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Report: US weapons systems are highly vulnerable to cyber attacks

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The Department of Defense will have to ramp up its cybersecurity efforts now that it's planning to spend $1.66 trillion to develop major weapons systems. According to a new report (PDF) by the Government Accountability Office, nearly all of Pentagon's weapons systems are vulnerable to cyberattacks.

Brittany Day
Oct 10, 2018

NSA staffer takes top-secret hacking tools home ‘to study’, gets 66 months

Taking work-related documents home to study might get you a promotion and pay raise at some jobs, but not when your employer is the National Security Agency (NSA) – and most certainly not when those materials are classified.

Brittany Day
Oct 03, 2018

White House Issues National Cyber Strategy

Taking a critical step forward in national cyber defense, the White House yesterday published the National Cyber Strategy, aimed at strengthening America’s cybersecurity capabilities. President Trump wrote, “With the release of this National Cyber Strategy, the United States now has its fully articulated cyber strategy in 15 years.”

Brittany Day
Sep 23, 2018

Australian encryption Bill raises bar for outrageous legislation: Comms Alliance

A little over a week since the window closed for public submissions on the government's draft Assistance and Access Bill, Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton on Thursday introduced the Bill into the House of Representatives.

Brittany Day
Sep 20, 2018

New California Law Aims to Fix the Internet of Broken Things

California is hoping a new law will help fix the security and privacy problems that plague the so-called internet of things, but experts say a lot more needs to be done to seriously tackle the problem.

Brittany Day
Sep 19, 2018

Cybersecurity Is Only 1 Part of Election Security

The DEF CON 2018 Voting Machine Hacking Village aimed to raise awareness in voting security through a full day of speakers and panel discussions along with a challenge for attendees to hack more than 30 pieces of voting equipment. A partnership with rOOtz Asylum offered youths between 8 and 16 years old an opportunity to hack replicas of the websites of secretaries of state to demonstrate that even hackers with limited years of experience can easily compromise critical systems.

Brittany Day
Sep 16, 2018

California bill regulates IoT for first time in US

California looks set to regulate IoT devices, becoming the first US state to do so and beating the Federal Government to the post.

Brittany Day
Sep 13, 2018

4 Practical Measures to Improve Election Security Now

In the past, a midterm election season would pass without much fanfare. These have been torpid affairs with low voter turnout and few big-ticket issues, which historically has meant incumbents rather predictably hold their seats.

Brittany Day
Sep 12, 2018

Bill that would have the White House create a database of APT groups passes House vote

The US House of Representatives passed a bill this week that would have the White House create and maintain a database containing all the names of individuals and cyber-threat groups associated with foreign cyber-espionage operations active against the US.

Brittany Day
Sep 08, 2018

Hearing Date Set in Georgia Election Security Case

A hearing has been filed in the ongoing Georgia election cybersecurity case, Curling v. Kemp, where Georgia citizens are fighting for more secure elections in a lawsuit against Secretary of State and gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp. The hearing is scheduled for Monday, 17 September, at 11am.

Brittany Day
Sep 01, 2018

Proposed US law would require President to act against overseas hackers

US senators from both sides of the housee have announced a bill that would force the President to act against overseas hackers found targeting the US, or explain why he hadn’t.

Brittany Day
Aug 31, 2018

DHS Launches Cyber-Risk Management Center

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced the creation of a new cyber-risk management center intended to protect the nation’s banks, energy companies and other industries from potentially crippling cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure, according to agency officials who spoke at the 31 July cybersecurity summit hosted by DHS.

Brittany Day
Aug 02, 2018

'Fancy Bear' Targets Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill

Fancy Bear, a cyber espionage group believed to operate out of the Russian military agency GRU, has reportedly targeted Senator Claire McCaskill and her staff as they prepare for her 2018 reelection campaign.

Brittany Day
Jul 29, 2018

UK Gov Launches Consultation to Speed-Up Cybersecurity Strategy

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has launched a consultation into developing the cybersecurity profession in the UK to support the National Cyber Security Strategy (NCSS). To support this effort, it has also proposed to create a UK cybersecurity council, which would sit independently of the government.

Brittany Day
Jul 22, 2018

Gov Slow to Address Urgent CNI Security Needs

A committee of MPs and peers in the UK has criticised the government for its lack of urgency in addressing the cybersecurity skills gap in relation to critical national infrastructure (CNI).

Brittany Day
Jul 19, 2018

White House Cybersecurity Strategy at a Crossroads

Fallout from a rapid-fire series of developments surrounding the 2016 election hacking and meddling by Russia continued today as President Donald Trump attempted to walk back Monday's public dismissal of his intelligence agencies' findings pointing to Russia.

Brittany Day
Jul 19, 2018

Digital India Susceptible to Security Breaches

India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, is preparing for a digital revolution that includes strategies to improve cybersecurity for a digital India; however, as the divide between users and nonusers of the internet narrows, the risk for cyber-attacks increases, according to Prem Behl, Chairman of Exhibitions India Group. As a result, defending India’s critical infrastructure, financial institutions and data security from hackers is critical as the nation advances into the digital age.

Brittany Day
Jul 06, 2018

California's New Privacy Law Gives GDPR-Compliant Orgs Little to Fear

California's newly enacted Consumer Privacy Act should have little impact for US organizations that have already implemented measures for complying with the requirements of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation. But for most others the mandate will likely necessitate a thorough review of their data security controls and in many cases potential updates to them.

Brittany Day
Jul 04, 2018

HMRC: 29% Increase in Malicious Site Deactivations

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) demanded the removal of more than 20,000 malicious sites over the past year, as its efforts to protect taxpayers from scams gained momentum.

Brittany Day
Jul 02, 2018

Bill Could Give Californians Unprecedented Control Over Data

Lawmakers in California have introduced a sweeping privacy bill to the state legislature that would give Californians unprecedented control over their data and rein in the power of their Silicon Valley neighbors.

Brittany Day
Jun 25, 2018

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German State Abandons Microsoft for Linux and LibreOffice

White House Warns: Move to Memory-Safe Languages

European Court of Human Rights Declares Backdoored Encryption Illegal