Us Cyber Command

Microsoft said it had taken down malware vendor Trickbot in an effort to thwart attempts to meddle with the upcoming US presidential election.

China is trying to rewrite norms that it perceives do not trend in its favour and showing worrying tendency to challenge the existing rules-based order from which it has been a major beneficiary, a top US commander has said.

The US Army will soon send teams of cyber warriors to the battlefield, officials said Wednesday, as the military increasingly looks to take the offensive against enemy computer networks.

The Obama administration is preparing to elevate the stature of the Pentagon's Cyber Command, signaling more emphasis on developing cyber weapons to deter attacks, punish intruders into U.S. networks and tackle adversaries such as Islamic State, current and former officials told Reuters.

The Obama administration is preparing to elevate the stature of the Pentagon's Cyber Command, signalling more emphasis on developing cyber weapons to deter attacks, punish intruders into US networks and tackle adversaries such as ISIS, current and former officials told Reuters.

The US military's secretive Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) is working to destroy the ISIS group's Internet connections and leave the terrorists in a state of "virtual isolation," Pentagon chiefs said on Thursday.

Admiral Michael Rogers, who heads US Cyber Command as well as directing the NSA, stated his case at the opening of the WSJDLive conference.

The US Defense Department is building a massive, electronic system to provide an overview of the vulnerabilities of the military's computer networks, weapons systems, and installations, and help officials prioritize how to fix them, the deputy commander of US Cyber Command said on Thursday.

If so-called "cyber jihadists" want to launch another social media attack on America's military, they will have plenty of targets: the US Army alone lists more than 2,000 links to feeds on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other accounts.

The "CyberCaliphate" hacking group that attacked a Twitter account belonging to the Pentagon on Monday was founded by a Briton who was once jailed for hacking the personal address book of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, according to government sources and private sector security experts.

The White House made a renewed push on Tuesday for cyber security legislation, asking the new Congress to revive an initiative stalled over the past few years.

The Twitter and YouTube accounts for the US military command that oversees operations in the Middle East were hacked on Monday.

The commander of US forces in Korea says South Korea's military needs to improve its missile defense and cyber capabilities to better defend against persistent threats from Pyongyang.

The United States has warned countries against giving shelter to fugitive Edward Snowden, or letting him travel internationally, as the former CIA contractor landed in Moscow and said to be on his way to the South American country of Ecuador through Havana and Venezuela.

Depending on your point of view, U.S. General Keith Alexander is either an Army four-star trying to stave off a cyber Pearl Harbour attack, or an overreaching spy chief who wants to eavesdrop on the private emails of every American.

Microsoft said it had taken down malware vendor Trickbot in an effort to thwart attempts to meddle with the upcoming US presidential election.

China is trying to rewrite norms that it perceives do not trend in its favour and showing worrying tendency to challenge the existing rules-based order from which it has been a major beneficiary, a top US commander has said.

The US Army will soon send teams of cyber warriors to the battlefield, officials said Wednesday, as the military increasingly looks to take the offensive against enemy computer networks.

The Obama administration is preparing to elevate the stature of the Pentagon's Cyber Command, signaling more emphasis on developing cyber weapons to deter attacks, punish intruders into U.S. networks and tackle adversaries such as Islamic State, current and former officials told Reuters.

The Obama administration is preparing to elevate the stature of the Pentagon's Cyber Command, signalling more emphasis on developing cyber weapons to deter attacks, punish intruders into US networks and tackle adversaries such as ISIS, current and former officials told Reuters.

The US military's secretive Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) is working to destroy the ISIS group's Internet connections and leave the terrorists in a state of "virtual isolation," Pentagon chiefs said on Thursday.

Admiral Michael Rogers, who heads US Cyber Command as well as directing the NSA, stated his case at the opening of the WSJDLive conference.

The US Defense Department is building a massive, electronic system to provide an overview of the vulnerabilities of the military's computer networks, weapons systems, and installations, and help officials prioritize how to fix them, the deputy commander of US Cyber Command said on Thursday.

If so-called "cyber jihadists" want to launch another social media attack on America's military, they will have plenty of targets: the US Army alone lists more than 2,000 links to feeds on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other accounts.

The "CyberCaliphate" hacking group that attacked a Twitter account belonging to the Pentagon on Monday was founded by a Briton who was once jailed for hacking the personal address book of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, according to government sources and private sector security experts.

The White House made a renewed push on Tuesday for cyber security legislation, asking the new Congress to revive an initiative stalled over the past few years.

The Twitter and YouTube accounts for the US military command that oversees operations in the Middle East were hacked on Monday.

The commander of US forces in Korea says South Korea's military needs to improve its missile defense and cyber capabilities to better defend against persistent threats from Pyongyang.

The United States has warned countries against giving shelter to fugitive Edward Snowden, or letting him travel internationally, as the former CIA contractor landed in Moscow and said to be on his way to the South American country of Ecuador through Havana and Venezuela.

Depending on your point of view, U.S. General Keith Alexander is either an Army four-star trying to stave off a cyber Pearl Harbour attack, or an overreaching spy chief who wants to eavesdrop on the private emails of every American.