CIA Live: Spy Agency Holds Public Summit

  CIA Director John Brennan // Carolyn Kaster/AP By Aliya Sternstein June 11, 2014 In the first public conference given by the CIA, the agency’s head defended the practice of surveilling cyberspace for threats, but questioned the extent to which potent tracking capabilities should be applied.  “If we are to understand the world we cover…

Cyberespionage Attacks Tied to Hackers in Iran

Hackers set up a fake news organization called NewsOnAir.org, and tried to make the site look legitimate by copying and posting news articles and swapping out real writer names with fake ones. Screen shot via iSight Partners By NICOLE PERLROTH   May 29, 2014 SAN FRANCISCO — An elaborate, three-year cyberespionage campaign against United States military contractors, members…