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CNET
April 24, 2018
Spies are just like the rest of us: Robots are gunning for their jobs too. According to a CNN report, today's CIA agents are more likely to be tracked electronically than tailed by real people. Worse, this surveillance is constant, since machines can work around the clock. And the threat of cyberspies is far fromÃâà...
The Edge Markets MY
April 24, 2018
HONG KONG: Chinese hackers have targeted Japanese defence companies, possibly to get information on Tokyo's policy toward resolving the North Korean nuclear impasse, according to cybersecurity firm FireEye Inc. The attacks are suspected to come from a group known as APT10, a China-basedÃâà...
The Japan Times
April 23, 2018
Chinese cyberspies allegedly targeted Japanese defense firms for North Korea secrets: report Chinese hackers are said to have targeted Japanese defense companies, possibly to get information on Tokyo's policy toward resolving the North Korean nuclear impasse, according to a report by cybersecurityÃâà...
Express.co.uk
April 17, 2018
The dictator has recruited a group of highly intelligent cyber warfare graduates from a top military institution, Mangyongdae Revolutionary Academy to work "undercover" in North Korean embassies overseas and raid financial institutions. The young recruits have been set missions in major countries - one ofÃâà...
PCMag
April 17, 2018
Your old internet router may be the perfect spy tool for the Kremlin. On Monday, the US and UK warned that Russian state-sponsored hackers are exploiting unpatched and legacy routers to commit cyberespionage across the world. Targets include governments, businesses, critical infrastructure providersÃâà...
Pawhuska Journal Capital
April 4, 2018
WASHINGTON (TNS) — A senior leader in Russia's spy agency, wanted by the FBI and suspected to be linked to Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, has agreed to plead partially guilty to sharing information with foreign intelligence, according to a Russian media report. The Russian news site RBCÃâà...
The Hill
April 4, 2018
Chinese espionage activity is posing a challenge for the Trump administration as it seeks to crack down on China for allegedly unfair trade practices, including persistent cyber intrusions targeting U.S. businesses. While China has largely stopped hacking into U.S. companies to steal intellectual property inÃâà...
Examiner Enterprise
April 3, 2018
WASHINGTON (TNS) — A senior leader in Russia's spy agency, wanted by the FBI and suspected to be linked to Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, has agreed to plead partially guilty to sharing information with foreign intelligence, according to a Russian media report. The Russian news site RBCÃâà...
McClatchy Washington Bureau
April 2, 2018
A senior leader in Russia's spy agency, wanted by the FBI and suspected to be linked to Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, has agreed to plead partially guilty to sharing information with foreign intelligence, according to a Russian media report. The Russian news site RBC reported Monday thatÃâà...
Chico Enterprise-Record
March 24, 2018
But as talented as Putin's team of cyberspies may be, it is not his greatest asset. His real super-weapon is our complacency. While our top intelligence analysts have been saying for months now that Russian hackers pose a grave threat to our democracy, much of the public doesn't seem deeply concerned.
VICE News
March 24, 2018
The Communications Security Establishment — Canada's NSA — has confirmed the findings of U.S. officials that Canadian targets were compromised by Iranian state-hackers, and is conducting its own investigation into the cyberattacks. Early Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed chargesÃâà...
Sudbury.com
March 23, 2018
OTTAWA — The head of Canada's cyberspy agency says new powers proposed by the Trudeau government would let her institution stop cyberattacks before they are launched — instead of having to sit back and wait for them to happen. Communications Security Establishment chief Greta BossenmaierÃâà...
CBC.ca
March 22, 2018
The head of Canada's cyberspy agency says new powers proposed by the Trudeau government would allow her institution to stop cyberattacks before they are launched — instead of having to sit back and wait for them to happen. Communications Security Establishment chief Greta Bossenmaier made theÃâà...
Gadgets Now
March 16, 2018
Chinese cyber spy group targeting US engineering, maritime firms: Report ... "FireEye found a group of Chinese cyber-spies that appear to specialise in collecting data on maritime industries, and more broadly, the engineering sector, Fred Plan, Senior Analyst at FireEye, said in a statement. TEMP.
Financial Express
March 16, 2018
“FireEye found a group of Chinese cyber-spies that appear to specialise in collecting data on maritime industries, and more broadly, the engineering sector, Fred Plan, Senior Analyst at FireEye, said in a statement. TEMP.Periscope had gone quiet like many other Chinese groups after the Barack Obama-XiÃâà...
McClatchy Washington Bureau
March 15, 2018
Federal prosecutors call it a “naming and shaming” strategy against hackers working for adversary nations, but former U.S. cyber spies worry they will be the ones ending up in a foreign prison. Repeatedly in recent years, U.S. prosecutors have filed criminal charges against hackers working for foreignÃâà...
