [...]
“Scotland Yard has arrested two men who together used the online pseudonym “Kalya” and were central figures in the notorious hacker groups Anonymous and LulzSec.” Source: Scotland Yard Arrests LulzSec Hacker ‘Kayla’ | FoxNews.com
