Cybersecurity
Hackers Focus on Money By Spreading Adware and Porting Cellphone Numbers
Turns out two-factor authentication only works when you control your phone number.
Cybersecurity
Senate Intel Bill Bars Creation of U.S.-Russia Cyber Working Group
The bill would also label Wikileaks a non-state hostile intelligence service and encourage government bug bounties.
Digital Government
DARPA Wants Bots To Protect Us From Cyber Adversaries
The military research unit is looking for technology and software that can identify networks that have been infiltrated—and neutralize them.
Digital Government
No, USS McCain Probably Wasn’t Hacked. But What If It Was?
Amid the wild speculation that a foreign nation might have hacked a U.S. warship, it's worth looking at the implications for international law.
Acquisition
Crunch time for funding on Capitol Hill
A near-perfect storm of legislative deadlines threaten a government shutdown if Congress and the president can't find a path to a funding bill by the end of the fiscal year.
Emerging Tech
Driverless Cars Will Make A Lot of Jobs Better, Not Destroy Them
A recent report from the Commerce Department identified 11.7 million workers in occupations for which driving is an important task.
Cybersecurity
Report: Government Cybersecurity Lags Behind Restaurants, Retail Outlets
The public sector placed 15th in a ranking of 17 different industries' cybersecurity in a report released this week
Cybersecurity
Digital rights advocates slam DOJ data request
Nearly 80 civil and digital rights organizations wrote a letter to the Department of Justice objecting to its "overly broad" data request aimed at a website that coordinated inauguration protests.
Digital Government
Can Congress save the 2020 census?
As the Census Bureau has had to cancel or suspend programs to cope with budgetary constraints, Congress is going to have to ramp up funding and oversight down the home stretch to avoid a failed count.
Acquisition
First CDM Phase 3 task order hits the street
GSA has issued the first task order for the third phase of the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation cybersecurity program and looks for potential bidder responses by September.
Artificial Intelligence
Researchers Built an Invisible Backdoor to Hack AI’s Decisions
The attack described could make customers warier of how the AI they rely on is trained.
Digital Government
Can better tech support the sprawling Ninth Circuit?
Sen. Jeff Flake is skeptical that the Ninth Circuit court's embrace of technology will meaningfully address its case backlog.
Ideas
How Using Advanced Analytics Can Protect Borders
Immigration and border control agents need accurate and up-to-date data to make determinations about a person’s identity.
Emerging Tech
Supermarkets Are Now Using Blockchain to Keep Food Fresh
The technology can track food throughout the complex global supply chain.
Cybersecurity
Trump’s Lack of ‘Moral Infrastructure’ Causes Cyber Advisers to Resign
Board members also condemned the president’s response to racist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Digital Government
Now Is the Time to Think About How Artificial Intelligence Will Change War
The cost of engaging in cyberspace is much lower than that of human combat.
Modernization
Company Places Bounty on WhatsApp and Signal Bugs
Half a million dollars is available to the hacker who can crack into the encrypted messaging apps.
Modernization