Cyberwarfare
Regional association as way to fight anti-cyber crime
BELGRADE - Internet, or, computer crime, is becoming an increasing threat to companies and the economy, and we need better cooperation and networking in the region to deal with it more efficiently, said participants in a regional conference dubbed Corporate Security and Cyber Crime, held in Belgrade.
Partygoers vandalize Thessaloniki university facilities
Vandals wrecked a design lab and an amphitheater while breaking several locks and urinating in the corridors of the architecture school at Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, authorities said on Tuesday, calling for stricter security measures on the campus.
Syrian hacker attack against Turkish government agencies
Hackers from the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), a group suspected to be linked with the Al-Assad regime in Syria, claim that they have broke into e-mails of Turkish government agencies, about two years ago.
STS's Opris: Cyberattacks used for political aims; an attack occurred during the presidential campaign
The tools of cyberwar can be used for political aims as well, head of the Special Telecommunications Service (STS) Marcel Opris said Thursday, adding that such an episode occurred during the 2014 presidential campaign.
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Syrian hacker group says it hacked Turkey two years ago
A Syrian hacker group suspected to be linked with the al-Assad regime says it broke into e-mails of Turkish goverment agencies two years ago in retaliation for Turkey's downing of a Syrian helicopter Hackers from the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) have said they hacked scores of email accounts, including ones belonging to the Turkish government, but waited for the right time to reveal them
Syrian hackers claim to hack Turkish government e-mail accounts
Hackers from the Syrian Electronic Army, which supports Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, claimed that it has hacked scores of e-mail accounts, including the accounts of the Turkish Presidency, Foreign Ministry, Defense Ministry and Air Forces.
Zgonea: Prepaid SIM cards law, cybersecurity law - urgent for national security structures
The Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Valeriu Zgonea on Thursday said that the prepaid SIM cards law and the cybersecurity law are important and urgent for national security structures.
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SRI: Cyber security law, essential for making national cyber security system operational
The cyber security law is essential to the objective of making the national cyber security system operational and facilitating the adoption of a complex of measures correlated with the accelerated dynamic of cyber-attacks, according to a press release of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) remitted to AGERPRES on Sunday.
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Intelligence Service: Romanian sites face rise in cyber-attacks launching radical Islamist, anti-Israel, pro-Palestine messages
Beginning with mid-December 2014, the sites of several Romanian higher education and public administration institutions have been the target of cyber-attacks, the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) announced on Friday, mentioning that the hacked sites were infiltrated to carry radical Islamist, anti-Israeli and pro-Palestinian messages, with the site of the Romanian Patriarchate being among th
South Korea Concerned Over North Korea's Cyber Army, Nuclear Weapons
The Defence Ministry of South Korea expressed its concern over the growing cyber army of North Korea and the progress its rival has made in nuclear weapons.
According to the claims, North Korea has a 6000-strong cyber army dedicated to disrupting South Korea's government and military, the Guardian reports.