CYBER WARS - INDO DAILY

Scientist in Facebook data scandal says being scapegoated

Apr 24, 2018 (AFP)

Aleksandr Kogan, who teaches at Cambridge University, told a British parliamentary committee that criticism of his work by Facebook showed the US social media g...

Cambridge Analytica says it is 'no Bond villain'

Apr 24, 2018 (AFP)

The marketing analytics firm stressed it had deleted data about Facebook users obtained in breach of the social network's terms of service. The information had ...

Applying Computer-Human Collaboration to Accelerate Detection of Zero-Day Vulnerabilities

Apr 19, 2018 (SPX)

While effective, the process is largely manual and requires hundreds, if not thousands, of hours of effort for each vulnerability discovered. The use of automat...

Army scientists uncover how to stop cyber intrusions

Apr 18, 2018 (SPX)

The Majorana particles, which were predicted more than 80 years ago by Italian theoretical physicist Ettore Majorana, could become critical building blocks for ...

Tech firms sign pledge to refrain from helping cyberattacks

Apr 17, 2018 (AFP)

"The devastating attacks from the past year demonstrate that cybersecurity is not just about what any single company can do but also about what we can all do to...

China launches website to report foreign spies

Apr 16, 2018 (AFP)

The website, www.12339.gov.cn, launched by the Ministry of National Security on Sunday, also urges anyone to report attempts by Chinese nationals or foreigners ...

General Dynamics tapped to expand intelligence network

Apr 16, 2018 (UPI)

The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is valued at $144 million under the terms of an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract. The ...

RAND identifies new strategies for countering Russian social media

Apr 12, 2018 (SPX)

In addition to employing a state-funded multi-lingual television network, operating various pro-government news websites and working through Russian-backed "civ...

Russian regulator moves to block Telegram messaging app

Apr 06, 2018 (AFP)

The lawsuit is the latest move in an ongoing battle between authorities and Telegram, which has a reputation for secure communications, as Moscow pushes to incr...

German Digital Army: 'We Need Norms of Behavior in Cyber Space'

Apr 06, 2018 (Sputnik)

Sputnik: Why in your view then is Germany setting up this cyber defense center now and what's prompted the move do you think? Pierluigi Paganini: It is part of ...

India defence website 'hacked', 3 other govt websites down

Apr 06, 2018 (AFP)

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman confirmed the attack, but India's cybersecurity czar denied hacking had taken place, saying a "hardware problem" was to blam...

1.5 bn sensitive documents on open internet: researchers

Apr 05, 2018 (AFP)

Researchers from the cybersecurity firm Digital Shadows said a scanning tool used in the first three months of 2018 found mountains of private data online from ...

Twitter: 1 million accounts suspended for 'terrorism promotion'

Apr 05, 2018 (AFP)

In its latest transparency report, Twitter said it suspended 274,460 accounts between July and December 2017 "for violations related to the promotion of terrori...

Foreign companies in China brace for VPN crackdown

Mar 30, 2018 (AFP)

A virtual private network (VPN) can tunnel through the country's sophisticated barrier of online filters to access the global internet. VPNs give users a way to...

New US law changes rules for cross-border data requests

Mar 23, 2018 (AFP)

The CLOUD Act, inserted in a massive spending bill signed by the president, was designed to streamline the process for law enforcement seeking digital evidence,...

Tumblr says Russians used its platform for disinformation in 2016

Mar 23, 2018 (AFP)

Tumblr, which was acquired by Yahoo in 2013 and now is part of Verizon unit Oath, said it uncovered the scheme late last year, helping an investigation that led...

US charges Iranians in massive hacking scheme

Mar 23, 2018 (AFP)

Ten Iranians were also hit with sanctions along with an Iranian company, the Mabna Institute, which engaged in computer hacking on behalf of Iran's Revolutionar...

US firms face tough legal battles in China IP theft

Mar 22, 2018 (AFP)

But the US software giant's victory was marred by the paltry compensation ordered by the court, illustrating both progress and challenges for foreign firms defe...

China activists fear high-tech crackdown in Xi's 'new era'

Mar 21, 2018 (AFP)

The Chinese government has severely reduced space for civil liberties since Xi took power in 2012, and authorities are developing new technologies to keep the v...

US military should step up cyber ops: general

Mar 20, 2018 (AFP)

General John Hyten, who leads US Strategic Command (STRATCOM), told lawmakers the US has "not gone nearly far enough" in the cyber domain, also noting that the ...