“After Bangladesh cyber army declares cyber-war against Myanmar and hack few government sites, Myanmar Hackers group known as ‘Blink Hacker Group(BCH)’ hack more Bangladeshi Government sites.” Source: Cyber-war :more Bangladesh Government sites hacked by Myanmar Hackers | e Hacking News [EHN] | Hackers News
“The Indian government is stepping up its cyber security capabilities with plans to protect critical national infrastructure from a Stuxnet-like attack and to authorise two agencies to carry out state-sponsored attacks if necessary.” (Source: India to greenlight state-sponsored cyber attacks • The Register.)
“Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has approved a new organizational framework, a plan designed as a ‘first step’ towards standardized cyber operations, according to documents obtained by Defense News.” (Source: Panetta Green Lights First Cyber Operations Plan | Defense News | defensenews.com.)
“From his first months in office, President Obama secretly ordered increasingly sophisticated attacks on the computer systems that run Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facilities, significantly expanding America’s first sustained use of cyberweapons, according to participants in the program.” (Source: Obama Ordered Wave of Cyberattacks Against Iran – NYTimes.com.)
“When news outlets recently quoted U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton claiming that State Department operatives hacked the web sites of al Qaeda affiliates in Yemen, we didn’t know whether to be proud of the feds’ Leet skills or appalled at the administration’s hypocrisy regarding hacking. Turns out the hacks who wrote the stories got [...]
“China has been forced to strongly deny claims made in a new Pentagon report that it is the world’s number one cyber spy and represents a growing threat to US economic security. Foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei expressed ‘firm opposition’ to the report and said ‘China’s justified and normal military development’ had been unjustly criticised [...]
” Iran’s telecommunications ministry has barred local banks, insurance firms and telephone operators from using foreign-sourced emails to communicate with clients, a specialist weekly said on Saturday.” (Source: AFP: Iran curbs foreign-sourced email providers.)
“British intelligence agent Dr Gareth Williams’ last mission before he was ‘unlawfully killed’ was to infiltrate and report on US hacker meetings, evidence given at his inquest this week has indicated. Williams appears to have been one of a team of intelligence officers and agents sent to penetrate hacking networks in the US and the [...]
“Senior military leaders are recommending that the Pentagon’s two-year-old cyberwarfare unit be elevated to full combatant command status, sending a signal to adversaries that the U.S. military is serious about protecting its ability to operate in cyberspace, officials said.” (Military leaders seek more clout for Cyber Command, but growth concerns some – The Washington Post)
“How might the blitzkrieg of the future arrive? By air strike? An invading army? In a terrorist’s suitcase? In fact it could be coming down the line to a computer near you. Operation Locked Shields, an international military exercise held last month, was not exactly your usual game of soldiers. It involves no loud bangs [...]
