"The Defense Department unveiled a broad new cyber strategy Thursday that calls for sweeping changes to the department's relationship with the tech industry, including the formation of an experimental …
NATO to hold major cyber defense drill in Estonia
"About 400 computer experts will participate in a major cybersecurity drill in Estonia this week as part of NATO's efforts to upgrade its capability to counter potentially debilitating hacker attacks, …
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The Pentagon’s new cyber attack plan: ‘Blunt force trauma’
"The Pentagon wants cyber weapons that can inflict ‘blunt force trauma.’ That’s one vision that Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh has laid out for the next phase of military cyber operations — …
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Next Deepwater Horizon-scale oil spill could be caused by cyber attack
"April 20th marks the fifth anniversary of the landmark Deepwater Horizon disaster that saw millions of gallons of crude oil leak into the Gulf of Mexico. Yet despite the cost to its reputation — not …
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NSA Chief: Rules of War Apply to Cyberwar, Too
"Rogers framed the development of cyber weapons as simply the next evolutionary step in warfare, replete with all the ethical concerns that accompanied other milestones in weapons development. ‘I’m …
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Israeli military networks breached by hackers
"Hackers have managed to penetrate computer networks associated with the Israeli military in an espionage campaign that skillfully packages existing attack software with trick emails, according to …
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Hacker In Trouble With Feds After Tweeting About ‘Playing’ With Plane Comms Mid-Flight
"What’s the first rule of flight club? No, it’s not ‘don’t talk about flight club’. The first rule is: do not tweet about hacking flight systems when using the on-board Wi-Fi. But pro hacker and …
HSBC Notifies Consumers of Mortgage Information Breach
"HSBC Finance Corporation has begun notifying an undisclosed number of consumers that their mortgage account information was inadvertently exposed on the internet. The firm believes the exposure …
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Russian cyber attackers used two unknown flaws
"A widely reported Russian cyber-spying campaign against diplomatic targets in the United States and elsewhere has been using two previously unknown flaws in software to penetrate target machines, a …
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Europol Director: hackers target banks, not customers
"Banks, rather than their customers, are increasingly the main target of online thieves, Europol director Rob Wainwright said on Friday in an interview. 'That has been an important change,' …
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