New York-based Redcom Laboratories has partnered with Australian company MicroSecure to extend the market reach of its tactical command and control solutions to government and military customers in the Pacific region, including the Australian Defense Force. The partnership grants Melbourne-based MicroSecure, a cyber and security consulting firm catering to the government, defense and intelligence sectors,...
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Officials Discover Months-Long Russian Cyber Hack on Ukrainian Telco
Ukraine says Russian hackers infiltrated a major telecom provider for months before launching a cyberattack on Dec. 12 that crippled communications services. In an interview, Illia Vitiuk, head of the cybersecurity division at SBU, Ukraine’s intelligence agency, revealed that the cybercriminals have been inside Kyivstar’s systems since at least May. He noted that the incident destroyed...
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US, UK Join Australia in Sanctioning Russia-Backed Medibank Hacker
The United States has joined Australia and the United Kingdom in imposing sanctions on Russian hacker Alexander Ermakov over his role in the ransomware attack against health care insurer Medibank. In 2022, Ermakov infiltrated the Medibank network and stole personally identifiable and sensitive health information of approximately 9.7 million former and current customers. The cyberactor...
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US Sanctions Egyptian, Turkish Nationals for Providing Cybersecurity Training, Funding for ISIS
The United States has sanctioned two Egyptian nationals for allegedly providing cybersecurity training to members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and facilitating funding efforts in support of the terrorist organization. In a press release, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control named Mu’min Al-Mawji Mahmud Salim and Sarah Jamal Muhammad...
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Australia Outlines Six ‘Cyber Shields’ Strategy Against Digital Threats
Australia has introduced its first national strategy to address the increasing number of cyberattacks targeting individuals and organizations across the nation. Clare O’Neil, the nation’s first cabinet minister for cybersecurity, unveiled the plan during the Australian Financial Review’s 2023 Cyber Summit on Monday. According to O’Neil, who is also the minister for home affairs, the strategy...
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US-Funded Cyber Defense Center Opens in Bulgaria
Bulgaria has established a Cyber Defense Center with funding from the U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Military Financing program. The new facility, inaugurated on Thursday, is the latest contribution of the United States to the Balkan nation. In the last five years, Washington has provided more than $238 million in security assistance to help the...
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BAE Systems Study Reveals Multidomain Integration as an Essential Information Battlespace Capability
A BAE Systems study found that achieving multidomain integration is a priority among defense and aerospace leaders to maintain superiority on the battlefield. This is as information warfare becomes more complex with the emergence of new technologies such as artificial intelligence. The study included a poll that involved up to 400 senior business and IT...
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Cyber Policy Experts Call for Better Laws on Online Security
The online security bills U.S. lawmakers are trying to legislate are “misguided” and designed to break encryption protecting personal privacy, according to cyber policy experts Tarah Wheeler and Geoffrey Cain. Wheeler, a Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow for global cyber policy, and Cain, a senior fellow in the tech policy think tank Foundation for...
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UK Strategic Command Highlights Digital Tech Role in Enhancing NATO’s Cyber Defense
Lt. Gen. Tom Copinger-Symes, deputy commander of the U.K. Strategic Command, discussed the importance of harnessing the power of the latest digital technologies to strengthen NATO’s cyber defense at Cybersec Summit 2023. The military alliance has been facing cyber threats, most recently from a hacktivist group, SiegedSec, which claimed that it breached NATO’s websites and...