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U.S. authorities on Wednesday eyed North Korea as the origin of the widespread cyber attack that overwhelmed government Web sites in the United States and South Korea, although they warned it would be difficult to definitively identify the attackers quickly.
U.S. authorities trying to unravel the widespread cyber attacks against government Web sites in the United States and South Korea this week are facing a lengthy, complex investigation that may never identify a culprit, at least not one they would be willing to reveal.
The powerful Internet attack that overwhelmed computers at U.S. and South Korean government agencies for days was even broader than initially realized, pestering the White House, the Pentagon and the New York Stock Exchange and shutting down other official Web sites.
South Korea is learning more about the mysterious cyber attacks that targeted the country and its ally the United States, but the ultimate question of who the instigators are remained elusive.
A widespread computer attack that began July 4 knocked out the Web sites of the Treasury Department, the Secret Service and other U.S. government agencies, according to officials inside and outside the government.
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory revealed on Thursday that a "sophisticated cyber attack" over the last few weeks may have allowed personal information about thousands of lab visitors to be stolen.
Should the President Have a Big Red Button for the Internet?The question posed in this article is should the president of the United States have a big red button to cut off the internet. A very interesting thought, as the net could impose a huge threat in times of extreme emergencies. You decide for yourself. I personally think NO!
Cyberattacks Hit U.S. and South Korean Web SitesCyberattacks that have crippled the Web sites of several major American and South Korean government agencies since the July 4th holiday weekend appear to have been launched by a hostile group or government, South Korea's main government spy agency said on Wednesday.
US fears cyber attack the mostMore than anything else, United States fears a cyber attack that might as well bring down the state structures in the world's strongest democracy like a house of sand.
A Cyber-Attack on an American CityJust after midnight on Thursday, April 9, unidentified attackers climbed down four manholes serving the Northern California city of Morgan Hill and cut eight fiber cables in what appears to have been an organized attack on the electronic infrastructure of an American city.
Cyber Security and Social Networking can Coexist says Defense DepartmentFears of cyber-attacks should not keep the Defense Department from embracing social networking technologies, says a recent report from the National Defense University. The benefits that Web 2.0 social networking tools offer outweigh the risks, said Mark Drapeau, associate resear …
US electricity grid hit by cyber attacksCHINESE and Russian cyber-spies have hacked into the US electricity grid and inserted programs that could be used to disrupt the system, a report says.
Cyberspies Penetrate Electrical Grid: ReportCyberspies have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and left behind software programs that could be used to disrupt the system, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. More Articles
Will bill give Obama control of Internet? Proposed new powers called 'drastic federal intervention'. April 04, 2009 10:35 pm Eastern By Drew Zahnpair of bills introduced in the U.S. Senate would grant the White House sweeping new powers to access private online data, regulate the cybersecurity industry and even shut down Internet traffic during a declared "cyber emergency."
Turning on the News this morning with my hot cup of Joe, I hear the worst News: The Chinese are Cyber Spying using ghost networks to operate Embassy computers in over 100 countries including the US and NATO.
Researchers Uncover International Cyber-Spy NetworkSecurity researchers said they have discovered software capable of stealing information installed on computers in 103 countries, an apparently coordinated cyber-attack that targeted the office of the Dalai Lama and government agencies around the world. More Articles
Pentagon readies its cyberwar defencesCYBER-ATTACKS on a nation's military and commercial computers have grown a lot more sophisticated since the days of the lone hacker targeting a system's defences just for the thrill of it.Nowadays, electronic attacks are increasingly seen as a cheap and easy way for one nation to …
U.S. Unprepared for... a Cyber Attack?One of the most difficult challenges facing the U.S. government today is the constant threat of cyber attacks from tech savvy rivals such as China.
BREAKING: Pentagon Hit by Unprecedented Cyber Attack This is a breaking/developing story...
Russian spy in Nato could have passed on missile defence and cyber-war secrets. by Roger Boyes in Berlin. November 16, 2008Herman Simm, 61, an Estonian defence ministry official who was arrested in September, was responsible for handling all of his country's classified information at Nato, giving him access to every top-secret graded document from other alliance countries.
Georgian cyberattacks suggest Russian involvementThe hackers who launched cyberattacks against the former Soviet republic of Georgia two months ago probably had links to the Russian government, even though no hard evidence has been uncovered of official involvement, a report by an all-volunteer group of experts said Friday.
Before the Gunfire, Cyberattacks -GeorgiaWeeks before bombs started falling on Georgia, a security researcher in suburban Massachusetts was watching an attack against the country in cyberspace.
Breaking: Iran's elections under cyber-attacksThe Iranian Interior Minister says a group of hackers launched a cyber-attack on the Ministry's computers on March 14, the election day.
US holds largest ever simulated cyber-attack exercise'' US officials said Thursday that "real and growing" threats to US computer and telecommunications networks were behind the holding of the largest-ever cyber-security exercises this week. ADVERTISEMENT
US approves standards to keep electric grid hacker-freeTo date, cyber attacks haven't had a huge effect on the national grid. FERC notes, in its usual bureaucratic style, that "poor vegetation management" has caused most of the problems relating to past regional blackouts.
Worldwide Hacking War May Be UnderwayWar is a horror we see enough of, but must some wars be waged in a highly restrictive manner? Elements of Russia seem to have waged a cyber-attack on a small Baltic nation, but was the attack 'official' (whatever that means) and if so, what is the appropriate form of retaliation? …
Sources: Staged cyber attack reveals vulnerability in power grid - CNN.comResearchers who launched an experimental cyber attack caused a generator to self-destruct, alarming the federal government and electrical industry about what might happen if such an attack were carried out on a larger scale
Chinese hackers cyber-attacking British government networks LONDON (AFP) — Chinese computer hackers are infiltrating British government networks, giving them access to secret information, according to media reports on Thursday.
Chinese military hacked into PentagonThat this type of attack happens should surprise no one - that this attack was so successful should concern everyone.
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