“The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is warning that a group of mostly Middle East- and North Africa-based criminal hackers are preparing to launch a cyber attack campaign next week known as ‘OpUSA’ against websites of high-profile US government agencies, financial institutions, and commercial entities. But security experts remain undecided on whether this latest round [...]
“The group goes on to say U.S. financial institutions will be targeted for attack. ‘Do not take this as a warning,’ the post states. ‘You cannot stop the Internet hate machine from doxes, DNS attacks, defaces, redirects, DDoS attacks, database leaks and admin takeovers.’ The White House website and eight other federal government sites, plus [...]
“Various cyber actors have engaged in malicious activity against U.S. Government and private sector entities. The apparent objective of this activity has been the theft of intellectual property, trade secrets, and other sensitive business information. The malicious actors have employed a variety of techniques to infiltrate targeted organizations, establish a foothold, penetrate throughout the targets’ [...]
At what point are shareholders able to sue for negligence? That question has been haunting the cyber domain for a decade… “QinetiQ’s espionage expertise didn’t keep Chinese cyber- spies from outwitting the company. In a three-year operation, hackers linked to China’s military infiltrated QinetiQ’s computers and compromised most if not all of the company’s research. [...]
“U.S. intelligence agencies traced a recent cyber intrusion into a sensitive infrastructure database to the Chinese government or military cyber warriors, according to U.S. officials. “ Source: Sensitive Army database of U.S. dams compromised; Chinese hackers suspected | Washington Free Beacon
“Organized hackers in Ukraine and Russia stole more than $1 million from a public hospital in Washington state earlier this month. The costly cyberheist was carried out with the help of nearly 100 different accomplices in the United States who were hired through work-at-home job scams run by a crime gang that has been fleecing [...]
“In 2010 the British government designated the protection of computer networks as one of the country’s most important national security priorities. In its Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) it pledged, ‘the National Cyber Security Programme will be supported by £650m of new investment over the next four years’.” Source:BBC News – Is UK doing [...]
” Taiwanese government claims China’s cyberarmy now employs more than 100,000 people, has a yearly budget of more than US$2.71 million and is now focusing on think tanks and firms responsible for critical infrastructure.” Source: Taiwan: China’s cyberarmy shifting target to think tanks, telcos | ZDNet
“A federal magistrate judge has denied (PDF) a request from the FBI to install sophisticated surveillance software to track someone suspected of attempting to conduct a ‘sizeable wire transfer from [John Doe’s] local bank [in Texas] to a foreign bank account.’” Source: FBI denied permission to spy on hacker through his webcam | Ars Technica
“Germany’s high court on Wednesday upheld the legality of an anti-terrorist database that tracks thousands of people, but ordered changes in how it is operated and who is included. Germany’s top security official, Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich, told reporters after the verdict that the new guidance from the court would also affect how authorities run [...]
