“Japan has been developing a virus that could track down the source of a cyber attack and neutralise its programme, the daily Yomiuri Shimbun reported Sunday.” Source: Japan developing cyber weapon report – Channel NewsAsia
“Iran has moved most of its government websites from foreign-based hosting companies to new computer facilities inside the country, to protect them against cyber attacks, a senior official said on Tuesday.” Source: Iran moves websites to guard against cyber attacks – Yahoo! News
“Iran guided the CIA’s “lost” stealth drone to an intact landing inside hostile territory by exploiting a navigational weakness long-known to the US military, according to an Iranian engineer now working on the captured drone’s systems inside Iran.” Source: Exclusive: Iran hijacked US drone, says Iranian engineer – CSMonitor.com
“The House and Senate agreed to give the U.S. military the power to conduct ‘offensive’ strikes online — including clandestine attacks, via a little-noticed provision in the military’s 2012 funding bill.” (Congress Authorizes Pentagon to Wage Internet War | Threat Level | Wired.com)
“Russia and the United States are planning a regular exchange on “technical threats” that appear to come from computers in each other’s territories, a White House spokeswoman said on Friday, even as bilateral ties have come under growing strains.” Source: U.S., Russia work to expand cyberspace cooperation | Reuters
“The super-secret drone that Iran claims to have recovered was on a CIA “Focal Point” mission, gathering intelligence and likely crashed though it remains uncertain whether it was able to self-destruct, U.S. officials told National Journal on Tuesday.” Source: Drone was gathering intelligence when it went down in Iran, U.S. officials say – Nextgov
“Iranian authorities blocked a website on Wednesday hours after it was launched by the U.S. State Department to be a “virtual embassy” reaching out to people in the Islamic Republic.” Source: U.S. virtual embassy blocked by Iran net censor | Reuters
“To get a sense of how vulnerable the U.S. economy could be if the euro currency union cracks apart, start with the volume of U.S. exports to the euro zone — $153 billion in the first six months of the year. Add several hundred billion dollars in investments by U.S. banks in the euro zone and [...]
“The Agency launches a Briefing Note analysing ‘DuQu’, a newly discovered malware variant. Similarities in certain aspects of the DuQu and Stuxnet code suggest that DuQu was written by attackers who had access to the Stuxnet source code.” Source: EU Agency focussing in on ‘DuQu’ malware — ENISA
“The Pentagon’s advanced research arm, which played a key role in developing the Internet 40 years ago, said on Monday it will boost efforts to build offensive cyber arms for possible use against enemy targets by the U.S. military.” Source: DARPA declares it will develop arsenal of cyber-weapons – The Globe and Mail
