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Obama gets power to wage pre-emptive cyber warfare
A secret internal review has concluded that President Barack Obama can lawfully engage in pre-emptive cyber attacks in the event that the U.S. faces an imminent threat, according to The New York Times. The legal guidance was key to rules the administration hopes to adopt in the coming weeks to…
Iran denies responsibility in cyber attacks on U.S. banks
Iran has denied US media reports it carried out cyber attacks on US banks, the official IRNA news agency said Friday, quoting a statement from Tehran’s UN mission. “The Islamic republic of Iran categorically denies any involvement in cyber attacks on American banks and denounces such methods which are a…
Auditor: Canada ‘slow’ on cyber security
Canada “has been slow” to set up firewalls to protect against cyber threats to critical infrastructure, leaving the nation vulnerable to crippling attacks, the auditor general warned Tuesday. In a report, Auditor General Michael Ferguson said the government has made only “limited progress” over the past decade to safeguard electrical…
Swedish government pledges to crack down on hackers
The Swedish government said on Thursday it planned to crack down on hackers, at a time when the sex assault allegations against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has made the country a target of repeated cyber attacks. “The government decided today to extend the remit of the cyber crime committee to…
Study: Number of cyber attacks against U.S. doubled in three years
The number of cyberattacks targeting US organizations has doubled over the past three years, leading to hefty losses, a study released Monday showed. The study conducted by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by Hewlett-Packard said most of the attacks involve malicious code, denial of service, stolen or hijacked devices, or…
Researcher: wave of cyber attacks to target U.S. banks
As many as 30 US banking firms are expected to be targeted in a wave of cyber attacks as part of “a large-scale orchestrated crimeware campaign,” a security researcher says. Mor Ahuvia of the security firm RSA said in a blog post this week that a “cyber gang” has communicated…
Islamist group warns of new cyber attacks on U.S. banks
DUBAI — An Islamist group on Tuesday said it will carry out new cyber attacks on US banking targets, according to SITE Intelligence Group, following similar attacks last week in response to an anti-Islam film. In a statement a group of hackers calling themselves the “Cyber Fighters of Izz al-Din…
U.S. finance industry warned of cyber attacks
NEW YORK — A US financial industry group warned banks and other institutions to beware of cyber attacks Wednesday, after some firms reported sporadic problems with their websites. The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center said it raised its cyber threat level from “elevated” to “high.” The group, which…
Researchers: Too few cyber victims willing to report crimes
US cybersecurity efforts are hampered by attacks that go unreported by victims unwilling to divulge confidential information, a research panel said Thursday. The report by the Bipartisan Policy Center said the number of cyberattacks appears to be on the rise, along with financial losses. It said that from October 2011…
Homeland Security probing cyber attacks on U.S. gas pipelines
A campaign of cyber attacks has been targeting US natural gas pipeline operators, officials acknowledged, raising security concerns about vulnerabilities in key infrastructure. The Department of Homeland Security “has been working since March 2012 with critical infrastructure owners and operators in the oil and natural gas sector to address a…
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