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'Tallinn Manual 2.0' -- the rulebook for cyberwar
Jun 03, 2017 (AFP)
The Tallinn Manual 2.0 is a unique collection of law on cyber-conflict, says Professor Michael Schmitt from the UK's University of Exeter, who led work on the t...
Random numbers: Hard times ahead for hackers
Jun 01, 2017 (SPX)
This physical theory, full of phenomena that run counter to our common sense, shows that certain physical events occur perfectly at random, making them impossib...
China to launch cybersecurity law despite concerns
May 30, 2017 (AFP)
Passed last November, the law is largely aimed at protecting China's networks and private user information at a time when the recent WannaCry ransomware attack ...
Russia's disinformation efforts hit 39 countries: researchers
May 25, 2017 (AFP)
A report by the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto revealed the existence of "a major disinformation and cyber espionage campaign with hundreds of targets...
Jury out on North Korea link to ransomware attack
May 25, 2017 (AFP)
That's the subject of heated debate in cybersecurity circles after analysts found similarities in the "WannaCry" worm to other malware attributed to North Korea...
Leonardo says it has developed a ransomware solution
May 23, 2017 (UPI)
The solution, developed to protect Italy's Public Administration, uses RaPToR technology from security company Cyber Intuition. It stops the ransomware virus fr...
Ex-Trump aide Flynn defies Senate subpoena in Russia probe
May 22, 2017 (AFP)
But Flynn quickly faced fresh accusations from a top Democrat saying he misled the Pentagon about his Russia contacts one year ago. Elijah Cummings, the senior ...
China issues warning for new ransomware virus
May 18, 2017 (AFP)
"UIWIX" encrypts and renames files through a bug in the Windows operating system, China's National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center (CVERC) warned in a ...
China drafts law on broad surveillance powers
May 18, 2017 (AFP)
The document would create a legal framework for the country's extensive domestic and foreign intelligence work, which already includes widespread monitoring of ...
Chelsea Manning: from antisecrecy activist to transgender idol
May 17, 2017 (AFP)
But she exited military prison Wednesday after serving seven years for her crime equally known for a heartbreaking, ultimately triumphant struggle with her gend...
Weaponizing the internet for terrorism
May 17, 2017 (SPX)
However, there is the more insidious use by terrorists groups of online networks and exploits in the creation of so-called bots (computers that have been compro...
WikiLeaks source Chelsea Manning set to be released
May 17, 2017 (AFP)
In July 2010, Manning -- then a male soldier known as Bradley -- was arrested over the release of a huge trove of more than 700,000 classified military and dipl...
Newly freed, Chelsea Manning looks to 'exciting' future
May 17, 2017 (AFP)
With little fanfare, Manning, 29, walked out of Fort Leavenworth's military jail at 2 am to start a new life, after former president Barack Obama commuted her 3...
Chelsea Manning prepares for freedom, as a woman
May 16, 2017 (AFP)
When she first arrived at the military barracks, the petite Manning was a male soldier -- then known as Bradley -- who stunned the world by releasing a huge tro...
Ransomware hits 'hundreds of thousands' of China PCs: firm
May 15, 2017 (AFP)
The enterprise-security division of Qihoo 360, one of China's leading suppliers of anti-virus software, said 29,372 institutions ranging from government offices...
Putin says Russia not involved in cyberattack, blames US
May 15, 2017 (AFP)
Hundreds of thousands of computers in more than 150 countries have been hit by the ransomware attack, which has been described as the largest-ever of its kind. ...
World braces for more cyberattacks as work week begins
May 15, 2017 (AFP)
European policing and security agencies said the fallout from a ransomware attack that has already crippled more than 200,000 computers around the world could d...
Manhunt for hackers behind global cyberattack
May 14, 2017 (AFP)
The assault, which began Friday and was being described as the biggest-ever cyber ransom attack, struck state agencies and major companies around the world -- f...
BAE Systems to help protect financial system
May 12, 2017 (UPI)
The work for the Treasury's Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence will include finance intelligence analysis and mission support and work with commerci...
Alarm grows over global ransomware attacks
May 12, 2017 (AFP)
The attacks came in the form of ransomware, a technique used by hackers that locks a user's files unless they pay the attackers in bitcoin. The scope of the att...
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