DefenceTalkUS officials insisted Tuesday that a cyber attack late last year did not compromise White House classified systems, but refused to confirm reports Russia was behind the breach. “There was an event last year,” said deputy national security advisor Ben Rhodes. “We have classified systems that are secure,” “We don’t talk about where cyber intrusions […]https://www.defencetalk.com/white-house-says-classified-systems-not-hacked-63777/

DefenceTalkThe Department of Defense, or DoD, employees and their families should be vigilant when guarding personal and work information from expanding cyber-criminal activity, and to know how to recognize scammer tactics, the department’s chief information officer said. Terry A. Halvorsen issued a DoD-wide memorandum March 18 about the growing threat of cyber-crime “phishing” and “spear […]https://www.defencetalk.com/dod-warns-troops-families-to-be-cyber-crime-smart-63644/

DefenceTalkSouth Korea’s government accused North Korea Tuesday of carrying out cyber-attacks last December on its nuclear power plant operator, describing them as a provocation which threatened people’s lives and safety. “We condemn North Korea’s persistent cyber-terror targeting our country and the international community,” the unification ministry said after investigators concluded the North was behind the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-korea-accuses-north-of-cyber-attacks-on-nuclear-plants-63564/

DefenceTalkAttacks, counter-attacks, bombs, rescues, evacuations and logistics are all elements of conflict. For the participants of Key Resolve 2015 (KR15), these actions and other important elements of combat come through a buzzing hard drive rather than from a physical foe. The South Korean Air Force Simulation Center is set up with several components that make […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-south-korean-air-forces-sharpen-cyberspace-defense-63479/

DefenceTalkOver five years of U.S. Cyber Command operations, global movement of threat activity through cyberspace has blurred roles and relationships among government agencies, as well as between the public and private sectors and the real and virtual worlds, the Cybercom commander told a House panel. Navy Adm. Michael S. Rogers testified March 4 before the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/cybercom-chief-cyber-threats-blur-roles-relationships-63425/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea stepped up its rhetoric against the South Wednesday, warning that its neighbor would face a “most miserable end” if it joined the US in “a war of aggression” against Pyongyang. The threat follows a series of North Korean missile tests, reflecting escalating military tensions on the divided peninsula ahead of large-scale US-South Korea […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-warns-south-of-most-miserable-end-62928/

DefenceTalkUS Army cyber defenders released code to help detect and understand cyber attacks. The forensic analysis code called Dshell has been used, for nearly five years, as a framework to help the U.S. Army understand the events of compromises of Department of Defense networks. A version of Dshell was added to the GitHub social coding […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-cyber-defenders-open-source-code-in-new-github-project-62482/

DefenceTalkShortly after the secretary of the Army made Cyber a branch in September 2014, a Cyber Voluntary Transfer Incentive Program was announced, asking for applications from active-duty officers, second lieutenant through colonel. “The response was overwhelming,” said Lt. Col. Tim Groves, Cyber Branch chief, Officer Personnel Management Directorate, Human Resources Command, or HRC, Fort Knox, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-identifies-soldiers-for-new-cyber-branch-62476/

DefenceTalkAttacks on power plants, telecommunications and financial systems, even turning all of Los Angeles’ traffic lights green: Davos elites were warned Saturday of the terrifying possibilities of modern cyber terrorism. Eugene Kaspersky, who heads the Kaspersky Lab security group, said the possibilities of individuals being hacked would only increase in future as more devices, such […]https://www.defencetalk.com/davos-elites-warned-about-catastrophic-cyberattacks-62215/

DefenceTalkLt. Gen. Robert Brown, Army Combined Arms Center, or CAC, commanding general, visited Fort Sill, Jan. 20, to discuss the Army’s greatest asset — its Soldiers — and how the “human dimension” is vital to combating current and future conflicts. “The key aspects of the human dimension are developing the right leaders for the future […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-shaping-soldiers-as-best-weapon-for-future-62196/