Cybersecurity
New Tool Reveals Big Vulnerabilities In Mobile Apps That Use Multiple Clouds
The remote servers that power thousands of popular apps harbor a rats’ nest of vulnerabilities.
Policy
Federal Ban on Chinese Telecom Equipment Takes Effect
Contracting officers will have new disclosure provisions to include in contracts issued after Aug. 13.
Cybersecurity
Here’s What Foreign Interference Will Look Like in 2020
The incentives for foreign countries to meddle are much greater than in 2016, and the tactics could look dramatically different.
Cybersecurity
Postal Service Watchdog Finds New Vulnerability During Security Audit
The inspector general warned exposure could “have a serious negative impact to the Postal Service brand.”
Cybersecurity
DISA, Cyber Command Are Launching a Zero-Trust Pilot Program
The effort will explore frameworks and technologies that would protect the Pentagon’s networks from unauthorized access.
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