CYBER WARS

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Ten years on, WikiLeaks and Assange as controversial as ever
Oct 03, 2016 (AFP)
Celebrating its 10th anniversary this week, anonymous whistleblowing platform WikiLeaks can look back on a decade that saw it turn classified documents into glo...
Energy sector addressing cybersecurity threats
Sep 29, 2016 (UPI)
An international organization said Thursday a group of energy companies joined it in forming an industry body to tackle cybersecurity threats. "We see that cybe...
Yahoo hacked by 'professional' criminals: researchers
Sep 29, 2016 (AFP)
The massive theft of Yahoo user data disclosed last week came from "professional" hackers seeking to profit from the breach, according to an analysis by securit...
Russia? China? Who hacked Yahoo, and why?
Sep 23, 2016 (AFP)
Yahoo's claim that it is the victim of a gigantic state-sponsored hack raises the question of whether it is the latest target for hackers with the backing of Ru...
US lawmakers: Russian hackers aim to disrupt election
Sep 22, 2016 (AFP)
Two US lawmakers who are members of their respective intelligence committees said Thursday that a spate of recent cyber attacks suggests Russia is trying to dis...
Washington Post takes heat for Snowden prosecution call
Sep 21, 2016 (AFP)
A Washington Post editorial arguing for the prosecution of intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has sparked an outcry in the media community -- including from som...
Briton accused of US govt hack can be extradited: court
Sep 16, 2016 (AFP)
A British man accused of hacking into thousands of United States government computers can be extradited to the US to face trial, a court in Britain ruled Friday...
US confident in election cybersecurity; UK hacker to be extradited to US
Sep 16, 2016 (AFP)
The US homeland security chief said Friday authorities have confidence in the integrity of electoral systems despite growing cybersecurity threats. Department o...
Chelsea Manning ends hunger strike, to begin gender surgery
Sep 14, 2016 (AFP)
Imprisoned transgender soldier Chelsea Manning on Tuesday ended a hunger strike after five days when the US Army agreed to provide surgery to treat her gender d...
Intel to spin off cybersecurity unit McAfee
Sep 07, 2016 (AFP)
US tech giant Intel announced plans Wednesday to spin off its cybersecurity operations as an independent company under the name McAfee. The move comes six years...
The enigma machine takes a quantum leap
Sep 07, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers at the University of Rochester have moved beyond the theoretical in demonstrating that an unbreakable encrypted message can be sent with a key that'...
Fugitive Snowden hid amongst Hong Kong refugees
Sep 07, 2016 (AFP)
US intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden sought shelter among Hong Kong refugees after he leaked a huge trove of secret documents in the southern Chinese ci...
GenDyn to supply U.S. Air Force with new cryptographic module
Sep 07, 2016 (UPI)
General Dynamics Mission Systems will supply an updated Air Identification Friend or Foe system for the U.S. Air Force, the company announced Wednesday. The KIV...
iPhone spyware spotlights Israel's secretive surveillance industry
Aug 29, 2016 (AFP)
The discovery of sophisticated spyware to infiltrate and remotely take control of iPhones without leaving a trace has put a spotlight on Israel's secretive surv...
Apple issues update after cyber weapon captured
Aug 26, 2016 (AFP)
Apple iPhone owners on Friday were urged to install a quickly released security update after a sophisticated attack on an Emirati dissident exposed vulnerabilit...
Cybersecurity researchers design a chip that checks for sabotage
Aug 26, 2016 (SPX)
With the outsourcing of microchip design and fabrication worldwide, a $350 billion business, bad actors along the supply chain have many opportunities to instal...
Raytheon debuts Cyber and Electromagnetic Battle Management system
Aug 22, 2016 (UPI)
Raytheon has unveiled its Cyber and Electromagnetic Battle Management tool at the U.S. Army's Cyber Quest event, the company announced Monday. The Army event in...
Software maverick McAfee warns China of hacking weakness
Aug 16, 2016 (AFP)
China leads the world in connecting everyday devices to the internet, but is creating huge hacking vulnerabilities for itself and others by doing so, renegade A...
Hacking of DNC raises fears of cyber attack on US election
Aug 04, 2016 (AFP)
Can the US election be hacked? The recent breach of Democratic National Committee data, along with other electronic intrusions, has raised concerns about cyber ...
General Dynamics gets DARPA classified network contract
Aug 03, 2016 (UPI)
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded a follow-on contract to General Dynamics Mission Systems for classified network services, the company ...
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