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hackers May 2, 2019

Kaspersky hearing delayed by tax retreat, no new date

A sure-to-be-controversial congressional hearing featuring the head of a major Russian cybersecurity firm as a star witness was delayed because of the Republicans' tax reform retreat and no new date for the hearing has been set, a congressional staffer told Code and Dagger. Eugene Kaspersky, founder of the Moscow-based Kaspersky Labs, was invited (PDF) on Sept. 14 to appear … [Read more…]

by · · Military

California’s not the only one: A history of doomsday broadcast interruptions

Last week, television viewers around California had their regularly scheduled programming interrupted by what appeared to be an emergency broadcast message.  Where viewers once saw their favorite shows on channels like HGTV, they instead saw a black screen, with a red bar and the words “EMERGENCY ALERT,” accompanied by a distorted voice warning residents of the impending end of … [Read more…]

by · · Expert Analysis

Admiral: US tolerated cyber ‘acts of war’ over last decade

Cyber attacks that might have constituted an "act of war" went unpunished by the U.S. over the last decade, leading to a more dangerous cyber environment, according to a top Navy admiral. "We've had an awful lot of examples of what, 10 years ago, we assumed would be construed as an act of war," Vice Adm. Jan Tighe said Thursday. "And, in a lot of cases, there has not been a … [Read more…]

by · · Foreign Policy

What a social media ‘botnet’ influence campaign looks like

In busy news days, such as today many journalist take to various social media platforms to not only provide information, but collect information as well. Be it from on the ground reporting from other journalists to citizens at the scene who become conduits of said information posting onto social media the goings on in real-time. This of course is nothing new to most people … [Read more…]

by · · World

British cyber researcher who stopped ‘WannaCry’ attack pleads not guilty to separate charges after federal indictment

The British cybersecurity researcher who rose to fame earlier this summer when he stopped the vicious “WannaCry” malware attack has plead not guilty to the charges which led to his arrest by the FBI two weeks ago over a separate hacking incident. Marcus Hutchins, 23, who goes by “Malwaretech” online, was arrested and indicted by the FBI on August 2nd while attending the DEF … [Read more…]

by · · Featured

Hackers can take a hidden test to become mid-grade officers in the US Army’s Cyber Command

As cyberattacks on the US become commonplace, disorienting, and potentially damaging to the US's fundamental infrastructure, the US Army's Cyber Command reached out to civilian hackers in a language they could understand — hidden hacking puzzles online. In the opening sequence of a Go Army commercial for Cyber Command, green text scrolls on a vacant computer as the narrator … [Read more…]

by · · Military

DHS and FBI report says hackers are targeting America’s nuclear facilities

Nuclear power facilities have been among the targets of multiple hacking attacks in the United States since May, disclosed in a joint report issued by the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI, the New York Times reports. Other energy and manufacturing companies have been victim of the malware attacks, which have reportedly been in the form of spear phishing attempts … [Read more…]

by · · North America

North Korean hackers have stolen U.S.-South Korean war plans: report

North Korean hackers have breached a South Korean military network and have reportedly stolen military “war plans,” a South Korean newspaper reports. The hack occurred last September, and had originally been downplayed by South Korean defense officials, saying that no critical information had leaked. Now an anonymous South Korean government source is telling Chosun Ilbo … [Read more…]

by · · Military

Moscow spy scandal snowballs: What we know

The murky investigation of Russian intelligence officers reportedly facing treason charges has taken a fresh turn, with the Interfax news agency quoting unnamed sources as saying that two suspects are accused of collaborating with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The news, unverified and uncorroborated, is the latest in a growing number of remarkable leaks that … [Read more…]

by · · World

How Russia recruited elite hackers for its cyberwarfare

MOSCOW — Aleksandr B. Vyarya thought his job was to defend people from cyberattacks until, he says, his government approached him with a request to do the opposite. Mr. Vyarya, 33, a bearded, bespectacled computer programmer who thwarted hackers, said he was suddenly being asked to join a sweeping overhaul of the Russian military last year. Under a new doctrine, the nation’s … [Read more…]

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Jill Stein continues to push for the election recount

The Green Party presidential candidate, Jill Stein managed to raise 7 million dollars to challenge the election results in three swing states (Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan) citing that the election was hacked by the Russians and claim the voting machines have been tampered with. So far the recount in Pennsylvania has netted Clinton with five additional votes. The other … [Read more…]

by · · Editorial Cartoon

CIA chief warns Trump: Scrapping Iran deal ‘height of folly’

The director of the CIA has warned US President-elect Donald Trump that ending the Iran nuclear deal would be "disastrous" and "the height of folly." In a BBC interview, John Brennan also advised the new president to be wary of Russia's promises, blaming Moscow for much of the suffering in Syria. In his campaign, Mr Trump threatened to scrap the Iran deal and also hinted at … [Read more…]

by · · Foreign Policy