"As federal officials investigate suspicious Internet activity found last week on a Vermont utility computer, they are finding evidence that the incident is not linked to any Russian government effort …
Is This the Accidental Mastermind in the DNC Hack?
"The list of characters that the White House is sanctioning for participating in the ‘Fancy Bear’ DNC hacks reads like a casting call for a James Bond movie (the Roger Moore years.) A quick image …
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How Russia Recruited Elite Hackers for Its Cyberwar
"Given the size of Russia’s cybercrime underworld, it was not long before the military considered recruiting those it described as ‘hackers who have problems with the law.’ In an article titled …
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Russian government hackers do not appear to have targeted Vermont utility
"As federal officials investigate suspicious Internet activity found last week on a Vermont utility computer, they are finding evidence that the incident is not linked to any Russian government effort …
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Putin’s Real Long Game
"Third, information warfare is not about creating an alternate truth, but eroding our basic ability to distinguish truth at all. It is not ‘propaganda’ as we’ve come to think of it, but the less …
New York State Imposes New Cybersecurity Regulation for Financial Services
"New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has published its revised proposal for what it calls a 'first-in-the-nation cybersecurity regulation' for New York regulated financial services. …
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Terrorism in Indonesia: 33 Militants Killed, 170 Terror Cases in 2016
"The number of terror crime cases in Indonesia rose steeply in 2016 due to 'Operation Tinombala' in Poso (Central Sulawesi). This operation, jointly conducted by Indonesian police and the army, aims …
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Russia-US row: Putin rules out tit-for-tat expulsion of diplomats
"Russian President Vladimir Putin has ruled out a tit-for-tat response after the US expelled 35 Russian diplomats amid a row over hacking." Source: Russia-US row: Putin rules out tit-for-tat expulsion …
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Hundreds of migrants try to storm border into Spain’s enclave of Ceuta
"Around 1,100 sub-Saharan African migrants tried to cross into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco on Sunday by storming a border fence, though most were eventually turned back, the …
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Gunman kills 39 in Istanbul nightclub attack, manhunt under way
"A gunman opened fire on New Year revelers at a packed nightclub on the shores of Istanbul's Bosphorus waterway on Sunday killing at least 39 people, including many foreigners, then fled the …
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