On September 1, 1983, Korean Airlines Flight 007 accidently strayed into the Soviet Union’s airspace and was shot down by a Soviet Su-15 Interceptor, falling into the Sea of Japan and killing 269 passengers and crew, including about two dozen children and U.S. Congressman Larry McDonald. Ridiculously, the Soviets initially denied it, but later claimed the commercial…
TEL AVIV – Israel and the United States signed a cyber defense declaration Tuesday calling for real-time operational connectivity through respective Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTS) of both nations. The declaration of intent, announced during the annual Cyber Week at Tel Aviv University, was signed by Eviatar Matania, head of the Israel National Cyber Directorate…
WASHINGTON, June 17, 2016 — Cracking open his laptop between classes as he finished up his senior year in high school, 18-year-old David Dworken was on an important mission for the Pentagon, according to Defense Secretary Ash Carter. Dworken was among the more than 1,400 hackers invited to take part in the first bug bounty program…
Regulators have released final procedures for how the government handles cybersecurity information shared by companies, but health-care organizations are already embracing data-sharing communities as a way to better prepare for cyberthreats. The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice also released instructive guidance to companies that wish to gain liability protection if they share cybersecurity threat information…
TALLINN, Estonia — In the six months since part of Ukraine’s power grid came crashing down, turned off by highly sophisticated hackers, cyberspace allies of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia have been leaving their mark here in the Baltics and across the sea in Finland and Sweden. Perhaps to discourage the traditionally neutral Finns and Swedes from growing closer…