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Obama Can Order Pre-Emptive Strikes on Any Country to Launch a Major Digital Attack
Feb 18, 2013A secret review of American policies governing the use of cyberweapons has concluded that President Barack Obama has the broad power to order pre-emptive strikes on any country preparing to launch a major digital attack against the U.S. ...
Tags: cyberweapons, broad power, digital attack
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Kaspersky Lab Is Developing a Secure Operating System for Industrial Control Systems
Dec 25, 2012Russian security firm Kaspersky Lab is developing a secure operating system for industrial control systems, its chairman and CEO Eugene Kaspersky said on Tuesday. "Quite a few rumors about this project have appeared already on the ...
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Future Warfare Could Be Fought by Soldiers Using Bullets and Bombs
Dec 20, 2012Future warfare could be fought by soldiers using bullets and bombs as well as people hunched over laptops according to experts in cyber conflict. The analysis comes in response to a recent article, titled “U.S. Admits to Cyber ...
Tags: cyber war, cybercrime, Future warfare
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The U.S. Air Force Is Openly Soliciting Technologies During Cyberwarfare Operations.
Dec 19, 2012The U.S. Air Force is openly soliciting technologies that would improve its capability of launching cyberattacks and gathering intelligence during cyberwarfare operations. "The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center invites concept papers ...
Tags: U.S., Air Force, soliciting technologies, cyberwarfare capabilities
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'shamoon': More of a'quick and Dirty'job Than a Skilfully Crafted Professional Cyberweapon
Dec 18, 2012The ‘Shamoon’ malware that nixed the hard drives of 30,000 Saudi oil industry PCs in August was more of a ‘quick and dirty’ job by talented amateurs than a skilfully crafted professional cyberweapon, an analysis has ...
Tags: amatuers, cybercrime, cybercriminals, cyberwar, highlightedpost, Kaspersky