“House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers on Thursday predicted the United States soon will be hit by a major attack on its digital infrastructure.” Source: House Intel Chairman Predicts Major Cyber Attack on US – DOTMIL (usnews.com)

“Japan and Australia signed an agreement enabling them to share information affecting national security, as both countries seek to counter China’s influence.” Source: Japan Signs Information Security Agreement With Australia – Bloomberg

“Websites belonging to several state-backed Iranian oil firms have been targeted by a group of hackers from Saudi Arabia, PANA News, a Persian-language news agency reported.” (Source: Saudi hackers target Iran oil sector – report – Energy – ArabianBusiness.com.)

“A rash of recent and ongoing targeted attacks involving compromises at high-profile Web sites should serve as a sobering reminder of the need to be vigilant about applying browser updates. A broad index of prominent sites belonging to foreign policy and human rights groups have been hacked and quietly serving

” 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.)

“The UK needs to defend itself against an electromagnetic pulse-based ‘E-bomb’ that could knock out all electronic systems, the defence secretary will say today. Philip Hammond will tell a security conference in London that traditional defences based on “infantry or jet planes” would not be enough to protect the country

“US cybersecurity fears are directed at China given its rapid development of sophisticated technology and the perception that it is capable of probing critical infrastructure and military computer systems and could potentially disrupt or destroy vital networks.” (Source: Cybersecurity fears threaten relations|Comment |chinadaily.com.cn.)

“The Pentagon is expanding and making permanent a trial program that teams the government with Internet carriers to protect defense firms’ computer networks against massive data theft by foreign adversaries.” (Source: Pentagon to expand cybersecurity program for defense contractors – The Washington Post.)

” In the interests of thwarting cyberattacks on critical infrastructure such as energy, water and manufacturing, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is quietly reaching out to other governments around the world to find what problems may exist elsewhere and what research can be shared to improve industrial control systems

“The Department of Defense has issued a new Instruction defining its response to the ‘insider threat’ from Department personnel who engage in unauthorized disclosures of information or other activities deemed harmful to national security.” Source: Pentagon Moves to Combat the “Insider Threat” | Secrecy News