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Cyber Command wants to partner with private sector to stop hacks
The head of the National Security Agency and Cyber Command is advocating for a more expansive partnership between the government and the private sector amid an array of cyberthreats.
Town dusts off typewriters after cyber-attack
Government workers in a borough of Alaska have turned to typewriters to do their jobs, after ransomware infected their computer systems.
Cyber security experts note spike in fileless malware attacks that leave no traces
Cyber security experts have noticed a spike in fileless malware attacks, which take advantage of the trust factor between security software and genuine, signed Windows applications. As these malware attacks leave no footprints in the computer system, it is difficult to notice their presence.
Jalalabad: Gunmen take dozens hostage in eastern Afghanistan
Gunmen have taken dozens of people hostage after a suicide bomber detonated his explosives outside a government building in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, according to officials.
North Korea possibly constructing new ICBMs, missile program moving on ‘business as usual,’ official says
North Korea is possibly constructing new intercontinental ballistic missiles and moving on with “business as usual” for its missile program, an official told Fox News despite Kim Jong Un’s claim to halt its weapon production and President Trump’s reassurance that the Hermit Kingdom is “no longer a nuclear threat.”
MH370 report says someone deliberately ‘manipulated’ plane’s controls
Missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was likely steered off course deliberately by someone and flew over the Southern Indian Ocean for over seven hours after communications were severed, according to a safety report into the disaster released Monday.
Syrian forces press offensive despite IS threats to hostages
Syrian government forces pressed ahead with their offensive in the country’s south on Monday despite threats by the Islamic State group to kill civilians it recently captured there.
Air marshals have secretly monitored US passengers for years, report says
Federal air marshals have secretly monitored a small number of U.S. passengers who raised red flags under a program called “Quiet Skies,” according to a recent report.
Milwaukee police officer shot dead after suspect allegedly yells ‘I’m not going back to jail’
A Milwaukee police officer was shot and killed Wednesday after his assailant reportedly yelled “I’m not going back to jail,” a witness said.
Small bomb detonated outside US embassy in Beijing
A man has detonated a small, low-grade bomb outside the US embassy in Beijing, according to US and Chinese authorities, injuring himself but no one else.
