Cybersecurity & Espionage Articles
The saga of the Chinese spies and the stolen corn seeds: Will it discourage economic espionage?10/30/2016 Original Post at LA Times
Looking down at Mo, U.S. District Judge Stephanie Rose said she felt bad for the man’s plight but hoped her sentence would send a message to China that it needed to halt its economic espionage. She cited the crime’s cost and reviewed the investigation’s extensive history, the secret warrants, wiretaps and the tens of thousands of pages of court filings she had reviewed.
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But let's not carried away by the recent media hype. Hijacking IoT equipment for DDoS attacks is only one of the many ways attackers can use IoT devices against a target. Original Post at The Washington Free Beacon
The Pentagon's Joint Staff recently warned against using equipment made by China's Lenovo computer manufacturer amid concerns about cyber spying against Pentagon networks, according to defense officials. A recent internal report produced by the J-2 intelligence directorate stated that cyber security officials are concerned that Lenovo computers and handheld devices could introduce compromised hardware into the Defense Department supply chain, posing cyber espionage risks, said officials familiar with the report. The “supply chain” is how the Pentagon refers to its global network of suppliers that provide key components for weapons and other military systems. The J-2 report was sent Sept. 28, and also contained a warning that Lenovo was seeking to purchase American information technology companies in a bid to gain access to classified Pentagon and military information networks. Original Post on Cheat Sheet
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In most cases, hackers use phishing to trick users into entering their credentials on fake login pages. The technique is very old but incredibly efficient, even today. Original Post at The Register
“Blaming state hackers has become like a ‘dog ate my homework’ excuse,” Troy Hunt added. |
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