Lockheed Martin Corp’s Joint Strike Fighter program stolen from Australia in a cyber attack

The hacker had managed to breach the defenses and had downloaded nearly 30GB of data related to military hardware, including smart bombs, Joint Strike Fighter, naval vessels, P-8 Poseidon surveillance plane and other military hardware, over the course of 5 months. On Thursday, Australia’s defense ministry disclosed that a hacker had managed to breach its…

Trading Technologies International Inc acquires Neurensic LLC for undisclosed sum

Neurensic specialises in developing machine learning based software which markets participants, includers, traders, stock exchanges and market regulators, can use in real time to spot market related risks. Chicago-based Trading Technologies International Inc, a trading software provider has disclosed that has acquired Neurensic LLC for an undisclosed amount. Neurensic uses ai for market surveillance and…

Google, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft confirm Russian involvement in 2016 U.S Presidential election campaign

U.S. investigators are gradually piecing together how the Kremlin orchestrated its disinformation campaign using U.S. platforms to influence the 2016 U.S. Presidential campaign. As per a person briefed on Google’s probe on Russian involvement in the 2016 U.S. elections, Google has discovered that Russian agents had spent tens of thousands of dollars on ads on…

Micro Focus International Plc will restrict source code review by “high-risk” governments

Here’s the scoop on how Russian hackers have managed to conduct cyber attacks against U.S. businesses, politicians and defense organization, including the Pentagon, with ease. Following a news report by Reuters that the ArcSight security software had been scrutinized by Russia, its owners, Micro Focus International Plc, a British tech firm, stated it would restrict…

Hackers, U.S. Governors, Academics collaborate to stop the rigging of future U.S. elections

Ever wandere why the U.S. government banned the use of Kaspersky Anti-virus on government computers? How difficult is to remotely exploit vulnerabilities in voting machines and computer systems. Here’s a 5 minute read that sheds light on these topics. In an unlikely coalition, academics and hackers have joined forces with U.S. governors to strengthen and…