Could Cyberwar Make the World Safer?

Consider Nitro Zeus. In the late 2000s, as The Times reported, the U.S. government developed a detailed plan for cyberattacks that would disable sections of Iran’s air defenses, communications systems and power grid. The plan provided President Barack …

The Critical Infrastructure Bill – which orgs will be affected

The Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure Bill) 2020 is currently working its way through parliament and has the potential to dramatically change the scope of the security expectations for a wide range of organisations.  The goal of the …

The growing momentum of disinformation within cyber warfare

Today, federal defense agencies and information technology professionals have many tools available to them which aid in combating cyber-attacks from foreign and domestic threats. Deploying coordinated disinformation and influence campaigns as a means of …

[Premiering on 8/24 at 7:30ET] Upcoming Webinar: What’s Behind China’s Cyberwar?

There are regular news stories about Chinese economic theft, cyberattacks, and digital spy operations. Yet less has been said about what ties these operations together. President Joe Biden recently warned that cyberattacks against the United States could …

Cyber-Warfare and International Rule of Law

  Credit: Psychology Today by Aneeqa Safdar    10 August 2021 Cyberspace is now an officially declared domain of warfare and states are methodically indulging in this new form of war to achieve their political objectives. States are conducting cyber- …

Transnet attack an act of cyber war — expert

The ransomware attack on Transnet’s IT infrastructure that caused activity at South Africa’s ports to slow to a crawl was an act of cyberwarfare, Rapport and its sister paper City Press reported. The papers quoted Noëlle van der Waag-Cowling, cyber …

China and US: Will Cyberwar Lead to All-Out War?

Commentary Will the recent Beijing-backed cyberattacks directed at the United States result in war? This is the very question the American economist David P. Goldman recently asked. It’s an important, even existential, question to ask, and a very difficult …

Amid China’s Military Pressure, Taiwan Prepares For Cyber War

BEIJING — The island country Taiwan has said it is using several measures to guard itself against technological vulnerabilities amidst China’s building military pressure. “Taiwan has been able to defend itself against the overwhelming majority of attacks,” …

Amid China’s pressure, Taiwan prepares for cyber war

Taipei [Taiwan], July 25 (ANI): Cyber attacks are a growing global threat and a number of countries are now focusing on the mounting threat of cybercrimes, Taiwan being at the forefront amid China’s military pressure and crippling cyberattacks. Taiwan…

Investors should stay with Chinese stocks

Aug 19, 2021 (MENAFN via COMTEX) — (MENAFN – Asia Times) Between March 2020 and late February 2021, the broad CSI 300 Index delivered about 30 percentage points more performance than the S & P 500. During the past six months, positions reversed: the …

US & Russia Working on Cyber Warfare; Biden Drops Yemen Campaign Promise

The Critical Hour 07:37 GMT 15.07.2021Get short URL President Biden has abandoned his campaign promise to end the Yemen conflict and is doubling down on backing Saudi Arabia and arming terrorist groups such as Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula* (AQAP). …

Japan’s Defense of Taiwan a Response to CCP ‘Mortal Threat,’ Expert Says

News Analysis Japan announced earlier this month that it will deploy 500 to 600 military personnel to the southwestern island of Ishigaki, which is near Taiwan, in a move that experts say will solidify the country’s commitment to defending Taiwan from …

Can diplomacy get global cyberwarriors to sheath their swords?

International arms control used to mean missiles and munitions. Today, it’s about a powerful 21st-century weapon – cybertechnology – that is fueling a new arms race. The issue has come to the surface with last week’s revelation that governments around the …

Cuba calls “social subversion” a crime to regulate the Internet, and opponents react – 17/08/21 – World

After the biggest protests in decades, Cuba released its first cybersecurity regulations on Tuesday (17), which characterizes crimes such as social subversion, the spread of fake news on the Internet and cyberterrorism. The measure sparked a wave of …

Cyberattacks could escalate to ‘Armed conflicts’ suggest U.S. President: Biden administration hints of ‘real shooting …

Will respond to cyberthreats with actual war? Pic credit: J.M. Eddins Jr./Flickr The U.S. administration could respond to cyberthreats with armed conflict. The sitting U.S. President, Joe Biden has openly warned that cyberattacks leading to severe …

Trickle down of nation state attack tools may harm businesses

A new study from HP Wolf Security shows that 72 percent of IT decision makers worry that nation state tools and techniques could filter through to the dark net and be used to attack their businesses. The survey, of 1,100 decision makers around the world, …

Transnet ransomware hackers did not get a single cent

Transnet did not pay any money to the hackers responsible for bringing much of the company’s operations to a grinding halt through a ransomware attack on its IT systems in late July. This was according to public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan, who …

The fall of nuance; resist being categorized

ONE FOR THE ROAD James Deakin I remember the day vividly. It was November of 2013. Yolanda had just torn through most of Leyte, Tacloban, Ormoc and other nearby towns. It was devastating. Unlike anything any of us had ever seen before. I had just missed a …

Biden should shed diplomacy with Putin on cyber warfare

President Joe Biden has spent his political career steeped in, and observant of, the rituals of global diplomacy. President Vladimir Putin of Russia, a former intelligence operative, deploys statecraft as a blunt instrument. Biden should swap ritual for …

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