Cyber Security

Beijing's Bitskrieg: China's Revolution in Cyber Warfare

Jorge Benitez | May 15, 2013
China is on something of a long march in cyberspace

From John Arguilla, Foreign Policy:  What's coming from Beijing is, in a word, "bitskrieg." The Pentagon report describes this as a three-phase process.

Surge of Cyberattacks from the Middle East Against US Corporations

Jorge Benitez | May 14, 2013
The attackers’ aim is not espionage but sabotage

From David E. Sanger and Nicole Perlroth, New York Times:  A new wave of cyberattacks is striking American corporations, prompting warnings from federal officials, including a vague one issued last week by the Department of Homeland Security.

U.S. directly blames China’s military for cyberattacks

Jorge Benitez | May 07, 2013
Pentagon: Some cyberattacks against the U.S. "appear to be attributable directly to the Chinese government and military"

From David E. Sanger, New York Times:  The Obama administration on Monday explicitly accused China’s military of mounting attacks on American government computer systems and defense contractors, saying one motive could be to map “military capabilities that could be exploited during a crisis.”

U.S. military academies groom new officers for war in cyberspace

Jorge Benitez | April 30, 2013
U.S. is educating a generation of future commanders in the theory and practice of computer warfare

From AP:  The US service academies are ramping up efforts to groom a new breed of cyberspace warriors to confront increasing threats to the nation’s military and civilian computer networks that control everything from electrical power grids to the banking system.

Pro-Assad Syrian hackers launching cyber-attacks on western media

Jorge Benitez | April 30, 2013
The SEA is believed to be financed by Bashar Assad's cousin, Rami Makhlouf

From  Nick Hopkins and Luke Harding, Guardian:  The Guardian has come under a cyber-attack from Syrian hackers who have targeted a series of western media organisations in an apparent effort to cause disruption and spread support for President Bashar al-Assad's regime.

France releases Defense White Paper: Hollande to cut 24,000 military jobs

Jorge Benitez | April 29, 2013
France will remain the second-largest defense force by spending in the European Union

From Greg Keller, AP:  France said Monday it will cut another 24,000 military jobs by 2019 as it attempts to maintain a force ready to deal with global threats at the time when the bill for France's decades of deficit spending is due.

NATO team wins cyber defense exercise

Jorge Benitez | April 26, 2013
NATO's Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence is in Estonia

From NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence:  International Cyber Defence Exercise Locked Shields ended yesterday evening with NATO’s Blue Team receiving the first place among the ten teams participating.

Navy's newest warship has cyber vulnerabilities: official

Jorge Benitez | April 26, 2013
USS Freedom

From Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters:  The computer network on the U.S. Navy's newest class of coastal warships showed vulnerabilities in Navy cybersecurity tests

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