Viruses Infect U.S. Military Communications After Russian Programmers Write Code
Two US firms have been fined with a multi-million dollar suit for employing Russian computer programmers to write computer software for US military communications systems who are believed to have infected the Pentagons communication systems with viruses. US Army contractor John C
China in Espionage Spat with UK, Japan
While China is being accused of using honey trap and cyber-espionage tactics to steal UKs military secrets, China has started a counter-espionage hotline to report suspected spies in the nation. China recently arrested four Japanese who were accused of spying
Sysorex Wins AirPatrol CyberSecurity Agreement From US Government Agency
Sysorex has secured a $1 million agreement with a US Government agency for the AirPatrol ZoneDefense mobile device detection and locationing system. ZoneDefense will be used to help secure sensitive buildings from cybersecurity and data leakage threats posed by rogue mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets and other items capable of...
Russian Spy-Group Tried Hacking MH17 Investigation
A Cyber-spy group is reported to have attempted to hack the Dutch Safety Board officials computers tasked with the MH17 air crash investigation. Pawn Storm, a Russian spy group believed to have close connections with the Russian government reportedly targeted the Dutch agency before and after the safety board published their...
Israel Using “Digital HUMINT” To Spy On Palestinian Troublemakers
Israeli intelligence officers are tapping into social media sites under a false names to connect with those about to stab, run down or shoot Israelis. Along with the undercover agents in the field, there is a new generation of Israeli “digital HUMINT” officers who are updated on the latest trends among...
US To Set Up Cyber Equivalent Of Joint Munitions Effectiveness Manual By...
A US program office to develop a plan to oversee the testing of offensive cyber weapons could be set up as early as April next year for $30 million. Michael Gilmore, director of operational test and evaluation at the Office of the Secretary of Defense during a keynote address at the Cyber Risk Standards Summit In Arlington Tuesday said, “A program office could be stood up as soon as April, and at the cost of about $30 million, to develop a plan to oversee the testing of offensive cyber weapons which would inform the analog of the Joint Munitions Effectiveness Manual...
Russia To Introduce Software To Detect ISIL Recruiters On Social Media
Russian researchers are working on new computer software that will trawl social networks for IS militant recruiters. The researchers are working on reconstructing the profile of a potential recruiter to Islamic state through social networks
US To Establish Cyber Mission Force By 2018
The US Department of Defense is planning to establish a massive Cyber Mission Force by 2018 to prevent cyber crimes against the country. The Department officials said in hearing at the US House Armed Services Committee that Cyber Mission Force would comprise of some 68 Cyber Protection Teams that would help to defend the Defense Departments networks from cyberattacks, Sputnik reported
Internet Control Fast Becoming the First Line of Homeland Defense
Governments around the world are looking to control the internet as the first line of defense against internal dissent and external threats to their communications and knowledge infrastructure. State agencies often try to build a bizarre web of controls to know who is sending what message and intercept it if needed
Raytheon Bags $1 Billion Cyber Security Contract From US Homeland Security
Raytheon has won a $1 billion contract from the US department of Homeland Security to Provide Mission Critical Cybersecurity Solutions. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has selected Raytheon to be the prime contractor and systems integrator for the agency's Network Security Deployment (NSD) Division
Airbus Ventures With Atos For IT Security
Airbus signed a strategic partnership with French IT service company Atos to develop security systems against computer attacks. The Airbus Defense and Space announced Monday that it is venturing with Atos for providing "products, services and solutions designed to counteract cyber-attacks" to clients, and increase their stake in "the growing cyber security market estimated to be worth $84 billion" or 75 billion euros by 2016
US Sanctions Threat May Have Forced China To Sign Cyber Security Deal
China may have agreed to co-operate with the US over Cyber Security due to threat of economic sanctions against the nation. The Obama administration was able to extract the agreement under threat of sanctions should China not sign the agreement which among other things forces Beijing to prosecute Chinese officials and private citizens involved in cyber threat or espionage against the US, various US media reported
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Russia's Growing Influence in Africa: Arms Sales and Military Bases
Russia's expanding influence in Africa, demonstrated by arms sales, military deployments, and diplomatic engagements, reflects a significant geopolitical shift on...
Development Trends in Unmanned Surface Vessels
Unmanned surface vessels (USVs) have caught the attention of the world following their spectacular success in sinking Russian warships in...
Have Iran-Israel Missile Attacks Enabled Mutual Deterrence?
Iran's April 13-14 missile strike against Israel marks a paradigm shift in Tehran's approach to Israel; from previously relying on...
Free Flight to Russian Hypersonic Missiles as America's Own Hypersonics Program Delayed to 2027
As Russian Aerospace Forces pummeled Ukrainian positions in mid-March 2024 with hypersonic missiles, the Pentagon's own hypersonics program faces delays,...
Counter-trade, Undisclosed Deals May be Masking Russia’s Arms Export Numbers
A Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SPIRI) report last week reported a steep fall in Russias arms exports- pushed to...