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3 Questions on Obama's New Cyber Sanctions Order
An executive order permitting the Treasury Department to sanction 'malicious' cyber criminals leaves key details out.
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Why Sharing Information on Cyber Threats Is So Difficult
Two barriers, one cultural and the other technical, continue to plague well-intentioned policy efforts.
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Obama Expands the US Response to Cyber Attacks
A new executive order will allow the government to impose financial sanctions against foreigners waging malicious cyberattacks against the US.
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Why the Pentagon's Cybersecurity Dollars Don't Add Up
This is not the first time the Pentagon has had difficulty labeling its cyber investments.
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Pentagon Rolls Out 'NSA-Proof' Smartphones
The Defense Department has introduced supersecret smartphones made by a company founded by a former Navy SEAL.
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'Own The Night'? Army Aviation Wants To Own Bad Weather
The service is seeking technology to allow helicopters to fly and strike in rain, snow, dust, or fog.
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This Duck Drone Could Spy on Enemy Subs
But building a flying-and-swimming robot is harder than nature makes it look.
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Federal Agents Charged With Using Bitcoin To Launder Money
A former DEA official and a former Secret Service agent face charges over criminal activity that allegedly took place while the agents investigated the Silk Road website.
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Where the Military's Smartest Hackers Aren't Human at All
A two-year competition led by DARPA could lay the groundwork for a world where machines are in charge of cybersecurity.
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The World of 2020 According to DARPA
The research agency is making underwater robots that can sleep for years and other robots that can fix satellites in space.
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The Military’s Robotic Ghost Ship Passes Critical Test
An autonomous sub-hunting ship passed an important technological milestone and the oceans may never be the same.
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The Top Secret Military Mapmakers Spying on ISIS' Oil Smuggling
Analysts at the NGA have taken the tradecraft used to spy on Russia and China and turned it on black market oil transports.
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War by Doxxing
Combat pilots are just the most recent victims of a common practice. It doesn’t mean that the military has been hacked.
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The Air Force Might Have To Protect Money Laundering in Space
Burgeoning US space monitoring capabilities may one day be used to protect off-planet money launderers from Chinese rockets.
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Three Steps To Destroy ISIS on Twitter
Data scientists say Twitter has done much to thwart ISIS, but offer these simple steps to degrade the group and its massive online following.
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Are High-Tech Sensors the Answer to the Pentagon’s Drone Demand?
Battlefield commanders often argue that they need more eyes in the sky, but high-tech sensors could give the US military an edge in the future.
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Pentagon Intel Analysts May Soon Use a Trick from Amazon's Book
A system copying Amazon's user experience could help coordinate the work of analysts at the Defense Department's National Ground Intelligence Center.
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How Military Scientists Want To Fix Your Online Privacy Problem
DARPA is tackling online privacy. But can you trust them?
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Pentagon To Launch Hacker Proof Helicopter Drone By 2018
Boeing is set to replace 100,000 lines of code on its Little Bird drone before a test flight this summer.
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