Israel is now a cybersecurity superpower and here’s how it happened
(Cyberwar.news) Israel’s rise as one of the world’s leaders in cybersecurity has been boosted by cooperation between the military, government, education, and private sectors, a level of partnership unmatched in the Western world, the Washington Post reported Saturday. (Article by The Tower, republished from http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20160518-how-israel-became-a-cybersecurity-superpower) Israel’s cybersecurity sector is now worth half a billion dollars annually — second only to the Read More
Your “dirty” cash will soon be extinct: for your safety, of course.
Here’s the latest pronouncement from the elite ivory tower of the Bloomberg editors: “Cash had a pretty good run for 4,000 years or so. These days, though, notes and coins increasingly seem declasse; they’re dirty and dangerous, unwieldy and expensive, antiquated and so very analog.” Yes indeed. Cash is, as they say, “déclassé,” a characteristic of the lower classes. Hmm, Read More
China criticizes Pentagon annual report on Chinese military island-building, cybersecurity breaches
(Cyberwar.news) BEIJING (Reuters) – China condemned the U.S. Defense Department’s annual report on the Chinese military on Sunday, calling it deliberate distortion that has “severely damaged” mutual trust. In its annual report to Congress on Chinese military activities, the U.S. Defense Department said on Friday that China is expected to add substantial military infrastructure, including communications Read More
Survey: Three in four Americans fear cyberattacks most after ISIS terrorism
(Cyberwar.news) While a new survey found that most Americans fear the Islamic State’s brand of terrorism, three-in-four also fear something else nearly as much: Cyber attacks. In a recent survey, Pew Research asked 2,000 Americans to react to various potential international threats, and ISIS was No. 1 again, just like last year. But this year, Read More
Obama cyber security policies producing few results because president refuses to act
(Cyberwar.news) Despite recent indictments of Syrians and Iranians for cyber attacks against U.S. infrastructure and government networks, overall the Obama administration’s cybersecurity strategies aimed at thwarting foreign hackers has largely failed, say experts and observers. As reported by the Washington Free Beacon, in March the Justice Department indicted a pair of hacker groups – one Read More
Hackers can use ransomware to hijack hospital equipment and harm or kill patients
(Cyberwar.news) An anonymous member of Kaspersky Lab’s research team has disclosed how easy it is for cyber-criminals to alter the way medical devices work, putting the lives of patients at risk, and potentially costing hospitals hundreds of thousands of dollars. Computer hackers have deployed a malicious piece of malware known as ransomware against hospitals in both the Read More
Data breaches at IRS lead some lawmakers to call for director’s resignation
(Cyberwar.news) In the wake of a Government Accountability Office study which found IRS data-security measures left sensitive taxpayer information “unnecessarily vulnerable” to hackers, Rep. Barbara Comstock, R-Va., called for the resignation of the agency’s director. In a statement, Comstock said IRS Commissioner John Koskinen “has provided little confidence that cybersecurity is a top priority at the Read More
Report: U.S. government performs worse than all major industries on cyber security
(Cyberwar.news) WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. federal, state and local government agencies rank in last place in cyber security when compared against 17 major private industries, including transportation, retail and healthcare, according to a new report released Thursday. The analysis, from venture-backed security risk benchmarking startup SecurityScorecard, measured the relative security health of government and industries Read More
Obama signs order extending cybersecurity state of emergency
(Cyberwar.news) President Obama signed a new executive order last week extending a cybersecurity state of emergency, which came on the heels of a government indictment against seven Iranian hackers accused of targeting U.S. financial and utilities infrastructure. As reported by FierceGovernmentIT, the order extends the emergency for one year and gives the government authority to Read More
GAO: Healthcare.gov systems experienced 316 “incidents” since 2013
(Cyberwar.news) A report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) calls for changes to security policy for the Healthcare.gov website, after 316 “security incidents” were documented between October 2013 and March 2015. The report, released Wednesday, was immediately followed by a letter from the chairs of eight Senate committees (all Republican), requesting the Department of Health and Read More
