Chris Demchak, a professor at the US Naval War College wrote an article on Defense One, where he deals with the dangers in cyber space by "devious" adversaries of Western democracies. The American professor links the security of national strategic infrastructures to their economic development. Cyber in the military world is expanding in democracies [...]
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NATO's cyber blue team won Locked Shields 2018, the world's largest cyber-attack exercise, in Tallin, Estonia, last week. Organized by NATO's Center of Excellence for Cyber Defense Cooperation (CCD COE), the exercise engaged participants to respond to and counter high-intensity attacks [...]
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(by Alessandro Rugolo) The WebStresser.org site was deactivated yesterday following a joint operation by the Dutch police, the British National Crime Agency, Europol and law enforcement agencies from various countries around the world. On the Webstresser.org site, subscription "services" of DDoS (Distributed Denial of service) were sold starting from a minimum of 15,00 [...]
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For the first time in its history, the UK has launched its first military-style cyber campaign against an adversary, according to the director of the country's leading cybersecurity agency. The target of the campaign was the Islamic State, the Sunni Muslim militant group which is also known as the Islamic State of Iraq [...]
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Faced with the growing degree of interconnection that characterizes modern societies and a threat that has continued to be increasingly sophisticated and persistent, the national cyber architecture has undergone changes aimed at further strengthening the country's cyber defense capabilities ". The traditional presentation [...] was held this morning at Palazzo Chigi
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Pyeongchang Winter Olympics organizers confirmed Sunday that the Games fell victim to a cyber attack during Friday's opening ceremony but refused to reveal the source. The systems of the Games, including internet and television services, were affected by the hack two days ago, but the organizers have [...]
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If you're planning a weekend on Netflix while chilling out with loved ones, be aware that the branding is used by scammers to frame unsuspecting users! Phishers have been targeting this popular brand for a year, trying to trick users into handing over their credentials and payment information, […]
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Speaking at the International Cybersecurity Conference, FBI Director Christopher Wray highlighted an increase in nation-state attacks and strong encryption that limits office investigations. An increase in nation-state-sponsored cyber-intrusion attacks, an increasing frequency of "mixed threats" involving nation-states hiring criminals [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The 2017 hacker attacks seem to have come out of an American action and espionage film. If 2017 was notable for the escalation and proliferation of cyberattacks, everyone is wondering what will happen in 2018? The so-called WannaCry attack in May was the beginning of the fear of massive attacks [...]
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Russia active to interfere with elections in Germany: German intelligence at work to prevent hybrid attacks The Bavarian State Office for the Protection of the Constitution (LFV) warns that in the elections in 2017 (parliamentary elections of 24 September 2017) and 2018 (election state in Bavaria in autumn 2018) strengthened the websites of [...]
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