CYBER WARS

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Britain approves extradition of alleged hacker to US
Nov 14, 2016 (AFP)
Britain's interior minister on Monday ordered the extradition to the United States of a man accused of hacking into thousands of US government computers. Lauri ...
China passes controversial cybersecurity law
Nov 07, 2016 (AFP)
China passed a controversial cybersecurity bill Monday tightening restrictions on online freedom of speech while imposing new rules on online service providers,...
Precise quantum cloning: Possible pathway to secure communication
Nov 02, 2016 (SPX)
Physicists at The Australian National University (ANU) and University of Queensland (UQ) have produced near-perfect clones of quantum information using a new me...
Learning Morse code without trying
Nov 02, 2016 (SPX)
It's not exactly beating something into someone's head. More like tapping it into the side. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a ...
US should strike back at cyberattackers: report
Nov 01, 2016 (AFP)
The US government and private sector should strike back against hackers to counter cyberattacks aimed at stealing data and disrupting important computer network...
Hitting back at hackers: debate swirls on how far to go
Nov 01, 2016 (AFP)
After a seemingly endless barrage of cyberattacks, debate is heating up on hitting back at hackers where it hurts. Amid calls for ways to punish and deter hacke...
Dutchman 'who almost broke the internet' to go on trial
Nov 01, 2016 (AFP)
A Dutchman accused of launching an unprecedented cyberattack that reportedly "almost broke the internet" is to go on trial Tuesday on charges of masterminding t...
CACI providing intel services to US
Oct 28, 2016 (UPI)
The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has tapped CACI to provide airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services. The five-year task ...
Safran announces Silicon Valley expansion
Oct 26, 2016 (UPI)
Safran Identity & Security announced this week that it will open a location in Silicon Valley by the end of 2016. The facility will be located in Redwood City, ...
Maybe 100,000 hijacked devices used in cyber attack: Dyn
Oct 26, 2016 (AFP)
The US company targeted in last week's massive cyber attack said Monday that possibly 100,000 connected devices were hijacked to swamp its systems and close off...
Non-state actor likely behind US cyber attack: Clapper
Oct 25, 2016 (AFP)
The giant cyber attack that paralyzed many US sites last week was likely not the work of a foreign country, the top US intelligence chief said Tuesday. Director...
Test of Russian cyber defense system completed: Report
Oct 24, 2016 (UPI)
A new system to protect the Russian Ministry of Defense from cyber attacks has completed testing, Russian news agency Tass reported Monday. The system, develope...
Moscow confirms ministry website attack after US hacker claim
Oct 23, 2016 (AFP)
Russia's foreign ministry on Sunday said an old version of its website had been attacked after a US hacker claimed he broke in and posted a mocking message. For...
Cyber attacks cripple Twitter, Netflix, other websites
Oct 22, 2016 (AFP)
Cyber attacks pounded the underpinnings of the internet Friday, crippling Twitter, Netflix and other major websites with the help of once-dumb devices made smar...
Technica gets $22 million U.S. Air Force cybersecurity contract
Oct 20, 2016 (UPI)
Technica has been awarded a max-value $22 million U.S. Air Force cybersecurity contract, the company announced. Under the task order, the company is to provide ...
Yahoo calls for 'transparency' from US spy agencies
Oct 19, 2016 (AFP)
Yahoo asked US spy agencies Wednesday to offer public "transparency" about data they make internet companies provide on users and to declassify any secret order...
Foreign spies hacked Australian agency, report says
Oct 12, 2016 (AFP)
Foreign spies installed malicious software on an Australian government agency's computer system, stealing an unknown number of documents, an official report rev...
Firm linked to social media surveillance loses data access
Oct 11, 2016 (AFP)
Twitter and Facebook on Tuesday revoked data access for an analytics firm which according to a civil liberties group helped law enforcement track protesters in ...
US accuses Russia of cyber attacks to disrupt election
Oct 08, 2016 (AFP)
US officials formally accused the Russian government Friday of trying to "interfere" with the American presidential election, and vowed to respond at an undiscl...
Yahoo denies surveillance claims amid privacy outcry
Oct 05, 2016 (AFP)
Yahoo on Wednesday rejected allegations of mass email surveillance amid an outcry from privacy activists over a report that it created a special scanning progra...
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