The Chinese Are Coming: Cyber Espionage Targets Government Contractors

U.S. government networks are consistently probed for vulnerabilities by hackers and foreign intelligence agencies. The difficulty of attribution combined with the ease of access and decreased physical risk makes cyber espionage a favorite tool of more advanced intelligence services.

Foreign governments seek information for U.S.-based networks for a variety of reasons, including intelligence gathering and economic espionage, enabling domestic industries to copy U.S. products. This pursuit of intellectual property alongside…

Beware of Social Networking

The UK Ministry of Defense has experienced the leaking of classified information via social networking sites 16 times in the past 18 months, according to a Freedom of Information Act request filed by F-Secure and Lewis Communications.

The majority of computer networks administered by MoD do not allow users to access social networking sites. However, a limited number of ‘cyber cafes’ are set up, particularly in deployment zones abroad, allowing…

Sweden’s SIGINT Agency Hit by DDoS

Försvarets Radioanstalt (FRA), the SIGINT Agency in Sweden, was subjected to a distributed denial of service attack that lasted from Monday to Thursday, according to agency officials.

In a statement released by the agency, FRA officials said the attack did not hamper their ability to conduct their operations.

The website, FRA.se, was subjected to the attack Monday evening and was eventually resolved Thursday morning.

Earlier this year, the Swedish parliament…