America’s cyber networks fend off hacking attempts almost every day, but U.S. officials worry about the potential for one crippling attack, the military’s top cyber official said Tuesday. View full post on america cyber attack – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
‘Worm’: Inside the fight against Conficker virus
‘Worm: The First Digital World War’ by Mark Bowden Atlantic Monthly Press, 245 pp., $25 Mark Bowden is the kind of reporter capable of taking any subject, no matter how complex or far-flung, and nailing it — be it warfare in Somalia (“Black Hawk Down”), the hunt for a Colombian…
Military: Computer virus wasn’t directed at drones (AP)
AP – The computer virus that hit the Pentagon’s drone program last month was not directed at the military systems but was common malware used to steal log-ins and passwords used in online gaming, military officials said Wednesday. View full post on Yahoo! News: Security News View full post on…
Spyware virus infects US military drones
Home Calcutta News.NetTuesday 11th October, 2011 The United States’ fleet of remote-controlled Predator and Reaper drones has been infected with a computer virus that allows hackers to monitor every action by the pilots. The ongoing security risk in one of the US military’s most important weapons systems has resisted removal…
Computer virus hits U.S. drone fleet
(WIRED) — A computer virus has infected the cockpits of America’s Predator and Reaper drones, logging pilots’ every keystroke as they remotely fly missions over Afghanistan and other warzones. The virus, first detected nearly two weeks ago by the military’s Host-Based Security System, has not prevented pilots at Creech Air…
U.S. drones affected by Keylogger Virus
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Virus Hits U.S. Military Drones
Perhaps it was inevitable: the drones the U.S. military uses have been hit by a computer virus. Worse yet, it’s a keylogger –- a piece of malware that sends every keystroke a user makes to someone else. And the virus has been doing it while soldiers were piloting their drones….
Report: Computer virus hits US Air Force drone program; Pentagon mum on impact
More on this Story A future for drones: Automated killing Global race on to match U.S. drone capabilities U.S. drone strikes hitting fewer high-value targets With Air Force’s drone, ‘We can see everything’ View all Items in this Story Privacy issues hover over police drone use Pentagon seeks to crowd-source…
Computer virus hits U.S. drone fleet [Planelopnik]
A computer virus has infected the cockpits of America’s Predator and Reaper drones, logging pilots’ every keystroke as they remotely fly missions over Afghanistan and other warzones. The virus, first detected nearly two weeks ago by the military’s Host-Based Security System, has not prevented pilots at Creech Air Force Base…
Computer virus hits US Predator and Reaper drone fleet
A computer virus has infected the cockpits of America’s Predator and Reaper drones, logging pilots’ every keystroke as they remotely fly missions over Afghanistan and other war zones. The virus, first detected nearly two weeks ago by the military’s Host-Based Security System, has not prevented pilots at Creech Air Force…