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*** An apparent conflict of interest on the part of the winning company led the Government Accountability Office to recommend the U.S. Navy conduct an independent review of the requirements for its $500 million Next Generation Jammer contract. Washington Technology has more on this story.

*** Internet-of-things devices are vulnerable to cyberattacks, not just because of misconfigurations or weak passwords, but also because of their extensive use of third-party code. A new study out of Carnegie Mellon University spotlighted in a GCN story explains how a new software architecture can protect against vulnerabilities in shared code libraries.