Countries shore up their digital defenses as global tensions raise the threat of cyberwarfare

Countries shore up their digital defenses as global tensions raise threat of cyberwarfare

Hackers linked to Russia's government launched a cyberattack last spring against municipal water plants in rural Texas. At one plant in Muleshoe, population 5,000, water began to overflow. Officials had to unplug the system and run the plant manually. The hackers weren't trying to taint the water supply. They didn't…

Countries shore up digital defenses as tensions raise the threat of cyberwarfare

Countries around the world are preparing for greater digital conflict as increasing global tensions and a looming trade war have raised the stakes — and the chances that a cyberattack could cause significant economic damage, disrupt vital public systems, reveal…

Technology has been incorporated into our daily lives. It is no longer just a computer, but the phone, lighting of our homes, remote locks and even the washing machine, dryer and refrigerator. We marvel at the use and applications of technology. Perhaps we have stopped to ask ourselves what happens when someone external also generates access to our devices? Phishing, Pharming, DoS and DDos attacks, MITM, Whaling, Spear-phishing, Ramsomware, Spoo…

America’s Infrastructure Under Siege as Global Cyberwar Looms

Hackers linked to Russia’s government launched a cyberattack last spring against municipal water plants in rural Texas. At one plant in Muleshoe, population 5,000, water began to overflow. Officials had to unplug the system and run the plant manually. The hackers weren’t trying to taint the water supply. They didn’t ask for a ransom. Authorities determined the intrusion was designed to test the vulnerabilities of America’s public infrastructure.…

Countries Are Shoring Up Their Digital Defenses as Tensions Raise the Threat of Cyberwarfare

Businesses are increasingly concerned about cyberattacks, and governments have moved to a war footing, according to a new report.

Countries shore up digital defenses on threat of cyberwarfare

WASHINGTON, United States — Hackers linked to Russia’s government launched a cyberattack last spring against municipal water plants in rural Texas. At one plant in Muleshoe, population 5,000, water began to overflow. Officials had to unplug the system and run the plant manually. The hackers weren’t trying to taint the water supply. They didn’t ask