INTSUM: Russia-Ukraine Conflict in Cyberspace
The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine has been the main highlight of March 2022, generating a significant increase in online activity. As a majority of the world united against Russian aggression, multiple hacktivist groups have targeted Belarusian and Russian institutions
The Palestine-Israeli Conflict on the Web
As any conflict that happened in the 21st century, there is usually a parallel conflict raging online as well. Either commanded by individuals or groups, which can be helped or not by either government agencies or other interest groups, acts of cyberwarfare are getting more and more common. The conflict in the Gaza strip offers […]
NSA’s new data center in San Antonio
San Antonio will be hosting the new data center of the National Security Agency reports the San Antonio Current[1]. An old Sony factory on the West Military Drive, near San Antonio’s Loop 410 freeway, will be transformed to accommodate enormous size of data, which will mainly be electronic communications such as phone conversations and emails […]
Technology in the Mumbai Attacks – A Quick Overview
Details are now starting to emerge from the deadly attacks by terrorists on the city of Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay. News outlets are starting to report technologies used by the attackers to communicate and coordinate their attacks that killed an estimated 172 people from various nations[1] Among all the commercial technologies used by the […]
Cyber Warfare Will Limit U.S Freedom of Action
Not entirely cyber warfare related but still a very interesting read, but according to the Global Trends 2025 report by the National Intelligence Council, irregular warfare, which cyber warfare is part of, will play a determinant part in the future of the United States: “… expanded adoption of irregular warfare tactics by both state and […]
High-tech Cheating
One man and a woman, Steve Lee and Rong Yang, were convicted last week to eight months of prison after helping two Chinese men cheat their immigration exams, according to a news report from the Metropolitan Police Service[1]. The duo was monitoring the examination from a vehicle outside the building with laptops, transmitters and other […]
Survey Points to Energy Sector at Risk of Cyber Attacks
A survey of 200 leaders from the critical infrastructure industries revealed that the energy sector is the most likely to be victim of a cyber attack. The survey was completed by IDC was conducted in August and October in Canada, the U.S and Europe[1]. The reasons to explain this phenomenon are the cost, apathy and […]
Programmer Convicted of Hacking U.S. Government
Victor Faur, a Romanian accused of hacking the U.S Navy, NASA and Department of Energy systems between 2005 and 2006 has been accused of illegally breaking into unauthorized computer systems. At the end of a 10 months trial, the 28 years old computer programmer received a 16-month suspended prison sentence and will have to pay […]
Whitehouse Hacked by Chinese Several Times
An unnamed senior US official has declared to the Financial Times that the Whitehouse computer network was victim to numerous cyber attacks from China. According to the same official, the attackers had access to e-mails for short periods of time[1]. The unclassified network of the Whitehouse was breach numerous times by the attackers, which may […]
Both U.S Presidential Campaigns Hacked
Newsweek reports that the computer systems of M. Obama and M. McCain were both hacked by unknown attackers during their campaigns[1]. Very little information is available, but according to Newsweek, the FBI and the Secret Services claimed that several files from the Obama servers had been compromised by a “foreign entity” in midsummer. The same […]