Science & Tech
Got Something to Sell to the Pentagon? It's About to Get Easier
A new office just opened to help the Defense Department's high-tech agency buy more easily from first-time sellers.
Ideas
The US Accused Russia of Hacking. What Happens Next Will Set a Cyber War Precedent
After blaming Russia for trying to tamper with the presidential election, the White House will want to choose its next move carefully.
Ideas
Private Companies Shouldn’t Be The Ones Crying ‘State-Sponsored Hack!’
If the U.S. government doesn't start officially attributing cyberattacks, it risks losing control of the narrative and evolving legal norms.
Ideas
On the Cyber Frontier, Hacking Back is Ethical — and Even Desirable
Governments could treat retaliatory cyberattacks as ‘frontier' incidents, which are not necessarily escalatory.
Science & Tech
How the US Air Force is Rapidly Mobilizing For Cyber War
New ideas about defense and new tables of organization are reshaping the service’s ideas about battle.
Ideas
What to Do About Zero-Day Hacks? Try A Middle Road
A system of government incentives will keep us safer than trying to buy up all newly discovered vulnerabilities, or outlawing their sale.
Science & Tech
The Man in Charge of Stopping the Next Snowden
Moving past the summer of 2013 has proven difficult for the intelligence community.
Ideas
Just Wait Until Data Thieves Start Releasing Altered and Fake Emails
It's one thing for someone to air your dirty laundry. It's another thing entirely to throw in a few choice items that aren't real.
Science & Tech
The NSA Is Using Bomb-Defusing Software to Grow the Next Generation of Analysts
This year’s codebreaking contest has a twist: the college teams must remotely locate and neutralize a roadside bomb.
Policy
McCain to White House: If You Won’t Establish a Cyber Defense Policy, Congress Will
‘Ignoring the issue, as the White House has done, is not an option,’ said the Senate Armed Services Committee chairman on Tuesday.
Science & Tech
Will NSA and CyberCom Split?
This isn’t the first time officials have considered dividing the agencies’ leadership or even putting civilians in charge.
Science & Tech
The US Has Its First Cybersecurity Director
Gregory Touhill, a retired Air Force one-star, will be the first to hold the job, which was created in the wake of the OPM hack.
Science & Tech
How Will Terrorists Use the Internet of Things? The Justice Department Is Trying to Figure That Out
As the business of connected devices explodes, DOJ joins other agencies in evaluating the national-security risks.
Ideas
The Global Threat That Went Undiscussed at the G20 Summit
Our fight against cyber crime must grow beyond passive defense and unenforceable indictments — but it won't if leaders don't even talk about it.
Threats
The Same Culprits That Targeted US Election Boards Might Have Also Targeted Ukraine
More circumstantial evidence suggests Russian-backed actors targeted state election boards.
Threats
EXCLUSIVE: Russia-Backed DNC Hackers Strike Washington Think Tanks
The same Kremlin-backed group that hacked the Pentagon, State Department, and DNC targeted DC insiders last week.
Science & Tech
At Least One State Rejects Feds' Offer to Help Cybersecure Voting Machines
Some security experts say it wouldn't even take Russian government-backed hackers to manipulate actual votes in some of America's antiquated tallying systems.
Threats
Did the NSA Get Hacked?
A group calling itself the “Shadow Broker” is auctioning off what it says are the agency’s cyberweapons.
Science & Tech
Russian-Linked Group Leaks US Lawmakers’ Phone Numbers, Emails
Late Friday, an online figure linked to Russian intelligence groups released the personal information of several lawmakers, part of an established pattern.
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