U.S. Air Force has two new cyberspace weapon systems at their disposal

US Air Force Space Command has said that its second ‘cyberspace weapon system’ is now fully operational. It said that last month its Cyberspace Vulnerability Assessment/Hunter weapon system (CVA/H) reached ‘full operational capability‘ status. CVA/H is a set of security software that is designed to find, fix, track, target, engage, and assess advanced persistent threats […]

U.S. Army must re-focus to stay ahead of Russian threat

Even as the Army’s senior leaders, active and retired, are agonizing yet again over the question of what kind of Army the American people want, the nation is beginning to get the Army it needs. What the United States needs is an Army of sufficient capacity and capability that can deter a resurgent Russian military, […]

U.S. military using pre-approved hackers to try to ‘Hack the Pentagon’

The Pentagon on Wednesday invited outside hackers who have been vetted to test the cyber security of some public U.S. Defense Department websites as part of a pilot project next month, the first such program ever by the federal government. “Hack the Pentagon” is modeled after similar competitions known as “bug bounties” conducted by many […]

U.S. ramping up cyber warfare on ISIS

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military has launched a newly aggressive campaign of cyberattacks against militants with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, targeting the group’s abilities to use social media and the Internet to recruit fighters and inspire followers, U.S. officials told The Associated Press. The surge of computer-based military operations by U.S. […]

Pentagon looking to these new weapons to combat threat of Russia and China

Featured photo courtesy of Boston Dynamics Little noticed amid the daily news bulletins about the Islamic State and Syria, the Pentagon has begun a push for exotic new weapons that can deter Russia and China. Pentagon officials have started talking openly about using the latest tools of artificial intelligence and machine learning to create robot […]

What is life like as an Iranian hacker?

In his recent testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, National Intelligence Director James Clapper named Russia, China and North Korea as the top threats to US cybersecurity. But another key cyber adversary was left out – the Islamic Republic of Iran. Ever since the Stuxnet worm damaged Iran’s nuclear program in 2010, the country […]

China not slowing down with cyber spying

China is continuing to conduct cyber espionage operations against the United States, and Beijing’s commitment to a U.S.-China cyber agreement is questionable, the director of national intelligence told Congress on Tuesday. “China continues cyber espionage against the United States,” James Clapper, the director, testified during an annual threat briefing to the Senate Armed Services Committee. […]

Hackers expose Pentagon cyber strategy

What happens when you bring together some of the nation’s leading hackers, the Pentagon’s chief of training and an Air Force Academy professor who teaches cyber skills to cadets? They all agree on one thing: The government’s approach to cyber security is coming up short. They sat on the dais, an unusual assortment of experts […]

Hacker fulfills threat to dump data on 20K FBI agents

An anonymous hacker on Monday made good on his threat to post the details of 20,000 FBI employees online, less than 24 hours after he dumped the data for 10,000 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) personnel. The hacker, who claims to have obtained the information by hacking the Department of Justice, shared both datasets with Motherboard in […]

Pentagon recognizes space warfare threat from China and Russia

Picture this: A Chinese fighter jet accidentally crashes into a Navy P-8 Poseidon surveillance plane while attempting to buzz it over the South China Sea, killing all on board both aircraft. Fearing U.S. retaliation, China goes a relatively unexpected route: It uses surface-to-air missiles to shoot numerous U.S. satellites out of the heavens in quick […]