He adds that the attack on the site, which has been used for weapons manufacturing and as a nuclear weapons research facility in the past, is a continuation of the Stuxnet virus which disrupted Iran’s nuclear development program 10 years ago. Theodore Karasik, a senior adviser at Gulf State Analytics, claims a huge explosion at the Khojir military site east of Tehran was the result of an Israeli cyberattack. Money will be used to create 500 new cybersecurity jobs, improve the Australian Signals Directorate ability to disrupt cybercrime, and expand data science and intelligence capabilities. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announces $1.35 billion in existing defense funding will be used to boost his nation’s cybersecurity capabilities. Earlier in the month, the two nations engaged in a military clash that left 20 Indian soldiers dead and an unknown number of Chinese casualties. India bans nearly 60 Chinese mobile apps, including TikTok, because they pose a national security risk.
It adds that the country is believed to be behind a series of similar attacks against GOP and Jewish community activists who have been pressuring the Trump administration to cut ties with Qatar. Washington Free Beacon reports lawsuit filed by Republican financier Elliott Broidy alleges Qatar, through a consultancy composed of former CIA and other military officials with experience in cyber espionage, conspired to steal confidential materials from Broidy and make them public in order to discredit him.
“They undoubtedly have cyberwarfare agents living in their network today… stealing information, or waiting to be attacked,” adds Blount, an expert on cyberwarfare, and a former federal government CIO. Blount, president and CEO at Intrusion, Inc. “The simple fact is that most if not all businesses in America have been breached,” says Jack B.
continue to suffer intrusions at the hands of adversaries. Meanwhile, cyber skirmishes broke out between India, China, and Pakistan, as well as between Israel and Iran. Universities and companies engaged in COVID-19 research became targets of nation-state hackers, and cyberattacks increased globally as workers confined to their homes were perceived as ripe targets for hackers searching for easy ways to crack corporate networks.
The coronavirus not only dominated the news cycle during the second quarter of the year, but it became a source for exploitation by cyber warriors.
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