CYBER WARS

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Data encryption in sharp focus after deadly attacks
Dec 15, 2015 (AFP)
With renewed focus on how encrypted messages can be used to plot terrorist attacks, President Barack Obama's administration is stepping up pressure on the tech ...
DARPA Exploring Ways to Protect Nation's Electrical Grid from Cyber Attack
Dec 15, 2015 (SPX)
Across the United States, 3200 separate organizations own and operate electrical infrastructure. The widely dispersed nature of the nation's electrical grid and...
Twitter issues warnings of 'state-sponsored hacking'
Dec 14, 2015 (AFP)
Twitter has warned some of its users that their accounts on the messaging platform may be the target of "state-sponsored hackers." It was unclear how many users...
Secretive data firm Palantir raises $679 mln
Dec 10, 2015 (AFP)
Palantir Technologies, the secretive data firm that works with military and law enforcement, has raised $679 million in funding, confirming its status as one of...
China Internet czar defends web censorship policies
Dec 09, 2015 (AFP)
China's Internet chief fiercely defended his country's strict management of the web Wednesday, saying that censorship of content Beijing deems illegal is necess...
EU to impose rules on Internet firms to prevent cyber attacks
Dec 08, 2015 (AFP)
EU member states and lawmakers have clinched a deal to prevent cyber attacks by requiring Internet firms like eBay, Amazon and Google to boost their defences an...
U.S. Department of Homeland Security expands CenturyLink's contract
Dec 07, 2015 (UPI)
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security awarded CenturyLink a service expansion contract to provide EINSTEIN 3 Accelerated to all federal agencies. The EINSTEI...
European Providers Know Coordinates of Centers of Daesh Internet Propaganda
Dec 06, 2015 (Sputnik)
Militants and accomplices of the Islamic State (ISIL, or Daesh in Arabic) extremist group use European Internet service providers to disseminate their propagand...
EU, Internet giants join forces to fight online extremism
Dec 03, 2015 (AFP)
The European Union on Thursday launched a forum bringing together Internet firms like Google, Facebook and Twitter as well as law enforcement agencies to combat...
Australia weather bureau hack blamed on China: report
Dec 02, 2015 (AFP)
Australia's weather bureau has been hit by a major cyber attack blamed on China by officials who estimated the possible repair bill at hundreds of millions of d...
Scientists design a QKD-based quantum private query with no failure
Nov 26, 2015 (SPX)
Cryptography is the approach to protect data secrecy in public environment. Certain cryptographic communications require not only the security of the transmitte...
U.S. Air Force aiming to increase energy security through microgrids
Nov 24, 2015 (UPI)
The Air Force Research Laboratory is collaborating with the Hawaii Center for Advanced Transporation Technologies to explore microgrid and alternative fuel. The...
Hackers may hit home for the holidays
Nov 22, 2015 (AFP)
It could be a merry holiday season for hackers, with millions of new and potentially vulnerable Internet-connected gadgets hitting the market. Security experts ...
In fight on terror, encryption is double-edged sword
Nov 21, 2015 (AFP)
Encryption can be a terrorist's tool. But it's also a key for those hunting attackers, and for many others. The technology for encryption can keep data and conv...
Encryption firm tightens access following Paris attacks
Nov 19, 2015 (AFP)
The encrypted communications firm Silent Circle said Thursday it was tightening access to its mobile apps and secure smartphone to make them harder for terroris...
Managing the data deluge for national security analysts
Nov 18, 2015 (SPX)
After a disaster or national tragedy, bits of information often are found afterward among vast amounts of available data that might have mitigated or even preve...
Attacks revive debate on encryption, surveillance
Nov 17, 2015 (AFP)
The deadly Paris attacks have reignited debate on encrypted communications by terror cells and whether law enforcement and intelligence services are "going dark...
Northrop Grumman receives contract for encryption devices
Nov 17, 2015 (UPI)
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a maximum $99.9 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price contract to deliver KGV-72 Type-1 Programmab...
Gmail to warn when messages take unencrypted routes
Nov 13, 2015 (AFP)
Google plans to ramp up security at its free email service by letting users know when messages arrive via unencrypted connections that could be prone to snoopin...
Moscow tells Twitter to store Russian users' data in Russia
Nov 11, 2015 (AFP)
Moscow has warned Twitter that it must store Russian users' personal data in Russia, under a new law, the national communications watchdog told AFP on Wednesday...
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