"Intelligence might be one of if not the most coveted asset for commanders of all stripes. While combatant commanders and other strategic leaders are always in need of more intelligence, surveillance …
Cyber attack hits 200,000 in at least 150 countries: Europol chief
"Friday's cyber attack hit 200,000 victims in at least 150 countries and that number could grow when people return to work on Monday (May 15), the head of the European Union's police agency said on …
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The Twitter Bots Who Tried to Steal France
"To the French electorate, last Friday’s eleventh-hour dump of hacked Emmanuel Macron documents was a snoozer. Voters yawned Macron into the presidency with nearly twice the votes of his far-right …
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Ransomware’s Aftershocks Feared as U.S. Warns of Complexity
"The components of the global cyberattack that seized hundreds of thousands of computer systems last week may be more complex than originally believed, a Trump administration official said Sunday, and …
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WikiLeaks Reveals ‘AfterMidnight’ & ‘Assassin’ CIA Windows Malware Frameworks
"When the world was dealing with the threat of the self-spreading WannaCry ransomware, WikiLeaks released a new batch of CIA Vault 7 leaks, detailing two apparent CIA malware frameworks for the …
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Cyber Security Experts: Russia Disproportionately Targeted by Malware
"Countries across the globe scrambled to respond to a malicious 'ransomware' virus, as internet security watchdogs said the attack had disproportionately targeted Russia." Source: Cyber Security …
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Cyber-attack: Europol says it was unprecedented in scale
"A cyber-attack that hit organisations worldwide including the UK's National Health Service was 'unprecedented', Europe's police agency says. Europol also warned a 'complex international …
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Ransomware attack reveals breakdown in US intelligence protocols
"The attack that temporarily crippled the NHS in Britain and dozens of other institutions across Europe and Russia reveals the failure of the US government’s protocols for warning software developers …
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It’s Not Over, WannaCry 2.0 Ransomware Just Arrived With No ‘Kill-Switch’
"If you are following the news, by now you might be aware that a security researcher has activated a 'Kill Switch' to stop WannaCry ransomware from spreading further, but it's not over, criminals have …
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Microsoft patches Windows XP to fight ‘WannaCrypt’ attacks
"Microsoft officially ended its support for most Windows XP computers back in 2014, but today it's delivering one more public patch for the 16-year-old OS. As described in a post on its Windows …
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