"According to sources, several National Security Council staffers are seeking edits that further set ground rules for repercussions if an adversary attacks either the U.S. government or a U.S.-based …
Email encryption systems ′irreparably broken′: German researchers
"The two common types of email encryption are not as secure as previously thought, German researchers have found. Both Windows and Apple users could be affected by the 'Efail' problem." Source: Email …
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Targeting power grid is too easy, Energy Department says
"Energy Secretary Rick Perry warned Monday that the electric grid is easier to attack than ever as he issued a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy." Source: Targeting power grid is too easy, Energy …
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Pentagon Wants Cloud Secure Enough to Hold Nuke Secrets
"The Defense Department’s Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud will be designed to host the government’s most sensitive classified data, including critical nuclear weapon design information …
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Iran’s Hacker Hierarchy Exposed
"When pursuing quick-turn cyber operations, the Iranian regime will weigh religious and political reliability against offensive skills. The best operators are not always the most devout or loyal to …
Here’s How a National Cybersecurity Agency Could Work
"Over the past few months, some private-sector companies have called for building a national cybersecurity agency. This agency would consist of a centralized authority responsible for the nation’s …
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Critical PGP and S/MIME bugs can reveal encrypted e-mails.
"The Internet’s two most widely used methods for encrypting e-mail--PGP and S/Mime--are vulnerable to hacks that can reveal the plaintext of encrypted messages, a researcher warned late Sunday night. …
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CIA to Use Amazon Cloud to Run Big Data Intelligence Experiments
"The Central Intelligence Agency is looking to team up with industry experts to run a series of open-source intelligence projects using its Amazon cloud. The agency released a revised acquisition …
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Three Critical Factors Increasing Cyber Risk for 2019
In 2008, I wrote and essay entitled "The Year of Living Cyberdangerously" in which I noted that I couldn't "help but think that 2009 will be a precipice year in the cybersecurity domain." My gut …
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Hacker Shuts Down Copenhagen’s Public City Bikes System
"An unidentified hacker has breached Bycyklen —Copenhagen's city bikes network— and deleted the organization's entire database, disabling the public's access to bicycles over the weekend." Source: …
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