He did say that hackers don't pose a serious threat to national-level infrastructures just yet, although the US does anticipate "more substantial cyber threats in the future as a more technically competent generation enters the terrorist ranks".
The UK is also under intelligence-gathering cyber attack from the far east, according to the National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre (NISCC). The hackers, who are believed to be based in the Chinese province of Guangdong, are thought...
Cyber spying will pose the single biggest security threat in 2008, with 120 countries now using the internet for web espionage operations, according to security company McAfee. Cyber assaults are now designed to specifically slip under the radar of...
He said: "I can confirm that, to meet future security needs, we have set aside funds to modernise our interception capability; that, at GCHQ and in the Secret Intelligence Service, we are developing new technical capabilities to root out terrorism...
A Centre of Excellence set up in Estonia will train Nato's extensive civilian and military staff in cyber defence. The Brussels-based CDMA will strengthen nation states cyber defences by reinforcing the best ways to protect national systems and...
The centre will be based in Tallinn in Estonia and will be used to train Nato's civilian and military staff in cyber defence techniques. Seven Nato member states have signed documents for the formal establishment of the Cooperative Cyber Defence...