Science & Tech
US Army Creates Quantum Sensor That Detects Entire Radio-Frequency Spectrum
Breakthrough could help the military fight in the electronic spectrum.
Threats
Defense Sector's Health Gets a 'C' From Industry Group
An NDIA-Govini report says increases in cyber vulnerabilities hurt the industry in 2020.
Defense Systems
State Department can't justify opening cyber office, GAO finds
The Government Accountability Office says the State Department failed to justify the scope and organizational placement of a new office that was greenlighted in the final days of the Trump administration.
Defense Systems
In search of a smarter Einstein
If the Einstein intrusion detection system was unlikely to have detected the malware that was delivered via the SolarWinds Orion update, how can it be fixed?
Defense Systems
Lawmakers press NSA for answers about 2015 Juniper hack
A group of Democratic lawmakers is calling on the NSA to explain its part in developing a flawed encryption algorithm that was used and subsequently exploited through Juniper Network's security products, citing the supply chain hack involving SolarWinds Orion.
Defense Systems
Hicks talks budget and CMO duties in confirmation hearing
Kathleen Hicks, President Biden's pick to serve as deputy secretary of defense, pressed for new incentives to improve DOD's business reform efforts at her confirmation hearing.
Defense Systems
Cyber Guard bill gets new life
The bill would allow states to use the National Guard for the purpose of bolstering their cybersecurity.
Defense Systems
Final rule, formal training orgs on CMMC could hit this summer
A final rule on the Defense Department's unified cybersecurity standard could debut as soon as this summer but implementation hinges on standing up a formal training system.
Defense Systems
Austin tackles cyber and social policy
Senators question defense secretary nominee about cyber and racism as several National Guardsmen removed from inauguration duty.
Defense Systems
Trump issues last-minute order targeting foreign cyber threats
A Jan. 19 executive order from Donald Trump in the waning hours of his presidency aims to force cloud providers to keep more complete records about their customers to support U.S. investigations of hacks and other computer crimes.
Defense Systems
Rob Joyce to lead NSA cyber office
Joyce's predecessor, Anne Neuberger, is joining President-elect Joe Biden's administration as a deputy national security advisor.
Defense Systems
FireEye not ready to name Russians as SolarWinds attackers
The company has not seen enough evidence to positively trace the hackers behind the ongoing SolarWinds Orion hack to Russian entities, a FireEye executive said.
Defense Systems
CMMC, industrial capital strategy could continue in Biden's DOD
The Defense Department's top buyer, Ellen Lord, said the incoming Biden administration will have to contend with adversarial investments and cybersecurity weaknesses in the contractor base.
Defense Systems
CISA details attacks on cloud services
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warned of attacks that leverage phishing and email forwarding vulnerabilities as well as one that bypassed multifactor authentication.
Business
Trump Did Not Influence Military Contracts, Pentagon’s Top Arms Buyer Says
But he was interested in the new Air Force One’s paint job.
Defense Systems
Russia behind SolarWinds hack, intel agencies claim
According to a Jan. 5 statement from the Cyber Unified Coordination Group, “an Advanced Persistent Threat actor, likely Russian in origin, is responsible for most or all of the recently discovered, ongoing cyber compromises of both government and non-governmental networks."
Defense Systems
Evanina: SolarWinds victims numbers 'will continue to grow'
A top counterintelligence official today said the number of known federal agencies affected by the SolarWinds hack will likely to continue to rise beyond initial estimates.
Defense Systems
SolarWinds hackers accessed DOJ email
Suspected Russian intelligence agents are believed to have accessed "around" 3% of email inboxes, but not any classified systems, according to a Justice Department spokesman.
Defense Systems
Hackers breaking into networks without SolarWinds, CISA says
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency says hackers are breaching federal networks by exploiting methods besides the SolarWinds Orion vulnerabilities.
Policy