Ideas
Organizational Resilience Can Help Prevent the Next Ransomware Attack
City and state governments should start with an informed, clear-eyed look at their vulnerabilities.
Science & Tech
Report: Pentagon Should Assume US Satellites Are Already Hacked
As U.S. and its allies tether more of their military operations to government and commercial satellites, they need to start taking cybersecurity more seriously.
Science & Tech
Suspected Iranian Cyber Attacks Show No Sign of Slowing
As Iran and the U.S. trade cyber blows, a new warning shows that the online fight is likely to go on.
Threats
Code that Allowed the Equifax Breach Was Downloaded 21M Times Last Year
A report highlights the difficulties of securing the many government IT systems that rely on open-source software.
Science & Tech
Researchers Show How to Send Fake Presidential Alerts To Your Phone
Your phone’s thirst for a better signal leaves it open to bogus messages, new research shows.
Ideas
The CBP Theft Is Exactly What Privacy Experts Said Would Happen
The more information the government collects, the more attractive that information is to bad actors.
Science & Tech
CBP Says Thousands of Traveler Photos Stolen in ‘Malicious Cyber-Attack’
The breach happened at one of the agency’s subcontractors and didn’t involve any data collected under its facial recognition program, officials said.
Defense Systems
Reports censure DOD on JRSS, rapid acquisition
The Pentagon received two reports criticizing its cybersecurity and rapid prototyping efforts.
Ideas
States Must Explain When a Cyber Attack Might Draw a Violent Reprisal
Without clear explanations that affirm rules of the road, countries make it easier for conflicts to spiral out of control.
Defense Systems
DOD artificial intelligence center to take on cyber defense
The Defense Department’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center has its eye on autonomous cyber defenses as one of the JAIC's top project areas to solve due to robust acquisition and a "tremendous amount of data".
Ideas
The US Needs an Industrial Policy for Cybersecurity
Government intervention is needed to fend off the steady barrage of attacks on the digital infrastructure of U.S.-based companies and public agencies.
Science & Tech
NSA Deflects Blame for Baltimore Ransomware Attack
An agency's policy advisor says city officials had more than two years to patch computers against the attack.
Science & Tech
Russia's Would-Be Windows Replacement Gets a Security Upgrade
For sensitive communications, the Russian government aims to replace the ubiquitous Microsoft operating system with a bespoke flavor of Linux, a sign of the country's growing IT independence.
Science & Tech
NATO Getting More Aggressive on Offensive Cyber
Secretary General Stoltenberg says NATO pushes limits of what the alliance can do in cyberspace.
Defense Systems
DISA migrates cyber guidance to new home
The Defense Department’s cybersecurity standards have a new home: Cyber.mil. The Defense Information Systems Agency migrated the security requirements and technology implementation guides in early May.
Threats
State-Sponsored Breaches of US Government Networks Rose 168% Last Year: Report
“Cyber-espionage is rampant in the public sector," Verizon analysts wrote in their annual study of data breaches.
Defense Systems
DOD keeps getting ‘out recruited’ for cyber talent, Shanahan says
Congress wants DOD to onboard more cyber warriors, but they're hard to keep around.
Ideas
How Much Will It Cost to Protect America's Electrical Grid? Who Will Pay?
The answers are: Likely tens of billions of dollars, and probably us, the electricity customers.
Ideas
Did Israel Have the Right to Bomb Hamas’ Cyber HQ?
The May 5 counterstrike raised questions — and set precedents.
Ideas