Regin, a top-tier espionage tool that enables stealthy surveillance, was used to spy on governments, businesses, researchers and individuals since 2008, Symantec said in its official blog post today. An advanced piece of malware, known as Regin, has been used in systematic spying campaigns against a range of international targets...
The Indian state of Goa's government websites were hacked by allegedly Palestinian hackers today. Six websites from various departments were reportedly targeted
The US State Department has shut down its entire unclassified email system after detecting a breach in its computer network. According to reports, the “activity of concern” was detected in the system concurrently with another cyber attack which hit the network at the White House computer network
NATO launched its largest ever multinational cyber defence exercise, “Cyber Coalition 2014” on 18 November. The three-day training event will test the Alliances ability to defend its networks from the various challenges that exist when operating in the contested cyber domain
General Dynamics C4 Systems' Trusted Network Environment (TNE), version 11-S cyber-defense software, is now being used by the U.S
Iran announced Monday that it has successfully flight-tested a copy of a US reconnaissance drone captured in 2011. The RQ-170 Sentinel was downed by Iranian electronic warfare systems, which convinced the aircraft to land in Iran instead of its designated home military base after it entered the countrys airspace from neighboring Afghanistan
Chinas soon-to-be debuted J-31 fighter aircraft will be powered by the Russian-made RD-93 engine. Rosoboronexports Air Force Equipment Export Department Head Sergey Kornev, "J-31 with the Russian engine RD-93 is considered to be an export program, able to compete with the American F-35 fifth generation aircraft on the regional markets
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Boeing has proven its new anti-jamming communications technology is capable of operating as either a ground-based user terminal or satellite-based networking hub, enabling the military to send and receive secure communications at a significantly lower cost by using existing terminals and satellites. The anti-jam technology uses a protected tactical waveform, which shields signals from interference by adversaries or cyber-terrorists
The Indian government has dedicated a budget of $16. 2 million to increase cyber security and cyber defense in the country
China is implementing stronger cybersecurity measures as cyber attacks grow more rampant and deadly. Lu Wei, minister of cyberspace, told a Beijing press conference last week that in the past month 10,000 websites had been hacked in China, 80 per cent of which were government sites
Chinas smartphone-maker Xiaomi plans to launch a data center in India to (and store data) Indian users after the Indian Air Force expressed security concerns over the phone automatically sending user data to its servers in China. In an official press release, the company stated: “We believe the advisory circular issued by IAF is based on events about 3 months back