Researchers have uncovered an active phishing campaign which targets Android devices in order to turn them into mobile proxies.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/meet-the-malware-which-turns-your-smartphone-into-a-mobile-proxy/
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Navy Recognizes Electromagnetic Battlespace
A new Navy policy recognizes the electromagnetic spectrum as a warfighting domain "on par with sea, land, air, space and cyber."
https://fcw.com/articles/2018/10/23/navy-electronic-warfare-williams.aspx?admgarea=TC_Security
US May Have by Far the World’s Biggest Military Budget But It’s Not Showing in Security
A "red teamer" cracked into a US Department of Defense system and rebooted it, but nobody noticed: the system suffered unexplained crashes. In another case, testers "caused a pop-up message to appear on users' terminals instructing them to insert two quarters to continue operating."
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/10/10/gao_weapons_security/
Microsoft, Amazon CEOs Vow to Continue Defense Work After Google Bails on JEDI
The leaders of two contenders for the Pentagon's massive cloud contract sounded off on Google's decision not to bid.
Voice Phishing Scams Are Getting More Clever
Most of us have been trained to be wary of clicking on links and attachments that arrive in emails unexpected, but it's easy to forget scam artists are constantly dreaming up innovations that put a new shine on old-fashioned telephone-based phishing scams. Think you're too smart to fall for one? Think again: Even technology experts are getting taken in by
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/10/voice-phishing-scams-are-getting-more-clever/
Former NSA Employee Gets 5 Years in Prison for Retaining Classified Data
A former employee of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) received a five-year prison sentence for retaining classified national defense information.
How 50 Million Facebook Users Were Hacked
Facebook revealed more details about how hackers exploited three distinct bugs to get the ability to control up to 50 million users' accounts.
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bja7qq/how-50-million-facebook-users-were-hacked
The Chilling Reality of Cold Boot Attacks
Olle and his fellow cyber security consultant Pasi Saarinen recently discovered a new way to physically hack into PCs. According to their research, this method will work against nearly all modern computers. This includes laptops from some of the world's biggest vendors like Dell, Lenovo, and even Apple.
The Art of (Cyber) War: How Adversarial Thinking Strengthens Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity is unique compared to most other business operations, even most IT operations. Unlike marketing or network management-both of which tackle difficult and ever-changing challenges in the business operating environment-cybersecurity pits defenders against intelligent, creative and deliberate opponents.
https://www.securityweek.com/art-cyber-war-how-adversarial-thinking-strengthens-cybersecurity
Army Looks to Build Stronger Tactical Cyber Teams
The Army is looking to build up and resource expeditionary cyber teams that will conduct cyber effects at the tactical edge.
https://www.fifthdomain.com/dod/army/2018/09/14/army-looks-to-build-stronger-tactical-cyber-teams/
