NATO announced today that several of its public websites were brought down by hackers. It appears to be retaliation in the cyberspace with regards to increasing tensions over Crimea. Oana Lungescu, a spokeswoman for NATO, revealed via Twitter that the cyberattacks began on Saturday evening and continued well into Sunday. The alliance has since been able to restore most services.
Several NATO Websites Brought Down By Hackers original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Ever have that nightmare where your refrigerator comes alive and attacks you? Probably not, but in the era of smart fridges, this is actually a thing that can happen—that is, if we’re talking about cyberattacks.
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The Obama administration has been stoking the fires of fear about a cyberattack on America’s infrastructure for well over a year now, but a little-discussed physical attack on a power plant earlier this year suggests we shouldn’t ignore more traditional threats.
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It’s been over three years since the discovery of the Stuxnet worm, but new revelations continue to trickle out from the cybersecurity community. Actually, this latest one is more of a torrent than a trickle: Turns out Stuxnet had an evil secret twin.
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What would happen if an army of hackers put America’s power grid in its sights and pulled the trigger? How fast would the country descend into darkness? Would there be anarchy in the streets? Would people die? According to a war game carried out across the country this week, the answer is not necessarily good news.
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It’s been almost a year since The New York Times, working with cybersecurity firm Mandiant, outed the Chinese military for being behind an ongoing series of hacking attacks aimed at the United States. Articles were written. Meetings were held
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We often hear about cyberattacks being launched against a country, the U.S. and China have been bickering about this for quite some time, and only recently Israel saw a major tunnel being blocked due to a cyberattack. A private Finnish broadcaster, MTV3, reported that Finland’s government data network had been hit by large-scale hacking. After the report was aired, the government arranged a press conference to confirm that a “sever and large” hack had breached the Foreign Ministry’s data network.
Finland’s foreign minister, Erkki Tuomioja, confirmed that the breach was discovered in spring 2013, and that the country’s intelligence service is investigating the hack as they believe its a “serious espionage” case. Tuomioja didn’t say who the government suspects to have carried out this hack. However, MTV3 previously reported, citing sources, that intelligence agents hailing from China and Russia might be involved. It further added that the hackers had access to the foreign ministry’s network for years, and that they targeted classified communications between officials of Finland and the European Union. Tuomioja assured during the press conference that there has been no exposure of the most highly classified information. Both Russia and China have previously been accused to state-sponsored hacking in the past, particularly by the U.S. and other Western countries, but so far both countries have denied ever having any direct involvement in the cyberattacks.
Finland’s Government Data Network Hit With ‘Severe And Large’ Hacking original content from Ubergizmo. 
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In the new digital age, cyberattacks have become a major cause of concern for governments all around the world. As more and more information moves online, and so do various infrastructure systems, the focus has certainly gravitated towards strengthening cyber borders alongside the physical ones. A new report by the Associated Press claims that Israel was hit by a cyberattack last month, a sophisticated cyberattack which closed down a major tunnel in the northern city of Haifa for eight hours.
Since the breach of security is a classified matter, an expert reveals details of the attack on condition of anonymity. Apparently the security camera system of Carmel Tunnels was attacked by a trojan horse on September 8th which resulted in an immediate closure of the tunnels for 20 minutes. The real damage was done the next day, it is claimed, when the roadway was shut for eight hours during morning rush hour, causing congestion on a massive scale. The same expert claims that its unlikely this attack was carried by a hostile government, such as Iran. This is believed to be the work of some sophisticated unknown hackers. While the company that manages the toll road blames the shut down on a “communication glitch,” and doesn’t accept that there was a security breach, it is said that the classified National Cyber Bureau of Israel knew about the incident. This is just a glimpse of how a country’s infrastructure can be tinkered with remotely, a glimpse of how nations and rogue individuals will set to achieve their nefarious goals while being hidden behind a number of screens.
Cyberattack On Israel Shuts Down Major Tunnel For Eight Hours original content from Ubergizmo. 
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We’ve heard time and again of hackers based in China allegedly launching cyberattacks against the U.S., however this time around, there appears to be a new contender. Relations between Iran and the U.S. aren’t too spectacular, that’s definitely no secret, so its not entirely impossible to believe that something like this can’t happen between the two. According to a new Wall Street Journal report, unclassified U.S. Navy computers were reportedly compromised by a group of hackers that are either “working directly for Iran’s government,” or they’re acting with the “approval” of Iran’s leaders.
U.S. officials who spoke to WSJ reveal that the attacks have occurred in recent weeks, they’ve not provided a concrete timeline. Furthermore, it is said that the computers that were compromised were low level, meaning that at no point during the alleged attack was any classified or valuable information under any kind of risk. The report also does not elaborate the nature of this attack and its level of sophistication, nor does it discuss the nature of its connection to Iran. Iran has been on the receiving end of cyberattacks such as Flame and Stuxnet, so its likely that U.S. officials might have anticipated a retaliation. According to one official, “their ability to also play in this sandbox compounds that concern,” the concern being that of a retaliation.
Iranian Hackers Reportedly Compromised U.S. Navy Computers original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Cybersecurity firm Symantec took a major swipe at Chinese hackers on Tuesday, when it revealed the details of the group that’s behind some of the best-known attacks on the United States. Unlike earlier reports, however, Symantec’s report isn’t about the Chinese military. These are hackers-for-hire.
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