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Hackers of Chinese origin have stolen data from US Navy contractors whose content includes highly confidential information on advanced military technologies. In June this year, it was reported that Chinese hackers stole 614 gigabytes of US Navy’s anti-ship missile data. Now, authorities in the United States have once again accused Chinese hackers of stealing secret data belonging […]
While people around the world are celebrating Christmas, WikiLeaks founder Julain Assange had a pretty bad day. It all started this morning when Assange’s official Twitter account suddenly disappeared and magically appeared back after few hours. Then came a mysterious Tweet from the US Navy saying “Julian Assange” that was quickly deleted. Here a screenshot of the […]
Satellite antenna systems are not spared from vulnerabilities and are quite prone to cyber-attacks, which makes devices and machinery from which these systems are connected to potential targets of hackers. Until now we believed that ships sailing far away in the ocean are safe from the reach of cyber-criminals but latest research proves that even […]
Usually, security researchers feel hesitant to report any inherent flaws and vulnerabilities in software’s code or programming and other security holes plaguing cyber-based systems of the military primarily because they fear being blamed for hacking and adverse consequences. But, now the military itself is allowing hackers a chance to point out vulnerabilities in their online […]
Governments unsurprisingly are trying to buy unpatched security exploits in the name of surveillance or cyber defence but refrain from admitting it. US Navy however, was caught by the Electronic Foundation soliciting for unpatched security flaws. The Electronic Foundation revealed that the US Navy is involved in soliciting of zero-day exploits and less than 6-months old […]
DARPA, the advanced research department of the Pentagon will be testing its latest “submarine drone,” that is, a prototype of SHARK (Submarine Hold at RisK). It is an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV). The deep-sea testing is a part of DARPA’s Distributed Agile Submarine Hunting (DASH) program whereas the drone testing is among the two phased […]
In 2012, we reported that US NAVY faces 110,000 cyber attacks every hour. Now a report has gone viral that Iran’s penetration into the US Navy’s computer network was far more extensive than previously imagined, according to Wall Street Journal . The officer who led the response attack may face questions on it from senators considering his […]