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Combating US cyber adversaries calls for whole-of-government approach
While cyber criminals take advantage of gaps in our visibility over domestic infrastructure, foreign nation states, such as Russia, give them safe harbor.
By Rep. Mark E. Green
Hacker group targeted law firms, released veterans’ stolen data related to PTSD claims
The posted information includes details from VA personal injury cases, pain diary entries, fee agreements and HIPPA consent forms. It is unclear, however, whether clients from the firms are aware some of their sensitive information has already posted to the web.
By Dylan Gresik
Op-ed: So, can hackers take over a satellite?
The author makes a pitch for better safeguards in an era of cheaper satellites and delivery systems.
By William Akoto, University of Denver
Loophole closed, service members’ medical images no longer accessible online
Some troops' sensitive medical information can no longer be found online, according to Virginia Sen. Mark Warner.
By Patricia Kime
Deployed 82nd Airborne unit told to use these encrypted messaging apps on government cell phones
“Unfortunately, those apps are more secure than texting in the clear, which is more or less the alternative. Granted, if a hostile party has access to the handset, that encryption isn’t particularly helpful.”
For the love of OPSEC, put your phone away
Lectures of personal electronics use and operational security continue to fall on deaf ears.
By Jon Simkins
The National Guard is shoring up to fight 2020 election hacking
The National Guard is preparing for 2020 election night hacking. In the mean time, some states have been dealing with their own breaches.
Hackers target job-hunting service members, veterans with sham employment website
The site prompted users to download an app containing malicious malware that would allow the attacker to access a plethora of information, according to cybersecurity researchers at Cisco Talos.
By Diana Stancy
US military bases in South Korea are working through a weekslong network outage
The American military computer network in Seoul and near the border with North Korea has been down.
Russian fighter jet flies dangerously close to US airplane, Navy says
Monday's encounter over the Black Sea was the latest in a string of hazardous intercepts involving U.S. Navy recon planes and Russian fighter jets.
Are Pentagon weapons systems vulnerable to cyberattacks? Here’s what the GAO says
Defense Department weapons programs are vulnerable to cyberattacks, and the Pentagon has been slow to protect the systems that are increasingly reliant on computer networks and software, a federal report said Tuesday.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press