Written by DefenceWeb 12/07/11

Global spending on cyber warfare will reach US$15.9 billion next year, up from an estimated US$12.5 billion this year as governments respond to a range of cyber threats, a new report says.



Visiongain’s Cyberwarfare Market 2012-2022 report says that governments around the world will continue to invest in a range of cyber warfare systems and solutions designed to offer protection against a wide range of cyber threats including protecting…

Michael Curie 

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IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (Reuters) - The lights went out. Hackers had infiltrated the chemical company's computer network. The firm's own experts ran around from computer to computer trying to fight back and regain control.

"We're flying blind," the chief executive of the fictitious ACMEchemical…

Lab scientists are pitching a new high-tech laser that is able to detect roadside bombs before they explode, potentially thwarting the deadliest weapon in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Roadside bombs, known as improvised explosive devices or IEDs, account for 60 percent of…

Efforts to chip away at the US budget deficit are making life tougher for companies that provide services to government agencies -- from engineering and systems to IT for the military, intelligence services and homeland security.



As these companies chase fewer and smaller state and local government contracts, salvation for some may be in the growing commercial market for cyber security.



A spate of high-profile online hacking attacks have pushed cyber…

Two U.S. government-funded research laboratories and a defense contractor were targets of a "highly sophisticated" cyber attack last week, representatives of the organizations said, the latest in a string of assaults on U.S. interests.



The attacks struck Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Washington; Thomas Jefferson National Laboratory in Newport News, Virginia and Battelle Corp, a government contractor that manages PNNL.



The three…

Computer hackers have disrupted al Qaeda’s ability to communicate via internet by interrupting the flow of videos and messages of the outfit, an anti terror expert said. The attack was reportedly carried out by unknown hackers in the past few days. “Al Qaeda’s online communications have been temporarily crippled, and it does not…

Imagine a piece of metal 30,000 times thinner than one of the hairs on your head. Mixed with a little protein from bee venom, that microscopic filament becomes the most powerful explosives-detection system in history, able to detect a single molecule of dangerous chemicals.

Now imagine having that in an airport. No need for taking a pornographic photograph or having your genitals massaged by the Transportation Security Agency. And a nanotechnology specialist may have…

The homepage of the Central Intelligence Agency,http://cia.gov/, appeared…

WASHINGTON -- A band of computer hackers who pride themselves on attacking vulnerable networks for fun accessed a Senate server that supports the chamber's public website but did not breach other files, a …

The U.S. government is considering using Facebook and Twitter to issue terrorism warnings, as part of its revamped terror alert system.



According to a draft of a Homeland…

Turns out it's not just news organizations that are grappling with proper Twitter etiquette for their…

apanese media reported at least 1,000 people are presumed dead from Friday's massive 8.9 earthquake, most drowned by Tsunami that swept across the northeast coast of the island nation. And its not only a coincidence that it happened exactly after 24 hours Solar flare hit Earth. According to NASA website March 9th ended with a powerful solar flare. Earth-orbiting satellites detected an X1.5-class explosion from behemoth sunspot 1166 around 2323 UT. A movie from NASA's Solar Dynamics…

CLARKSBURG, WV—New technology designed to revolutionize law enforcement’s ability to process fingerprints has reached its initial operating capability, the FBI announced today.



The Next Generation Identification System (NGI), built by Lockheed Martin, delivers an incremental replacement of the FBI’s Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS). NGI provides automated fingerprint and latent search capabilities, electronic image storage, and electronic exchange of…

Everstealth is the worlds most popular mobile phone and computer monitoring tool. It can be used to eavesdrop on conversations, internet access, calendar appointments, text messages, pictures, videos, e-mails and other activity. It can be used for tracking a cheating wife, catching a cheating husband, safeguarding your child, monitoring an employee or recovering your phone/computer.



It works on a range of devices including Microsoft Windows, Android,…