The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued an emergency directive Tuesday, advising federal agencies to take immediate action in response to a major global Domain Name System (DNS) ...
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West African Financial Institutions Hit by Wave of Attacks Since Mid-2017
A recent report by Symantec security researchers reveal cyber-attacks on West African banks and financial firms affecting several organizations in Cameroon, Congo (DR), Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, and ...
Global Weekly Executive Summary, 02 November 2018
China Telecom and BGP Hijacking In an article in Military Cyber Affairs, researchers claim to have uncovered evidence that China Telecom has been deliberately using Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) ...
The CyberWar Map and Other Cybersecurity Trackers
Featured Cybersecurity Tracker: The CyberWar Map, National Security Archive (The CyberWar Map Note: Please access this resource through the link on the Cyber Vault Project home page. Since each ...
Global Weekly Executive Summary, 3 August 2018
VPNFilter In July 2018, the VPNFilter malware reportedly tied to a Russian military intelligence agency infected a chlorine station connected to Ukrainian water treatment and sewage plants. This ...
The Shakacon X IT Security Conference was held at the Prince Waikiki on July 11-12, 2018. Stealth Mango & Tangelo: Selling your fruits to state actors Andrew Blaich and Michael Flossman, ...
Global Weekly Executive Summary, 21 MAY 2018
Tennessee County Elections Targeted by Cyberattacks A Tennessee county elections website was the target of a cyberattack that crashed the site on primary election night while a network intrusion ...
Global Weekly Executive Summary, 22 June 2018
A cyberattack on a US Navy contractor resulted in the theft of sensitive military plans in this latest incident of Chinese industrial espionage targeting military contractors. Government hackers ...
Global Weekly Executive Summary, 13 April 2018
State of Hawaii Targeted in Iranian Data Theft The U.S. Department of Justice’s recent indictment of nine Iranians accused of conducting cyberattacks contained a list of targeted organizations ...
Facebook and Cambridge Analytica Infosheet
In 2014, London-based data analytics and political profiling firm Cambridge Analytica gained access to the personal data of over 50 million Facebook users and used that information to match profiles ...