A foreign state staged the latest cyber attack targeting the Czech Foreign Ministry, the Senate’s security committee said on Tuesday, though it did not identify the nation concerned or provide any details on the incident, Trend reports citing Xinhua. Earlier, the Czech daily Denik N reported that the cyber attack on the Foreign Ministry had taken place in June but that no confidential data was compromised. Citing three sources, the paper also said the attack had originated in Russia. The Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security has called on the government to take cyber security seriously, citing information from the Czech Republic’s National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NUKIB). “(The committee) states with concern that the latest incident, the cyber attack against the Foreign Ministry, was perpetrated by a foreign state power, according to NUKIB,” the committee said in a statement posted on the Senate website, without elaborating. A … [Read more...] about Foreign power was behind cyber attack on Czech ministry: Senate
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US cyber attack on Iran: search to exploit flaw
A cyber attack on Iranian missile systems, claimed by the US last week, would have had to exploit a flaw in the heavily-guarded network, experts say. Citing US official sources, American media last week reported that the Army Cyber Command had crippled the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's air defence units that shot down a sophisticated drone on June 20. Military computing security is usually "hardened" to defend against attack but highly-skilled computer scientists in cyber units of modern armies are always working to find a way in. "The simplest way would be for a special forces member to plug in a USB (carrying a virus) to the right place," Loic Guezo of the French Information Security Club told AFP. This is almost certainly how the well-known US-Israeli Stexnet virus was introduced in 2010, into the computers of Iran's nuclear complex, according to experts. Iran at the time accused the US and Israel of using the virus to target its centrifuges used for uranium enrichment. The … [Read more...] about US cyber attack on Iran: search to exploit flaw
US launched cyber attacks on Iran after drone shootdown: reports
The United States launched cyber attacks against Iranian missile control systems and a spy network this week after Tehran downed an American surveillance drone, US media reported on Saturday. US President Donald Trump ordered a retaliatory military strike against Iran after the drone shootdown but then called it off, saying the response wouldn't be "proportionate" and instead pledged new sanctions on the country. But after the drone's downing, Trump secretly authorized US Cyber Command to carry out a retaliatory cyber attack on Iran, The Washington Post reported. The attack crippled computers used to control rocket and missile launches, according to the Post, which cited people familiar with the matter. Yahoo cited two former intelligence officials as saying the US targeted a spying group responsible for tracking ships in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, where Washington has blamed Iran for two recent mine attacks on oil tankers. The Post said the strikes, which caused no casualties, … [Read more...] about US launched cyber attacks on Iran after drone shootdown: reports
Hacker sentenced to four years after cyber-attack on TalkTalk
Hacker sentenced to four years after cyber-attack on TalkTalk BelfastTelegraph.co.uk A “cruel and calculating” cyber criminal who took part in a massive TalkTalk hack attack and blackmailed former chief executive Dido Harding has been locked up for four years. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/hacker-sentenced-to-four-years-after-cyberattack-on-talktalk-38199053.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/article38199051.ece/99371/AUTOCROP/h342/bpanews_9ca7e701-5ba1-4b3f-a979-947cbeef879e_1 Email A “cruel and calculating” cyber criminal who took part in a massive TalkTalk hack attack and blackmailed former chief executive Dido Harding has been locked up for four years. Daniel Kelley, from Llanelli, South Wales, turned to “black hat” hacking when he failed to get the GCSE grades to get on to a computer course. He hacked the college “out of spite” before targeting companies in Canada, Australia and the UK – … [Read more...] about Hacker sentenced to four years after cyber-attack on TalkTalk
Man admits cyber-attacks on police sites
Lancashire 25 April 2019 Share this with Facebook Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share this with Email Share this with Facebook Share this with WhatsApp Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share Share this with These are external links and will open in a new window Email Share this with Email Facebook Share this with Facebook Messenger Share this with Messenger Messenger Share this with Messenger Twitter Share this with Twitter Pinterest Share this with Pinterest WhatsApp Share this with WhatsApp LinkedIn Share this with LinkedIn Copy this link https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-48054973 Read more about sharing. These are external links and will open in a new window Close share panel A man has admitted carrying out cyber-attacks on two police force websites.Liam Reece Watts, 20, admitted launching … [Read more...] about Man admits cyber-attacks on police sites