Aerospace Diary

Vietnam steering committee addresses cyber Neelam Mathews, Delhi - IHS Jane's Airport Review 13 April 2017     In a belated response to a major cyber attack in 2016, the Vietnamese government is setting up a national steering committee for aviation cyber security, at the recommendation of the National Civil Aviation Security Committee. "Vietnam will set up the committee to address incidents related to cyber security," Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc announced in March 2017. Key international airports serving Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi were hacked in July 2016. In a press statement, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) confirmed ......

April 8, 2010 Neelam Mathews Volunteer security professionals of Canada working with the Shadowserver Foundation and Information Warfare Monitor have exposed (suspected) Chinese cyber offensive against India, the Dalai Lama, United Nations, and several other countries. Investigators have found that hackers of the so-called `Shadow Network' stole secrets files of India's missile projects, troop deployments and military schools, in a report released (April 6) -'Shadows in the Cloud – Investigating Cyber Espionage 2.0'. A host of military computers had been compromised as well as think tanks. Recovered documents related to the Pechora Missile System - an anti-aircraft surface-to-air missile system, Iron Dome Missile System - a mobile missile defense system, Project Shakti - the Indian Army’s command and control system for artillery.Documents relating to network centricity and network-centric warfare were exfiltrated, along with plans for intelligence fusion and ...