North Korea, on the heels of announcing they are considering ending the armistice with South Korea after 60 years, vowed to exercise its right to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United States if the United Nations imposes more sanctions against the country.
“As long as the United States is willing to spark nuclear war our forces will exercise their right to a pre-emptive nuclear strike,” said North Korea’s foreign ministry. Continue reading
The biggest trade deal in world history is on the table as the U.S. and European Union formally begin to discuss a free trade agreement.
The two entities mark the world’s two biggest economies and current trade between the groups is around $613 billion a year. Continue reading
Almost 157,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy last month while the unemployment rate continued to climb.
The unemployment rate climbed to 7.9% in January, up .1% from the previous month’s total. The data from the Labor Department said that an average of 181,000 jobs were created each month in 2012. However, the data did not break down to say if those were low paying, minimum wage jobs or jobs with livable wages. Continue reading
The Pentagon has announced a huge expansion of their Cyber Command division as the number of attacks on U.S. government computer networks skyrocket.
The news comes amid reports of a successful attack on a Saudi oil company that destroyed 30,000 computers. Continue reading
Defying a resolution issued by the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday that condemned Pyongyang for test-firing a missile in December and tightened existing sanctions on the regime, North Korea’s National Defence Commission said the new nuclear test would be part of its action against the “sworn enemy of the Korean people”. Continue reading
The U.S. Air Force has begun to airlift French soldiers and equipment to assist in the battle against Islamic militants.
Five transport flights have already taken place with more planned through the rest of the week. Currently 2,000 French troops have been placed in the country to stop the southern advance of the terrorist group. Continue reading
Two U.S. power plants were struck my malware attacks in 2012 according to the Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team.
The malware apparently entered both plants through USB drives inserted into individual computers in the plant networks. Continue reading
Russian research firm Kaspersky Labs released information today about a major cyber-crime attack that has been stealing classified government information since 2007.
The malware, code named “Red October,” is designed to steal encrypted files and has the ability to retrieve files that have been deleted on a computer if the deletion was not done in a secure manner. Continue reading
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration stated that 2012 was a full degree warmer than the previous yearly average and that it was 3.2 degrees warmer than the average for the entire 20th century.
Scientists claim the record is due to global warming and natural weather variation. Continue reading
Computer security firm McAfee has sent an alert to banks throughout the US that a Russian “cyber-gangster” using the alias “Thief-In-Law” is preparing a massive assault on the banking system.
The cyber-criminal has reportedly infected hundreds of computers in the US with the intent of stealing their bank account information. The information would then be used to pull money from their account and that of other people on the same banking system. Continue reading