US Cyber Command specialists were deployed to Ukraine and conducted offensive operations against Russia, its commander and NSA Director General Paul Nakasone said on Wednesday. In an exclusive interview with Sky News on the sidelines of a cyber conference in Estonia, Nakasone also revealed that US eavesdroppers conduct information warfare, …
Read More »South Korea joins NATO cyber defense
South Korea has become the first Asian member state of NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence (CCDCOE), the country’s Yonhap news agency reported on Thursday. In a statement cited by the media outlet, Seoul’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) said it plans to “strengthen our cyber response capabilities to a …
Read More »FBI warns cyber attacks could impact world food supply
The top US law enforcement agency has warned of increased cyber attacks on agricultural cooperatives, saying hackers could target large-scale farms and potentially impact the world’s food supply. The FBI’s Cyber Division issued a notice to private industry earlier this week, pointing to a growing number of ransomware attacks on …
Read More »NATO holds major ‘live-fire’ cyber exercise
Military cybersecurity games, dubbed Locked Shields, kicked off in Tallinn, Estonia on Tuesday. The annual exercise is staged by NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE), a cyber organization accredited by the US-led military bloc. “Locked Shields is an opportunity for a multinational team of both NATO and national …
Read More »Anonymous declare ‘cyber war’ against Russia
Hacker collective ‘Anonymous’ declared a “cyber war” against Russia, claiming to have disabled several Russian government websites and that of RT. Social media accounts claiming to represent the group announced on Thursday evening that they were “officially in cyber war against the Russian government” and had taken down dozens of …
Read More »Ukraine reports massive cyber attack
Kiev was quick to point fingers at Moscow after multiple government websites as well as popular banking services went down in Ukraine on Tuesday, allegedly due to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. The Ukrainian authorities have yet to provide any evidence for the origin of the ongoing cyber …
Read More »North Korea developing nukes ‘through cyber means,’ has stolen cryptocurrency – secret UN report
North Korean hackers have stolen millions of dollars from international cryptocurrency exchanges, as well as obtaining intellectual property to be used for the development of nukes and missiles, according to a confidential UN report. Details of the alleged cyberattacks are contained in papers submitted to the UN Security Council on …
Read More »EU to hold large-scale cyber attack drill – media
The European Union will soon stage a far-reaching cyber security exercise intended to prepare for an attack that affects the continent’s distribution networks, Bloomberg reported, noting the drill will be held over several weeks. EU members will begin the exercise sometime in the coming days and continue for six weeks, …
Read More »US to deploy ‘cyber Marines’ on future battlefields
Speaking to C4ISRNET’s CyberCon, Colonel Brian Russell, the commander of the II MEF Information Group, claimed that the “cyber Marines” will be able to operate on the front lines of conflict to “adjust the software on sensors and systems in real time.” This ability to react to the technological needs …
Read More »Cyber-warfare has never posed a greater threat to the world. But are the US & Russia now ready to agree on the rules of the game?
Cybersecurity and digital crime now represents a major and growing thorn in the side for relations between the great powers. Cyberweapons are becoming more powerful at a time when every part of the economy and society is becoming more digitalized and therefore more exposed to attack. Developing a cyber-security agreement …
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