Tag: cyber espionage
FBI sounds second call to arms to fight cybercrime
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is increasingly anxious to enlist the private sector in the losing battle it is fighting against global cybercrime and espionage. Speaking in Washington on Monday, FBI director Christopher Wray stressed the importance of “collaborative, public-private” operations in fighting cybercrime, developing a strategy previously outlined by FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate at a Boston cybersecurity conference three months ago.
Chinese cyber-espionage campaign exposed
The China-backed hacking group referred to as RedHotel has been linked to attacks in 17 countries during a three-year espionage campaign. According to cybersecurity firm Recorded Future, RedHotel has been infiltrating sectors such as academia, aerospace, government, media, telecoms, and research while operating across the US, Europe, and Asia.
US space industry vulnerable to supply-chain attacks
US intelligence agencies and the US Air Force issued a joint advisory warning space innovation and assets are now prime targets for cyber-espionage.
Connected EVs represent latest geopolitical cyber threat
Western governments’ stop-and-start race towards ‘net zero’ carbon emissions has produced a global cybersecurity crisis as a potentially hostile power, China, appears to be cornering the market in electric vehicles (EVs)