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Pentagon calls off new medal for drone, cyber warriors
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Monday cancelled a new combat medal for US troops who launch drone strikes or cyber attacks after a torrent of criticism from veterans and lawmakers. Hagel opted to scrap the new “Distinguished Warfare Medal” for a pin or device that could be added to existing medals to recognize service members [...]
Probe says North Korea behind cyber attack: Seoul
An official investigation into a major cyber attack on South Korean banks and broadcasters last month has determined North Korea’s military intelligence agency was responsible, officials said Wednesday. The probe into access records and the malicious codes used in the attack pointed to the North’s military Reconnaissance General Bureau as the source, the Korea Internet [...]
Cyber Effort Under Way to Safeguard Infrastructure, DoD
The Defense Department continues to work toward transformation into a joint information environment with defense industry and interagency partners, a senior DOD official said here today. Robert J. Carey, the Defense Department’s principal deputy chief information officer, discussed the government’s information technology efforts to protect the nation’s cyberspace during a panel at the 12th annual [...]
China’s PLA controls hackers: US IT security firm
China’s army controls hundreds if not thousands of virulent and cutting-edge hackers, according to a report Tuesday by a US Internet security firm that traced a host of cyberattacks to an anonymous building in Shanghai. Mandiant said its hundreds of investigations showed that groups hacking into US newspapers, government agencies, and companies “are based primarily [...]
Cybersecurity battle looms after Obama directive
President Barack Obama’s order aimed at ramping up protection from cyberattacks will address only a small portion of threats and sets up a fresh battle in Congress over legislation. Obama acted this week after two failed attempts in Congress to pass measures to protect critical infrastructure from computer attacks. US administration officials and lawmakers acknowledge [...]
Obama moves to defend infrastructure from cyberattacks
Warning that cyberattacks pose a danger to US security, President Barack Obama signed an executive order on Tuesday designed to better protect critical infrastructure from computer hackers. Obama, in his annual State of the Union speech to a joint session of the US Congress, said the United States is facing a “rapidly growing threat from [...]
Kaspersky finds ‘Red October’ virus targeting EEurope
Kaspersky Lab said Monday it had identified a new computer virus it dubbed “Red October” targeting eastern European countries that appeared to be collecting classified files using NATO and EU encryption. “The primary focus of this campaign targets countries in Eastern Europe, former USSR Republics, and countries in Central Asia, although victims can be found [...]
Hackers hit UN atomic agency server, post expert details
The UN atomic agency said Wednesday that hackers had accessed one of its computer servers and posted the contact details of some of the watchdog’s experts online. International Atomic Energy Agency spokeswoman Gill Tudor said “some contact details” related to experts working with the IAEA were published Sunday on a hacker site. The hackers posted [...]
DOD Notifies Troops of South Carolina Cyber Intrusions
The Defense Department and South Carolina officials are notifying military members and families who paid state income taxes there that they may have been victims of information/identity theft as a result of several recent cyber intrusions. South Carolina’s Department of Revenue reported nearly four million Social Security numbers and several hundred thousand credit and debit [...]
