"Recent FBI reporting indicates a new trend in which cyber criminal actors are using spam and phishing e-mails, keystroke loggers, and Remote Access Trojans (RAT) to compromise financial institution …
JPMorgan Chase suffering from online outages
"The consumer banking website of JPMorgan Chase & Co. was intermittently unavailable to some customers on Wednesday, a spokesman said, in a second day of Internet issues for a major bank in the …
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Egypt appoints new intelligence chief
"Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi on Wednesday appointed as the country's new intelligence chief a veteran official who was involved in the brokering of last year's release of an Israeli soldier …
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Chinese cyber attacks hit Japan over islands dispute
"At least 19 Japanese websites, including those of a government ministry, courts and a hospital, have come under cyber attack, apparently from China, police said Wednesday. Many of the websites were …
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Jordan’s Muslim Brothers Push For Constitutional Monarchy
"The Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan is seeking to finalize a confidential document that could steer its conventional ties with the state in an unknown direction. This document will include a call to …
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Private networks vulnerable to cyber attack: Pentagon
"Privately-owned computer networks remain vulnerable to cyber attacks, and many U.S. companies are not doing enough to protect them, Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said on Wednesday." Source: …
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Nuclear power in India: The Kudankulam conundrum
"This week police in Kudankulam, in southern Tamil Nadu, fired at thousands of anti-nuclear protesters on the beach, killing a fisherman. The locals were opposing a new, Russian-designed, 2,000MW …
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Crowd attacks US ambassador in Beijing
"A crowd of around 50 Chinese protesters surrounded the official car of the United States ambassador in Beijing, who escaped unharmed, a State Department spokesman said." Source: Crowd attacks US …
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Cyberattacks could trigger self-defense rule, U.S. official says
"Cyberattacks can amount to armed attacks triggering the right of self-defense and are subject to international laws of war, the State Department’s top lawyer said Tuesday. Spelling out the U.S. …
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Bank of America Hit By Cyber Attack
"Bank of America’s website was experiencing sporadic outages on Tuesday related to a cyber attack that may be tied to an Islamic terrorist group, according to a source close to the matter. The …