Modernization
How Dissidents Are Using Shortwave Radio to Broadcast News Into China
Pro-democracy forces are locked in a cat-and-mouse game with the Chinese government, playing out on the airwaves, the internet and across the globe.
Ideas
Can New Technologies Restore a Robust Federal Cyber Perimeter?
Many agencies are deemphasizing traditional notions like perimeter security and concentrating more on the concept of resiliency, recovery and ways to mitigate the effects of a breach.
Cybersecurity
CISA Recommends Three-Pronged Approach for Mobile Security
Part of that is taking on the mindset of your potential attacker, an agency official said.
Artificial Intelligence
DARPA Is Taking On the Deepfake Problem
The agency wants to teach computers to detect errors in manipulated media using logic and common sense.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers Urge State Department to Warn American Travelers about Chinese Surveillance
Sens. Marco Rubio and Ron Wyden want travelers to know of tracking threats abroad.
Cybersecurity
CISA: Small Planes Vulnerable to Flight Data Manipulation
Pilots would be unable to tell the difference between the real and fake readings, “which could result in loss of control of the affected aircraft,” CISA officials warned.
Emerging Tech
When Trump Threatens Google, Here’s What He Doesn’t Get
Days after the Treasury Secretary cleared the U.S. tech giant of national security concerns, the president was rage-tweeting again.
Policy
How to Choose Between the U.S. and China? It’s Not That Easy.
Caught between its security ally and its top trading partner, South Korea is trying to have it all.
Cybersecurity
Russian Hackers Build Fake Skype, Signal, Pornhub Apps to Lure Victims
Installing the apps activates malware that steals personal data and sends it off to St. Petersburg.
Cybersecurity
FBI Director Names China the Nation's Most ‘Severe Counterintelligence Threat’
Russia also shows no signs of stopping its election interference efforts ahead of 2020, Christopher Wray told lawmakers.
Cybersecurity
NSA Launches Cybersecurity Directorate
The group is charged with defending the country’s national security infrastructure and defense contractors against digital threats.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers Propose Bills to Secure Connected Planes, Trains and Automobiles
The legislation would set “reasonable” security measures for the numerous IT systems that power our increasingly connected vehicles.
Cybersecurity
Industry Wants to Know Exactly What Huawei Ban Means for Contractors
While the law is clear that agencies can’t buy tech from certain companies, it is ambiguous about how that affects federal contractors and grant programs.
Cybersecurity
Ex-NSA Contractor to Serve 9 Years for Hoarding Classified Information
“Your worst enemy, after the usual suspects, is some of our own,” Harold Martin said during his sentencing hearing.
Policy
Bipartisan Legislation Targets Chinese Firm Huawei
Congress wants to up its authority on emerging tech threats from China.
Ideas
Government May Tap Older Tech to Secure Modern Infrastructure
There might be something to keeping physical switches in power grids.
Cybersecurity
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.
Cybersecurity
Report: Pentagon Should Assume U.S. 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.
Artificial Intelligence