“On the hidden battlefields of history’s first known cyber-war, the casualties are piling up. In the U.S., many banks have been hit, and the telecommunications industry seriously damaged, likely in retaliation for several major attacks on Iran. Washington and Tehran are ramping up their cyber-arsenals, built on a black-market digital arms bazaar, enmeshing such high-tech [...]
“Companies may soon choose to hack cyberthieves to retrieve stolen data, Retired Gen. Michael Hayden, a former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, said at the Kaspersky Government Cybersecurity Forum in Washington.” Source: Businesses Consider Going Offense Against Cyberattackers
“The National Security Agency is currently collecting the telephone records of millions of US customers of Verizon, one of America’s largest telecoms providers, under a top secret court order issued in April. The order, a copy of which has been obtained by the Guardian, requires Verizon on an ‘ongoing, daily basis’ to give the NSA [...]
“Chinese President Xi Jinping and American counterpart Barack Obama will talk cyber-security this week in California, but experts say the state’s Silicon Valley and its signature high-tech firms should provide the front lines in the increasingly aggressive fight against overseas hackers. With China seeking to grow its economy and expand its technology base, companies like [...]
“The Army published a new handbook this month to provide leaders of all levels with the information and tools needed to address today’s cybersecurity challenges, and to ensure organizations adopt the necessary practices to protect their information and the Army network. ‘We must change our culture, enforce compliance, and ensure that people are accountable for [...]
” The United States and China have agreed to hold regular, high-level talks on how to set standards of behavior for cybersecurity and commercial espionage, the first diplomatic effort to defuse the tensions over what the United States says is a daily barrage of computer break-ins and theft of corporate and government secrets.” Source:U.S. and [...]
“Security researchers have discovered a way to push software onto an iOS device using a modified charger. The team at George Institute of Technology says its charger was able to upload arbitrary software to an iOS device within one minute of it being plugged in. According to the researchers, ‘all users’ are at risk, as [...]
“The US defence secretary has accused China of ‘cyber intrusions’, in one of the most direct rebukes from the US. Chuck Hagel reiterated concern over the threat of cyber attacks before adding: ‘Some of which appear to be tied to the Chinese government and military.’ He was speaking at a conference in Singapore, attended by [...]
“Once again @th3j35t3r has come out and attacked two different sites today after they distributed Inspire Magazine. Inspire Magazine is published an English language online magazine reported to be published by the organization al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and th3j35t3r has come out and taken down two sites for distributing this magazine. The sites Ansar Al-Mujahideen (http://ansar1.info/) and as-ansar.com were taken offline [...]
“Winding through corridors lined with poison-tipped umbrellas, pistols fashioned from lipstick tubes, and bulky button-hole cameras, visitors to Washington’s International Spy Museum will soon be confronted by a modern, quotidian tool of the trade: a small black laptop. According to the computer’s owner, it was employed over a three-year period to briefly knock WikiLeaks offline, [...]
