Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A Chinese man who pleaded guilty to conspiring to hack into the computer system networks of Boeing and other major U.S. defense specialists, was sentenced on Wednesday to nearly four years in jail, district attorneys stated. Su Bin, 51, was accuseded…
North Korea’s Military Partnerships Under Threat?
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The latest UN sanctions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) have locked the two Koreas in a war for influence on far-flung battlegrounds, from the Middle East to Africa to Latin America. Seoul, however, could inadvertently minimize any future…
Lawmakers Push to Make US Cyber Command a Top Military Command
Officials and business leaders in Maryland are backing a proposal to elevate U.S. Cyber Command to a unified combatant command — one of 10 charged with carrying out missions around the world — a move they hope will bring prestige and more jobs to the state. Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger…
U.S. military claims to be dropping ‘cyber bombs’ on ISIS
America’s military forces are dropping “cyber bombs” on Islamic State terrorist groups for the first time, Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work told reporters accompanying him on a military flight on Tuesday. The ISIS internet attacks, whatever the particulars really may be, are part of a stepped-up coordinated effort to put…
More Military Families Embrace Home Schooling – Education Week
Parents seek to bring stability to childrens’ educational experience amid frequent moves and long deployments. View full post on Education Week: Bullying #pso #htcs #b4inc Read More The post More Military Families Embrace Home Schooling – Education Week appeared first on Parent Security Online. View full post on Parent Security…
Military Career Testing Could Get ESSA Boost – Education Week
As the state testing landscape shifts with Every Student Succeeds Act, the military could see greater access for its optional aptitude test and career exploration program. View full post on Education Week: NCLB #pso #htcs #b4inc Read More The post Military Career Testing Could Get ESSA Boost – Education Week…
Opaque military justice system shields child sex abuse cases
Child sex offenders make up the largest category of inmates in U.S. military prisons, yet a full accounting of their crimes and how much time they’re actually locked up is shielded by an opaque system of justice, an Associated Press investigation has found. Of the 1,233 inmates confined in the…
Military Smartphones Are a Hacker’s Dream
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans You would think the nation’s military would move with lightning speed to patch cell phones vulnerable to hackers, particularly after recent disclosures thatChinese hackers harvested the personal information of 21.5 million U.S. government employees and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard broke into the…
Russian hackers plan new attacks on Western military and civil infrastructure
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A spokesman for the Russian Federal Security Service toldSCMagazineUK.com that Russian hacker groups Energetic Bear, Dragonfly and some others are considering engaging their activities against selected Western countries. The current financial crisis in Russia, seen locally as having been caused by Western…
Hacker who allegedly passed U.S. military data to ISIS arrested in Malaysia
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Authorities have arrested a Malaysia-based hacker who they accuse of stealing personal information of U.S. military members and giving it to ISIS. Ardit Ferizi, a Kosovo citizen, was detained in Malaysia on a provisional U.S. arrest warrant alleging he provided material…