Tag Archives: Cyber Command
Hacker conference to bar FBI, intelligence services
The main Def Con event that takes place in Las Vegas from 1 August and will see 15,000 hackers debate security topics and demonstrate their coding prowess. The convention had been an “open nexus” where government security staffers and law enforcement agents could freely mix and share ideas with the other hackers, researchers and security […]
Pentagon Cyber Command hints at internet “kill switch”
The Pentagon is updating its classified rules for warfare in cyberspace for the first time in seven years. “If the nation’s critical infrastructure came under attack from poisonous code over a computer network from overseas, the first effort would be gathering information on the malware and the systems under attack. Network defenses would be in […]
Anonymous avails Guantanamo hunger strike
The American military has turned off its wi-fi service inside the prison at Guantanamo Bay following threats by the hacker collective Anonymous. Anonymous had threatened to “disrupt activities” at the base, in solidarity with the prisoners on hunger strike. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22608083 It launched “Operation Guantanamo” on Saturday, 18 May. The Anonymous three-day campaign began on the […]
Cyber Command a cyber threat to privacy
The military’s newly created Cyber Command is establishing 13 teams of programmers and computer experts who could carry out offensive cyberattacks. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/13/us/intelligence-official-warns-congress-that-cyberattacks-pose-threat-to-us.html?ref=world. ”Such surveillance is bound to raise more debate with privacy advocates, who fear government monitoring of the origin and the addressing data on most e-mail messages and other computer exchanges. ” “I would […]
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