Department of Defense Archives

Pierluigi Paganini February 16, 2020

US administration requests $9.8B for cyber 2021 budget for the Department of Defense

The US administration requested $9.8 billion for cyber in next year’s budget for the Department of Defense, the amount is the same as last year. The US administration requested $9.8 billion for cyber operations in next year’s budget for the Department of Defense, a data that confirms the strategic importance of the fifth domain of […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 17, 2017

Hacker pleaded guilty to stealing satellite data from US DoD

The British hacker Sean Caffrey, 25, from Sutton Coldfield pleaded guilty to stealing satellite data from US Department of Defense (DoD). The British hacker Sean Caffrey, 25, from Sutton Coldfield pleaded guilty to stealing user accounts from a U.S. military communications system. According to the NCA, the man admitted in the Birmingham Crown Court to stealing […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 01, 2012

Windows 8 and Android kill switch, threats to privacy

The news is sensational and is associated with the imminent spread of the new operating system from Microsoft, Windows 8. The Redmond has announced in its systems the presence of a “kill switch” feature, a system that allows the company to remotely access the terminal to proceed with the killing of processes that could cause […]