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NCIS: Don’t turn on that smartwatch you randomly received in the mail
Someone's been randomly sending sailors and soldiers smartwatches that could pose cybersecurity risks.
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
Iran says its rockets will send two satellites into orbit, despite US concerns
The U.S. worries this technology could be used to develop long-range missiles.
By Nassir Karimi
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.
Trump signs order to create US Space Command
The goal is to set up a command to oversee and organize space operations, accelerate technical advances and find more effective ways to defend U.S. assets in space.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
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.
Trump space force plan is grounded in real needs, but hazy
President Donald Trump has injected urgency into a long-meandering debate over the best way to protect U.S. interests in space, both military and commercial.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press