IE8 Exploit Had US Nuke Workers in Its Sights
Security researchers revealed that series of "Watering Hole" has been conducted exploiting a IE8 zero-day vulnerability to target U.S. Government experts working on nuclear weapons...
Locating Snipers with a Smartphone app.
A team of researchers at Vanderbilt University has developed two hardware modules along with corresponding software that uses an Android smartphone to spot the location...
Syria drops off the Internet
It looks like internet access into and out of Syria has been deliberately shut down. (more…)
Pentagon Paying China — Yes, China — To Carry Data
Chalk this one up to the you kidding Right?? The Pentagon is so starved for bandwidth that it’s paying a Chinese satellite firm to help...
Anonymous ‘hacks’ North Korea social network accounts
The hacker collective Anonymous has said it has been "hacking" and vandalising social networking profiles linked to North Korea. (more…)
Another wave of computer failures rings alarm bells in South Korea.
A number of government and civilian organizations experienced network and website malfunctions on Tuesday, unnerving government officials just days after computer networks at banks and...
Thus SkyNet begins: Darpa Sets Out to Make Computers That Can Teach Themselves
The Pentagon’s blue-sky research agency is readying a nearly four-year project to boost artificial intelligence systems by building machines that can teach themselves — while...
US Teens preparing for Cyberwarfare.
Computer-savvy teens are putting down their game controllers -- at least temporarily -- for code writing and virus-sweeping. Security professionals, call it "Red Dawn: Part...
Cyberattack in North Korea, paralyzes Banks and TV Broadcasts.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Computer networks at major South Korean banks and top TV broadcasters crashed simultaneously Wednesday, paralyzing bank machines across the country...
DARPA preparing to use launch and land drones from smaller surface ships
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ( DARPA ) is currently working on an initiative that...