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The U.S. is the world’s largest aerospace and defense market, and also home to the world’s largest military budget. The growth of the Aerospace and Defense industry depends largely on the spending outlook of government departments, with the U.S. defense budget being the primary driver. The industry largely depends on U.S. government contracts…. Defense [...] Replicating the complexity of thousands of globally interconnected network systems is a challenge faced by researchers developing tools to protect our nation against the growing threat of cyber attacks. Sophisticated attacks as well as adaptive malware have the ability to devastate defense and commercial networks. DARPA was tasked by the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative [...] BBC’s Newsnight was invited to listen in at the conference on Cyber Defense and Network Security. Here are excerpts of their report. Overall, the US military aims to recruit 10,000 “cyber warriors”, and is apparently prepared to relax the usual entry criteria. They will accept long hair, even someone who can’t run too well. [...] Excerpts, Remarks by President Obama on the Defense Strategic Review, The Pentagon, Jan. 5, 2012 Now we’re turning the page on a decade of war. Three years ago, we had some 180,000 troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Today, we’ve cut that number in half. And as the transition in Afghanistan continues, more of our [...] Mass web destruction, spam and malware infection were among the scenarios involved during the first cross-border cyber drill organized by the United Nations and an international partnership against online threats in South-east Asia that aims to build cooperation and improve response measures to cyber attacks. The drill, launched by the UN International Telecommunication Union [...] Afghanistan has many dubious distinctions on the international-rankings front: 10th-poorest, third-most corrupt, worst place to be a child, longest at war. To that may soon be added: most heavily fingerprinted. Since September, Afghanistan has been the only country in the world to fingerprint and photograph all travelers who pass through Kabul International Airport, arriving [...] A virus that infected computers at Japanese overseas diplomatic missions had been designed to send data to servers in China, a report said. The virus — Backdoor Agent MOF — has been found to have infected computers at around 10 embassies and consulates, and at least two of the servers designated as the recipients [...] Internet security firms have raised the specter of a new round of cyber warfare with last week’s detection of the Duqu virus – a “relative” of last year’s Stuxnet malware, which is thought to have slowed down at least one Iranian nuclear facility. Duqu’s detection comes amid growing talk in Europe about launching pre-emptive [...] The unsuccessful cyber-attack on Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. in August was made via the computer system of the Society of Japanese Aerospace Companies, investigative sources said. Police said a bogus email was sent Aug. 26 to an official at major defense contractor Kawasaki Heavy using the email address of an employee at the aerospace [...] |
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