White House cybersecurity coordinator Rob Joyce, who formerly worked at the NSA, has said the agency had no knowledge of the Spectre or Meltdown vulnerabilities in Intel processors that came to light last week. Andy Greenberg reports in WIRED: On Friday, White House cybersecurity coordinator Rob Joyce, a former senior NSA official, told The Washington Post that the […]
Data Stolen from Sensitive Military Programs in Cyber Breach
The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that about 30 gigabits of commercially sensitive data for the F-35 JSF, C-130, P-8 Poseidon, and the JDAM programs was stolen in a breach from a small Australian defense company. The hacker, dubbed ‘Alf’, stole data that was commercially sensitive but non-classified. A spokesman, Mitchell Clarke, for the Australian […]
Should the Brits Arm Themselves Against Radical Islam?
The British, French, and Germans have little to no capability to defend themselves from the attacks carried out in the streets by radical Islamists. With no second amendment protections of their right to bear arms, the Europeans have been stripped of their power to fight back, and rely solely on the very inept governments who […]
Are American Utilities Already Compromised by Cyber Attack?
A team of researchers at Symantec has found that advanced hackers have infiltrated American and European energy companies via cyber attack. The attacks have targeted the U.S., Turkey, and Switzerland and likely other nations reports Reuters. The Symantec researchers blame a hacking group known as Dragonfly. If that name sounds familiar, it’s because Dragonfly has been […]
Does Russia Have a Secret Weapon to Bring Down Electrical Grids?
In a Wired article titled, “How an Entire Nation Became Russia’s Test Lab for CyberWar,” Andy Greenberg sheds light on how Russia is fine tuning its cyber assault capabilities by using the Ukraine as a living laboratory for cyberwarfare. “These coordinated attacks are unlike anything the world has seen”, says Andy Greenberg. A Russian group […]
This Critical Piece of the Grid is Vulnerable to Cyber Attack
Even before the EMP Commission report, utilities have been trying to harden their infrastructure against the multitude of threats they face. EMP attacks, cyber threats, and even physical attacks like the one in Metcalf, California in 2014 are situations that power stations must prepare for. But at The National Interest, Constance Douris writes that power […]
DHS Monitoring New Cyber Attack that Rivals WannaCry Ransomware in Scope
At least six countries have been hit by a new cyber attack since Tuesday. The attack could rival the WannaCry ransomware attack in its damage done. NPR’s Bill Chappell and Colin Dwyer report: In the U.S., Department of Homeland Security spokesman Scott McConnell says the agency is “monitoring reports of cyber attacks affecting multiple global […]
Hack Threat: America’s Wind Power Vulnerable
For two years, researchers from the University of Tulsa have been exposing vulnerabilities in one of America’s fastest growing power sources, wind turbines. Mostly unsecured, these wind turbines have become an increasingly larger part of America’s energy supply, and with little effort, the researchers were able to penetrate and commandeer their operations. Andy Greenberg writes […]
Are You Ready for a Frightening Malware Attack on the U.S. Power Grid?
Last year, Ukrainians were subject to a crippling power outage thanks to some malware that had infected the systems of power company Ukrenergo. If you’ve been reading Richardcyoung.com for very long, you’ve been warned about the vulnerabilities of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems. Between the possibilities of an EMP attack, or cyber attacks, unsecured SCADA […]
Are Extreme Islamism and the West Trapped in War Forever?
Pat Buchanan asks hard questions of both Western leaders and Muslim leaders about what is acceptable behavior, and just how much they are willing to tolerate the parts of Islam that are incompatible with traditional Western values. He writes at The American Conservative: On May 22, Salman Abedi, 22, waiting at the entrance of the […]
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