CYBER WARS

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Encryption fears for law enforcement overblown: study
Feb 01, 2016 (AFP)
Encrypted communication is making law enforcement and counterterrorism investigations more difficult, but fears of "going dark" are overblown, a study said Mond...
Israel's cyber sector blooms in the desert
Jan 30, 2016 (AFP)
A modern metropolis rising from Israel's Negev desert stands on the frontline of a global war against hacking and cyber crime, fulfilling an ambition of the cou...
Industry group proposes EU cybersecurity recommendations
Jan 26, 2016 (UPI)
A European industry group proposed cybersecurity policy recommendations for the European Union during the International Cybersecurity Forum. The European Cybers...
US toughens background check process after major hack
Jan 22, 2016 (AFP)
The US government said Friday it was revamping its background check process for federal employees and contractors with a more secure database, following a major...
Anonymous messaging app stirs controversy in Israel
Jan 22, 2016 (AFP)
A new Israeli app launched by a company with investors including Will.I.Am and Nicki Minaj has been accused of encouraging teen bullying and Internet trolls. Th...
U.S. Air Force cyberspace weapon achieves operational status
Jan 21, 2016 (UPI)
The U.S. Air Force Intranet Control Weapon System has achieved full operational status, becoming the first cyberspace weapon system to do so. The AFINC weapon s...
Elbit to provide cybersecurity simulator to Asian country
Jan 20, 2016 (UPI)
Elbit Systems has received a contract to provide its CyberShield cybersecurity trainer to an Asia-Pacific country. The CyberShield training system is a simulato...
Chinese soldiers linked to US military hacking case: media
Jan 19, 2016 (AFP)
Two Chinese soldiers were "co-conspirators" in a plot to steal US military secrets, including designs for the F-35 stealth fighter and other warplanes, a Canadi...
US spy chief's personal accounts hacked
Jan 13, 2016 (AFP)
US spy chief James Clapper's personal online accounts have been hacked, his office confirmed Tuesday, a few months after CIA director John Brennan suffered a si...
DHS signs research cooperation agreement with root9B
Jan 11, 2016 (UPI)
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has signed a research and development agreement with root9B to collaborate on cybersecurity solutions. Under the Collab...
McAfee shifts presidential run, unveils cybersecurity plan
Jan 08, 2016 (AFP)
John McAfee, the antivirus software pioneer and onetime international fugitive who is running for US president, said Friday he was shifting his campaign to the ...
CACI wins place on DIA tech support contract
Jan 07, 2016 (UPI)
CACI International has won a place on a Defense Intelligence Agency contract to compete to provide enterprise information technology support to the agency. The ...
China says Communist Party to be 'strongest voice in cyberspace'
Jan 07, 2016 (AFP)
China's Internet regulator has vowed to make the views of the ruling Communist Party the "strongest voice in cyberspace", state media said Thursday. The Cybersp...
Microsoft to warn users about 'nation-state' intrusion
Dec 31, 2015 (AFP)
Microsoft has joined other online companies with a new policy alerting users if their accounts are being targeted by governments. "A key part of our work is ide...
Palantir raises $880 mn in new funding round
Dec 24, 2015 (AFP)
Secretive software company Palantir Technologies raised nearly $880 million in a new funding round, according to a regulatory filing available on Thursday. The ...
Chinese hackers target Taiwan opposition, media ahead of vote: officials
Dec 21, 2015 (AFP)
Chinese hackers are targeting Taiwan's opposition party and journalists, security experts and officials said Monday, weeks away from a presidential election lik...
Swedish researchers reveal security hole
Dec 21, 2015 (SPX)
Quantum cryptography is considered a fully secure encryption method, but researchers from Linkoping University and Stockholm University have discovered that thi...
Congress passes long-stalled cybersecurity bill
Dec 18, 2015 (AFP)
Congress on Friday passed legislation to fight cyber threats, pushing the measure through by tucking it into a sprawling government funding bill, after earlier ...
Every country should govern its own Internet: China's Xi
Dec 16, 2015 (AFP)
Every nation should have independent authority over its own Internet, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Wednesday, telling a government-organised conference tha...
Social media link to attacks poses conundrum
Dec 15, 2015 (AFP)
Pressure is growing on social networks to play a bigger role in finding and weeding out jihadists and others looking to recruit members and plot deadly attacks....
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