Cyberwarfare articles

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  House passes revamped CISPA cybersecurity bill amidst warnings of 'digital bombs'

  By Adi Robertson on April 18, 2013 01:01 pm + 41 comments

  The US House of Representatives has once again passed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Continue reading…

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  NSA head says 13 'offensive teams' being trained for cyberwarfare

  By Adi Robertson on March 13, 2013 03:37 pm + 23 comments

  As Director of National Intelligence James Clapper discussed the "remote" threat of a major Continue reading…

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  US military announces new medal for cyberwarfare and drone operation

  By Adi Robertson on February 13, 2013 04:46 pm + 23 comments

  Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has announced a new medal for troops who fight from behind a screen. Continue reading…

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  Protecting its image: Chinese military allegedly behind hacks on major US newspapers

  By Dante D'Orazio on February 2, 2013 05:47 pm

  A few of the most prominent newspapers in the US — The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Continue reading…

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  US government has 'no doubt' Iran is behind recent cyberattacks on banks, says NYT

  By Adi Robertson on January 9, 2013 02:01 am + 47 comments

  American officials may be blaming a series of recent bank denial of service attacks on Iran, The New Continue reading…

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  Israel starts training teenagers to create 'digital Iron Dome'

  By Aaron Souppouris on January 2, 2013 06:22 am + 141 comments

  Israel's Prime Minister officially opened a new national program to train teenagers in the art of Continue reading…

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  US officials claim Iran behind cyberattack on Saudi oil firm, suggest it's a retaliation

  By Dante D'Orazio on October 24, 2012 10:42 am + 19 comments

  Iran may be retaliating to US- and Israeli-sponsored cyberattacks like Stuxnet and Flame, both of Continue reading…

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  Def Con XX: twenty years of hacker evolution

  By Jesse Hicks on August 17, 2012 12:01 pm + 49 comments

  Twenty years ago, the world of consumer technology was a very different place. In the early 1990's, Continue reading…

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  Syrian conflict extends to cyberspace as hackers fabricate events through blogs and Twitter

  By Nate Ralph on August 8, 2012 05:05 am + 5 comments

  As the uprising against Syria's incumbent government marches on, combatants on both sides are Continue reading…

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  US and Israel developed Flame malware to attack Iranian nuclear program

  By T.C. Sottek on June 19, 2012 08:02 pm + 83 comments

  The Washington Post reports that the US and Israel cooperated to create the Flame malware — a Continue reading…