NATO has carried out an internal cyber security experiment to test the extent to which its troops could be identified and influenced during an exercise by means of social media data. A report on the …
North Korea’s Kim shuffles nuclear talks team after defections, spying allegations
With less than a week to go before North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is set to meet US president Donald Trump in Vietnam, Kim has made drastic changes to his team of negotiators. The North Korean leader …
What alchemy and astrology can teach artificial intelligence researchers
Artificial intelligence (AI) research is rapidly bringing us closer to a new technological revolution. However, Computer Science professor Ben Shneiderman of the University of Maryland believes …
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White House Orders Agencies to Defend the Skies From Cyberattacks
On Tuesday, US President Trump released the National Strategy to Combat Terrorist Travel and the National Strategy for Aviation Security. While the former document aims to "[modernize] the approach of …
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Formjacking Surpasses Ransomware and Cryptojacking as Top Threat of 2018
The latest installment of Symantec's annual Internet Security Threat Report shows that formjacking was the number one cyber threat in 2018, replacing cryptojacking, i.e. the distribution of malware …
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Mistaken For North Koreans, The ‘Ryuk’ Ransomware Hackers Are Making Millions
According to a new report by McAfee and Coveware, the threat actors behind Ryuk, a highly successful ransomware strain, are not North Korean hackers as was previously suspected. Instead, researchers …
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Israel to launch first privately funded moon mission
Israel is poised to become the fourth country to reach the moon, a feat that only the US, Russia, and China have pulled off so far. The Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is partner in a mission that …
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Researcher: Not Hard for a Hacker to Capsize a Ship at Sea
According to Ken Munro, a security researcher with Pen Test Partners, gaining access to the network of a ship is in most cases "a low-skill attack." As Munro explains: “[P]assword security and patch …
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Russian Military Says Nyet to the Internet
In order to prevent soldiers from inadvertently revealing Russia's involvement in secretive military campaigns, such as those that were carried out four years ago in Ukraine in support of pro-Russian …
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ATM Hacking Has Gotten So Easy, the Malware’s a Game
A new report by Kaspersky Lab describes WinPot, a new malware strain designed for "ATM jackpotting" attacks, in which cyber criminals get ATMs to spit out cash. The striking thing about WinPot is that …
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