US, Iran dig in for long cyber war

China's full-throated denials of hacking and counter-accusations of its own do nothing to allay growing concern over large-scale cyberspying alleged in a bombshell report this week, Western analysts said.

The new year came with finishing touches on the Air Force's new $4.2 million "Nuke School" and a $3 million prize for research proposals for an upgraded mobile nuclear missile fleet.

Top-level defense contractors like General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin are in close collaboration with the Pentagon to develop a cyber security arsenal capable of allowing the Defense Department to defend its networks and attack other networks around the world.

As the world's economic powers squabble over the intricacies of cause and effect in a vicious cycle of currency devaluation and domestic economic defense; it appears, NYTimes reports, that the US is leading the way in another direction.

The United States and Israel collaborated to create the Flame computer virus as part of an effort to slow Iran's suspected nuclear weapons drive, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.The newspaper, citing "Western officials with knowledge of the effort," said the sophisticated malware was designed to spy on Iran's computer networks and send back intelligence used for an ongoing cyberwarfare campaign.The Post said the US National Security Agency and CIA worked with Israel's military on the project.

WASHINGTON — The world must show its resolve in the face of North Korea’s nuclear provocations or risk emboldening Iran, which is under scrutiny over its uranium enrichment program, Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday. Kerry said nations must agree on a “swift, clear, strong and credible response” to Pyongyang’s third nuclear test and the authoritarian regime’s “continued flaunting of its obligations.”