Report: NATO Saving Cyber Offense Plans for Later

 In a 2010 strategic concept report, NATO said cyber attacks were becoming more damaging to government administrations and economies.

NATO leaders are meeting in Brussels, Belgium this week but cybersecurity measures from the organization are still not clear because NATO is not sure of what to do in the event…

‘Anonymous’ Hackers Hit Justice Department

The Justice Department‘s website was shut down Thursday afternoon in what the FBI called a “denial of service attack.”

The hacking group “Anonymous” claimed responsibility for the attacks on its Twitter account (@YourAnonNews). The attacks are believed to be in response to an indictment and shutdown of the popular file-sharing website Megaupload.

“Anonymous…

NATO Looking to Contractors for Cyber Attack Systems, Sensors, Support

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization will soon select a contractor to help defend alliance nations’ cutting-edge infrastructure from cyber attacks, the Wall Street Journal reported today.

The awardee will provide software, hardware and support at more than 20 NATO locations to help prevent cyber attacks. The contract will call for advanced sensors to be…

DHS Warns of Potential Attacks by Anonymous, LulzSec

In light of recent cyber attacks against government agencies and affiliations, the Department of Homeland Security released a statement warning organizations to keep alert for potential cyber attacks from hacktivist groups Anonymous and LulzSec.

The bulletin, which was released by DHS’ National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center, aims to provide accurate situational awareness for federal organizations’ leaders…

Majority of Americans Aware of Cyber Threats to National Security

According to a recent poll, more than half of Americans believe the United States should authorize cyber attacks against other countries when necessary.

60 Minutes and Vanity Fair questioned 1,045 Americans for their August poll and found not only was the majority aware of the current extent of cyber warfare, but it also…

‘Anonymous’ Hacks NATO, Leaks Restricted Documents

Members of hacking collective Anonymous announced yesterday via Twitter they have breached the North Atlantic Treaty Organization system and accessed about 1 gigabyte of restricted material from the servers.

“We are sitting on about one Gigabyte of data from NATO now, most of which we cannot publish as it would be irresponsible. But Oh NATO….”, they tweeted. While they plan not to release the entirety of accessed reports,…

Hacktivists ‘Inj3ct0r Team’ Claim Breaching NATO Server

The “Inj3ct0r Team” — a self-described hacktivist group — says it has compromised a server belonging to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, IDG News Service reports.

The files were posted on the MediaFire file hosting site under the name “NATO Tomcat 5.5 Servlet Backup.” A member of the Inj3ct0r Team told IDG News Service the files were a “server backup, confidential data.”

Inside the files,…

NATO Website Hacked

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization yesterday released a brief statement that one of its websites had suffered a “probable data breach.”

“Police dealing with digital crimes have notified NATO of a probable data breach from a NATO-related website operated by an external company,” the statement read. “NATO’s e-Bookshop is a separate service for the public for the release of NATO information and does not…

McAfee CSO Predicts New Cold War in Cyber Domain, ‘Hackers for Hire’

Although the Cold War between the United States and Russia ended two decades ago, a former counterintelligence specialist says a new conflict between the United States and China together with North Korea has emerged in cyberspace.

McAfee Chief Security Officer Brett Wahlin, an ex-NATO counterintelligence agent, told Computerworld Australia the

Cyber Experts Take On Cybersecurity in Estonia Meet

Three hundred cyber experts from around the world gathered in Tallinn today for a NATO Cyber Conflict conference to discuss the legal and political aspects of national and global cybersecurity amid a surge of attacks,