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2015-02-24

Cyber Soldiers: UK Announces Creation Of The 77th Battalion

Cyberspace is a strategic domain for modern warfare, for this reason, the British Government has decided to create a new cyber unit composed of cyber experts, so-called "Facebook Warriors"

2015-02-18

North Korea Threatens 'Gangster' US With Nuclear Strikes, Cyber Warfare and Rules Out Talks

In an apparent reaction to recent comments from US President Barack Obama, who spoke of an eventual collapse of the North Korean regime, the country's National Defence Commission (NDC) said that Obama's statement revealed Washington's goal to "bring down" North Korea. NDC, the country's top military body, is headed by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

2015-02-19

Memex – The new search tool and for the Deep Web

DARPA has publicly presented for the first time a new set of search tools called Memex, which will improve also researches into the "Deep Web".

2015-02-19

Cyber Warfare: Technology backfires on the powerful.

Cyber warfare is fast becoming the most progressive military technology since the Second World War. This rapid progression raises the question of identifying which global actors benefit most from a new found cyber capability.

2015-02-18

US Cyber Intelligence Agency – Will it work?

The Obama administration is about to create a new agency to monitor cybersecurity threats and share data about possible attacks among government departments.

2015-02-05

Did the White House Use Drone Killing Technology?

At about 3 a.m. on Monday 26th January, a small quadcopter drone, or unmanned aerial vehicle, crashed on the White House lawn. White House officials said that the drone, by itself, was unarmed and didn't represent a threat

2015-02-05

US Military Is Building Advanced Military Drones

For the Pentagon, drones are cheaper to buy and to operate than regular fighter jets. An armed MQ-9 Reaper drone runs about $14 million, compared to $180 million or more for an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. But unlike barrel-rolling a jet, the business of actually operating a unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV, for the military is lonely, thankless, and incredibly difficult.

2015-01-29

NSA Director on Sony Hack: ‘The Entire World is Watching’

National Security Agency Director Admiral Michael Rogers expressed support Thursday for the United States’ economic sanctions against North Korea in response to the hack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, and called the attack against the movie studio a “game changer” for cybersecurity.

2015-01-27

Critical Infrasctructure: UK and US Power Grids - Under Cyber Attack Every Minute

The UK government is one step ahead of hackers trying to turn off the country’s lights, for now. The prospect of cyber-attacks on the nation’s power network is a major threat to the country’s security, according to James Arbuthnot, a member of parliament who chaired the Defense Select Committee until last year. He plans to visit National Grid Plc. (NG/) next month to discuss the issue.

2015-01-19

Dark Web thrives despite Operation Onymous

There is a part of the web that is still hidden from the majority of the Internet users, a so-called dark web that cannot be found by conventional search engines or accessed by standard browsers.

2015-01-08

FBI briefed on alternate Sony hack theory

FBI agents who are investigating the Sony Pictures hack were briefed recently by a security firm that says its research on the attacks points to laid-off Sony staff and not to North Korea, as the perpetrator.

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