The Register
March 6, 2018
A sophisticated mystery hacker group is using tactics more familiar to the world of cyber espionage to earn millions through mining malware. Kaspersky Lab researchers report that cybercrooks have begun using infection methods and techniques borrowed from targeted attacks in order to install miningÃâà...
PerthNow
March 5, 2018
SUICIDAL thoughts and depression, viewing pornography and searches to buy or sell drugs are the most common incidents detected by a global online program used by eight WA high schools to monitor the computer use of about 9000 students. The WA schools have signed up to UK-based companyÃâà...
The Local Germany
March 2, 2018
Cyber spies belonging to the Russian hacker group "APT28" are said to have attacked the federal government's sensitive data network. This is what we know so far. What we know. The security authorities first noticed the attack in mid-December. It is said to have begun no later than summer 2017 - in theÃâà...
San Francisco Chronicle
March 2, 2018
The country's top cyber spy has disturbing news. Despite Russia's past and present meddling in American elections, the White House isn't pushing for counter measures to blunt Moscow's conduct. Most Popular. 1. Warriors' new arena gives some season-ticket holders sticker... 2. Longtime Napa residentÃâà...
Canadian Underwriter
February 23, 2018
Sources say it's expected to involve Economic Development, Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and National Defence, as well as Canada's cyberspy agency. Budgetary cyber-commitments would arrive at a time of intensifying fears over hacking threats on many fronts – from the privacy of citizens,Ãâà...
CBS News
February 21, 2018
WASHINGTON -- CBS News learned details Wednesday of an ISIS plot to blow up a passenger jet last year. The attack never happened because Israeli cyber spies broke it up. Australian police raided several homes in summer 2017 linked to the plot and the arrests followed. On Wednesday, IsraeliÃâà...
Washington Examiner
February 20, 2018
A North Korean cyberspy group known as “Reaper” is rapidly expanding its operations and scope of capability posing a global threat to overseas networks, according to a new report from the California cybersecurity firm FireEye Inc. The group is also identified by FireEye as APT37 and has been activeÃâà...
Washington Examiner
February 20, 2018
A North Korean cyberspy group known as “Reaper” is rapidly expanding its operations and scope of capability posing a global threat to overseas networks, according to a new report from the California cybersecurity firm FireEye Inc. The group is also identified by FireEye as APT37 and has been activeÃâà...
Globalnews.ca
February 13, 2018
A senior official from Canada's cyberspy agency says proposed new powers would allow it to stop a terrorist's mobile phone from detonating a car bomb, block the ability of extremists to communicate, or prevent a foreign power from interfering in the country's democratic process. A Liberal bill would help theÃâà...
CBC.ca
February 13, 2018
A senior official from Canada's cyberspy agency says proposed new powers would allow it to stop a terrorist's mobile phone from detonating a car bomb, block the ability of extremists to communicate, or prevent a foreign power from interfering in the country's democratic process. Shelly Bruce, associateÃâà...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
February 8, 2018
WASHINGTON — Russian cyberspies pursuing the secrets of military drones and other sensitive U.S. defense technology tricked key contract workers into exposing their email to theft, an Associated Press investigation has found. What ultimately may have been stolen is uncertain, but the hackers clearlyÃâà...
Chicago Tribune
February 6, 2018
Russian cyberspies pursuing the secrets of military drones and other sensitive U.S. defense technology tricked key contract workers into exposing their email to theft, an Associated Press investigation has found. What ultimately may have been stolen is uncertain, but the hackers clearly exploited a nationalÃâà...
BBC News
December 20, 2017
The UK has substantially increased its hacking capabilities in recent years, an official report says. This includes the ability to attack other country's communications, weapons systems and even infrastructure. The details were revealed in the annual report of the Intelligence and Security Committee, whichÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
December 31, 1999
Johannesburg — A GLOBAL security company has uncovered a new cyber-espionage campaign attributed to the continuously developing tensions in the Middle East and North Africa. Kaspersky Lab unearthed the Operation Parliament, which it said was targeting high profile organisations from around theÃâà...
BBC News
December 31, 1999
If you want a job that rides the wave of the future, get hired by a firm that combats cyber-threats. Criminal and malicious hackers are endlessly inventive and every day despatch novel viruses and other digital threats into cyber-space to wreak havoc. Getting paid to tackle these is about as cutting edge as youÃâà...
The Times
December 31, 1999
America remains vulnerable to Russian efforts to influence its elections but President Trump has not ordered any new measures to counter the threat, according to the top US cyberspy. Admiral Michael Rogers, head of the National Security Agency and US Cyber Command, told a hearing of the SenateÃâà...
