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Northrop Grumman To Highlight Upgraded Helicopter Cockpit, Other Capabilities At IDEX 2015

February 22, 2015 @ 06:45 AM

Northrop Grumman will showcase a range of systems including airborne early warning and control, C4ISR, radars, defence electronics, cyber security and an upgraded helicopter cockpit at IDEX 2015. The company will also feature leading maritime capabilities, including mine-countermeasure solutions ALMDS and AQS-24, at NAVDEX, the naval defence and maritime security section...

Kaspersky Report Exposes US Security Agency Of Cyber Spying Operations

February 17, 2015 @ 01:56 PM

Kaspersky has exposed a series of US cyber-espionage operations using spying software to eavesdrop various institutions globally. The exposé might have major repercussions on the US companies having their offices in China

Iran Created ‘Shamoon’ Malware By Learning From ‘Stuxnet’ Attack

February 11, 2015 @ 12:13 PM

After suffering a devastating cyber attack by the ‘Stuxnet virus engineered by Israel and the US, Iran learnt from the experience to create the ‘Shamoon virus. The US National Security Administration (NSA) suspects that Iran's state hackers learned from previous attacks against its networks and created the ‘Shamoon virus which...

US To Set Up Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center

February 10, 2015 @ 12:44 PM

The US is set to announce the setting up of a Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center(CTIIC), a new department designed to protect US government and commercial interests from digital attacks. The CTIIC is said to be the outcome of President Obama pledge to bolster America's digital security in his...

Microsoft To Share Windows Source Code With Indian Army

February 4, 2015 @ 09:19 AM

The Indian Army will be using proprietary Windows source code of Microsoft with an aim to develop Secure Operating System. “Microsoft has agreed to give the source code

Pentagon To Store Non-Sensitive Data In Cloud

January 31, 2015 @ 11:59 AM

US Department of Defense will move its non-sensitive data to the cloud storage system in order to reduce costs and enhance security. “We are such a big market that they [commercial companies] will be willing to adapt their security to meet us

China’s New Cyber-security Framework to Guard Against US NSA Intrusion

January 31, 2015 @ 08:06 AM

Chinas new cyber-security framework which has upset US business groups may have been setup in response to alleged US intrusion into Chinese business and government networks. China recently announced that it is coming up with a framework or set of guidelines governing the transmission of data and government being able to access such transmission

NATO Reps Get Alliance's Cyber Response Demo

January 24, 2015 @ 12:18 PM

Permanent Representatives to the North Atlantic Council visited NATOs cyber defence centre in Mons, Belgium on Friday. The NATO ambassadors and Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow received briefings and a demonstration of NATO's Computer Incident Response Capability (NCIRC)

Tackling Cyber Attacks To Be Discussed At World Economic Forum In Davos

January 22, 2015 @ 01:07 PM

Protection of critical infrastructure from cyber attacks has become an important priority for world leaders, says Eugene Kaspersky, chairman and CEO of Kaspersky Lab Thursday. He will be addressing the most pressing issues facing cyber-security and how to address them during a panel session at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week

US, UK To ‘Cyber Attack’ One Another to Test Defenses Against ISIS...

January 17, 2015 @ 10:23 AM

The US and the UK will be launching cyber attacks against one another to test mutual defenses following last weeks hacking of social media accounts of the US militarys central command (CENTCOM) allegedly by ISIS sympathizers. Both the nations are looking to increase sharing of information about threats and to work out how to best protect them and create a system that lets hostile states and organization know they shouldn't attack, UK Prime Minister David Cameron said in an interview published by the BBC on Friday

Skeleton Key Malware A Threat To Active Directory Systems

January 15, 2015 @ 11:00 AM

Dell researchers have discovered a new malware, dubbed Skeleton Key which can bypass the authentication process on Active Directory systems. The research published by Dell SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit (CTU) team this week, identify Skeleton Key malware as a deceiving tool for the hackers to find a way around AD systems single factor authentication - in other words, systems that rely on passwords alone for security

France To Wiretap Exchanges On Social Media, Beef Up Domestic Surveillance

January 15, 2015 @ 10:55 AM

The French government is likely to intensify the search of cyber-criminals with the launch of a massive surveillance program to track exchanges that pass through social media, covering audio and video communications. Prime Minister Manuel Valls yesterday announced 54 measures his government was considering since the attacks last week on Charlie Hebdo magazine office

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