Section: Cyberwar and security
Ukraine developing anti-cyberattack security system
Information security and cybersecurity are an overriding priority for the country, which is experiencing a state of a hybrid war, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov said in an interview with LB.ua. ”The first stage is passed. Today, a powerful system of protection of public resources is being...
U.S. accuses Russia of directing cyberattacks to `interfere` with elections
The United States for the first time has publicly accused Russia of orchestrating a string of cyberattacks targeting U.S. political organizations and prominent current and former officials in what Washington called a bid ”to interfere with the U.S. election process,” according to Radio Liberty. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence...
Reuters: SWIFT discloses more cyber thefts, pressures banks on security
SWIFT, the global financial messaging system, on Tuesday disclosed new hacking attacks on its member banks as it pressured them to comply with security procedures instituted after February`s high-profile $81 million heist at Bangladesh Bank, Reuters reported. In a private letter to clients, SWIFT said that new cyber-theft attempts – some of...
ABC News: FBI warns of cyberattacks on state election boards
The FBI is warning all states to tighten security measures related to their online election systems after hackers successfully infiltrated one state board of election and targeted another, according to ABC News. ”The FBI is requesting that states contact their Board of Elections and determine if any similar activity … has been detected,”...
”Russian trace” in cyber attacks on Ukraine companies: NSDC
Cyber attacks on Ukrainian companies were developed in Russia for at the very least six months, Valentyn Petrov, head of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine`s information security department, said in an interview with Germany`s ZDF, the NSDC press service reported. ”It was a process that lasted for at least six months,...
European Union Must Integrate Cybersecurity Efforts to Protect Energy Assets
In December of 2015, a sophisticated cyberattack on Ukraine’s power grid caused outages that left nearly 225,000 citizens without power. The malicious software used in the attack was traced back to Russian groups, making the intrusion a stunning realization of the threat posed by cyberattacks. Though this event called attention to the...
Chinese economic cyber-espionage switches from U.S. to Russia, Ukraine
The Chinese government appears to be abiding by its September pledge to stop supporting the hacking of American trade secrets to help companies there compete, private U.S. security executives and government advisors said on Monday, according to Reuters. FireEye Inc., the U.S. network security company best known for fighting sophisticated Chinese...
Singapore plans internet shutdown on government computers after ”sophisticated” cyber attacks
Singapore`s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says that the country is to cut off internet access for government employees` work computers to protect government data after some ”very sophisticated” cyber attacks, according to Reuters. The move will come into force from May next year and affect about 100,000 computers in use in the public service in...
Ukraine creates National Center for Cyber Security
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree ”On the National Coordination Center for Cyber Security,” according to the president`s press service. The activities of the center will ensure coordination of activities of the agencies involved in the National Security and Defense of Ukraine in the framework of the Cyber Security Strategy...
Reuters: Germany says Russia probably behind cyber attack on Bundestag
Russian intelligence agencies were probably responsible for a massive cyber attack on Germany`s lower house of parliament last year which forced its computer systems to be shut down for days, Germany`s domestic intelligence agency said on Friday, according to Reuters. The agency, known as the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution...
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