“A prominent computer security researcher says he recently rejected a request by a Saudi telecommunications company to help it spy on mobile customers using social networking accounts such as Twitter. The security researcher, who goes by the name Moxie Marlinspike and who recently left Twitter where he worked on that company’s security team, said he [...]
“A computer science laboratory at China’s Wuhan University has been linked by U.S. intelligence agencies to Chinese military cyber attacks on the West. According to U.S. officials, the Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Security and Trusted Computing at Wuhan’s Computer Science School in central China’s Hubei Province is the latest cyber warfare research and attack [...]
“North Korea is barely connected to the global internet. But it’s trying to step up its hacker game by breaking into hostile networks, according to a new Pentagon report. ‘North Korea probably has a military computer network operations (CNO) capability,’ assesses the Pentagon’s latest public estimate of the military threat from North Korea.” Source:Pentagon Warns [...]
“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 [...]
“Teso’s attack code, dubbed SIMON, along with an Android app called PlaneSploit, can take full control of flight systems and the pilot’s displays. The hacked aircraft could even be controlled using a smartphone’s accelerometer to vary its course and speed by moving the handset about.” Source:Researcher hacks aircraft controls with Android smartphone • The Register
“Multiple gangs of Chinese cyberespionage hackers are now targeting the healthcare and medical/life sciences industries. Most every industry is fair game for cyberespionage these days, so it’s no surprise that the healthcare and medical industry would come up on the list, but to date, it’s been a field more abused by cybercriminals motivated by medical [...]
“Hacktivist group Anonymous, along with numerous other hackers, is planning a massive cyber-attack on Israel, threatening to ‘erase’ the country from Internet. Israel is apparently taking the threats seriously, with defensive preparations underway. ‘Hacktivists Starting Cyber Attack against Israel on 7th of April,’ Anonymous wrote on Twitter, calling on hackers around the world to join [...]
“U.S. strategic nuclear weapons and the command systems that control them are vulnerable to cyber attacks although most are hardened against many types of electronic attacks, the commander of the U.S. Strategic Command said on Tuesday. Air Force Gen. C. Robert Kehler said during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee that nuclear weapons [...]
“A top Chinese banker said Beijing is ‘fully prepared’ for a currency war as he urged the world to abide by a consensus reached by the G20 to avert confrontation, state media reported on Saturday. Yi Gang, deputy governor of China’s central bank, issued the call after G20 finance ministers last month moved to calm [...]
