DefenceTalkAn international dragnet has dismantled a global computer hacker network which used a sophisticated computer virus to steal millions of dollars from companies and consumers, the US Justice Department announced Monday. Gameover Zeus, which first appeared in September 2011, stole bank information and other confidential details from victims. According to FBI investigators, the virus infected […]https://www.defencetalk.com/international-raid-targets-data-stealing-computer-virus-us-59775/

DefenceTalkWith cybersecurity’s most glaring failures in the limelight, many experts say it’s time for a new approach. In recent weeks, the security community has been rocked by news of a massive breach at online giant eBay affecting as many as 145 million customers, following another that hit as many as 110 million at retailer Target. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/cyber-failures-spark-search-for-new-security-approach-59702/

DefenceTalkBeijing summoned the US ambassador and accused Washington of double standards Tuesday as a diplomatic row escalated over the unprecedented indictment of five Chinese military officers for cyber-espionage. The world’s top two economies have long been at loggerheads over hacking and China’s defence ministry denounced Washington’s allegations as “a pure fabrication by the US, a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-bans-win-8-accuses-us-of-hypocrisy-as-cyber-row-grows-59657/

DefenceTalkThe National Security Agency has developed malware that allows it to collect data automatically from millions of computers worldwide, a report based on leaked documents showed Wednesday. The report co-authored by former Guardian reporter Glenn Greenwald for the online news site The Intercept said the program has dramatically expanded the US spy agency’s ability to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nsa-has-industrial-scale-malware-for-spying-report-59010/

DefenceTalkEuropean IT security firms have flocked to the world’s biggest high-tech fair with hopes of benefiting from the fallout from shock revelations of mass US and British spying. Exactly a year ago, Chancellor Angela Merkel vaunted her new, ultra-secure Smartphone at the opening of the same fair, the CeBIT, in the northern city of Hanover. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/european-it-firms-seize-opportunity-from-spy-scandal-58985/

DefenceTalkMajority of American companies view targeted cyber attack as a top 3 business risk. Organized groups of fraudsters viewed as presenting greatest cyber threat. Grasp of vulnerabilities and threat intelligence named as best tools to help Boards tackle threat BAE Systems Applied Intelligence today quantifies the extent of the impact on US businesses of the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/bae-systems-60-of-us-businesses-have-increased-cyber-security-budget-58862/

DefenceTalkAccurate tracking of munitions and other assets in harsh and/or sensitive environments is now possible through a wireless automatic identity technology introduced by Lockheed Martin. Working with Visible Assets, Inc., Lockheed Martin co-developed sensitive item tracking capabilities that use magnetic fields to track assets in locations where traditional radio frequency technologies (RFID) encounter challenges. “Historically, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-introduces-secure-wireless-tagging-and-tracking-capability-58840/

DefenceTalkThe US administration on Wednesday launched a cybersecurity plan which aims to use voluntary collaboration from the private sector to protect critical infrastructure from computer hackers. The initiative stems from an executive order issued last year by President Barack Obama after repeated failures in Congress of a cybersecurity law. The so-called cybersecurity framework allows the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-launches-voluntary-cybersecurity-plan-50699/

DefenceTalkHackers attacked Israeli computers including one used by the defence ministry department dealing with civilians in the occupied West Bank, an Israeli data protection expert said on Monday. “At the beginning of this month a number of mails were sent to a number of companies in Israel, including security organizations,” Aviv Raff, chief technology officer […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israeli-defense-computer-hit-in-cyber-attack-data-expert-50182/

DefenceTalkThe US National Security Agency has developed a secret technology to spy on computers via radio signals, gathering information even when the devices are offline, a report said Wednesday. The New York Times reported that the NSA has implanted software on 100,000 computers around the world to be able to conduct surveillance, and which gives […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nsa-taps-offline-computers-with-secret-bug-report-50127/