Young Army officers must be ‘more unconventional’ in warfare and master ‘cyber and space’ 

Young Army officers have been told they will be expected to be ‘more unconventional’ in warfare and master the ‘new domains of cyber and space’. The Defence Secretary Ben Wallace told Sandhurst graduates that the highly anticipated Integrated Defence and Security review, spearheaded by Dominic Cummings, would soon be published and would bring with it … Read more

Young Army officers must be ‘more unconventional’ in warfare and master ‘cyber and space’ 

Young Army officers have been told they will be expected to be ‘more unconventional’ in warfare and master the ‘new domains of cyber and space’. The Defence Secretary Ben Wallace told Sandhurst graduates that the highly anticipated Integrated Defence and Security review, spearheaded by Dominic Cummings, would soon be published and would bring with it … Read more

How FBI tracked down the celebrity Twitter hackers: Cyber criminals were ‘extremely sloppy’

The FBI were able to track down three hackers who pulled off the largest Twitter breach in history because they were ‘extremely sloppy’ with how they moved their Bitcoin transactions around.  Graham Ivan Clark, 17, of Tampa, Florida; Nima Fazeli, 22, of Orlando, Florida; and Mason Sheppard, 19, of Bognor Regis, U.K. have all be charged … Read more

How FBI tracked down the celebrity Twitter hackers: Cyber criminals were ‘extremely sloppy’

The FBI were able to track down three hackers who pulled off the largest Twitter breach in history because they were ‘extremely sloppy’ with how they moved their Bitcoin transactions around.  Graham Ivan Clark, 17, of Tampa, Florida; Nima Fazeli, 22, of Orlando, Florida; and Mason Sheppard, 19, of Bognor Regis, U.K. have all be charged … Read more

Cyber banking converts who won’t be duped by fraudsters

No going back: Roger Jewitt is now banking online For years, Roger Jewitt had absolutely no interest in banking online.  The 70-year-old had heard horror stories of people losing thousands of pounds after their personal details were stolen by fraudsters and feared the same could happen to him.  But he is now among a growing … Read more

Coronavirus: Russian cyber raids target vaccine research

British spies were able to detect a Russian cyber attack on a university involved in testing for a coronavirus vaccine after installing a security shield around the facility, it emerged last night. Intelligence services feared a possible hacking attempt in March as the pandemic spread throughout the country, as reported by The Times. A cyber-shield … Read more

Cyber criminals with ties to North Korea are stealing US shoppers’ information

Cyber criminals with ties to North Korea are stealing US shoppers’ information by hacking into the checkout carts of dozens of large retailers including Claire’s Security experts have uncovered a skimming attack on large US retailers The team is pointing to the group Hidden Cobra, which has ties to North Korea The hackers have been … Read more

Amazon fought off largest denial of service cyber attack ever

Amazon says it spent three days fighting off the largest denial of service cyber attack ever recorded AWS Shield says it safeguarded against the biggest DDoS attack ever recorded The attack funneled 2.3 terabits of data per second at its target A previous record was set in 2018 with a max of 1.7 terabits per … Read more

Huge cyber attack is aimed at the Australian government 

A foreign government has launched a series of cyber attacks aimed at the Australian government and Aussie companies.  Prime Minister Scott Morrison today said a ‘sophisticated state-based’ actor was behind ongoing attacks on political parties, universities and the private sector including companies working on critical infrastructure. The attacks have been happening for ‘many months’ but … Read more

Huge cyber attack is aimed at the Australian government 

Australia is hit by a ‘sophisticated’ state-sponsored cyber attack: Scott Morrison confirms the nation’s parliament and businesses have targeted by an enemy government Cyber attack has been aimed at the Australian government and companies  The Prime Minister said a ‘sophisticated state-based’ actor was behind attack  Last year China was responsible for a cyber-attack on the … Read more