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U.S. pre-emptive cyberstrikes will be launched under secret guidelines to protect computer systems

February 4, 2013

Source: Independent The US could launch pre-emptive cyber strikes against countries it suspects of threatening its interests with a digital attack, under a new set of secret guidelines to safeguard the nation’s computer systems. The rules – the country’s first on how it defends or retaliates against digital attacks – are expected to be approved [...]

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From Sudan to cyber, secret war with Iran heats up

November 6, 2012

Source: Reuters From a suspected Israeli airstrike in Sudan to cyber warfare in the Gulf and a drone shot down over Israel, the largely hidden war between Iran and its foes seems heating up and spreading. Despite months of speculation, most experts and governments believe the risk of a direct Israeli strike on Tehran’s nuclear [...]

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United States linked to computer viruses used for espionage operations and cyber warfare.

September 17, 2012

Source: Reuters Researchers have found evidence suggesting that the United States may have developed three previously unknown computer viruses for use in espionage operations or cyber warfare. The findings are likely to bolster a growing view that the U.S. government is using cyber technology more widely than previously believed to further its interests in the [...]

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The war being waged on the web

July 18, 2012

Source: Telegraph In the past five years, cyber and telecommunications defence has left its niche market to become one of the fastest growing industries in the world. In 2011, governments, industry and ordinary computer users spent roughly £65 billion shoring up their computer networks, a figure that is predicted to double within five years. In [...]

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The secret labs where America’s most futuristic weapons are built

June 25, 2012

Source: The Week Stuxnet and Flame, two of the key covert computer viruses used in OLYMPIC GAMES, were likely developed at Ft. Meade, Md. At NSA headquarters, computer scientists successfully weaponized C++ and established the battlefield of the future. To test the cyber weapon, perfect replicas of Iran’s centrifuges were built at the Negev Nuclear [...]

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Israel’s high-tech whiz kids, Unit 8200, and W32.Flame

June 9, 2012

Source: UPI Israel’s highly secretive Unit 8200 of Military Intelligence is increasingly seen to have played a leading role with the United States in developing a powerful new cyberweapon known as W32.Flame that attacked Iran’s oil industry in April. Veterans of the unit, the equivalent of the U.S. National Security Agency and Britain’s Government Communications [...]

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Mossad Wants Credit for Stuxnet

June 8, 2012

Source: The Atlantic Israel’s officials have a message for anyone praising the CIA for its sophisticated cyber attack on Iran: It was our baby. The Stuxnet computer worm, described by David Sanger in The New York Times last week as an invention by the Bush administration, was actually developed by Mossad, according to Israeli officials speaking with Haaretz journalist [...]

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It Looks Like The Devastating New Virus Ripping Through Iran Was A Joint US-Israel Attack

May 31, 2012

Security researchers have linked the Flame virus to Israel while U.S. computer security experts say that it bears the hallmarks of the National Security Agency (NSA), according to reports from Nicole Perlroth of The New York Times and Robert Windrem of NBC News. Flame is a massive program that leaves a backdoor (i.e. Trojan) on [...]

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Stuxnet worm reportedly planted by Iranian double agent using memory stick

April 12, 2012

Source: Ars Technica The Stuxnet computer worm used to sabotage Iran’s nuclear program was planted by a double agent working for Israel. The agent used a booby-trapped memory stick to infect machines deep inside the Natanz nuclear facility, according to a report published on Wednesday. Once the memory stick was infected, Stuxnet was able to [...]

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