US Cyber Command to be expanded

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Beyond 5G: Pentagon sets sights on next-generation wireless tech with new projects

The DOD's FutureG office is researching new technologies that will serve as the foundation for accessing future generations of wireless capabilities.

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Can AI spot vulnerabilities in infrastructure software?

DARPA is giving seven teams $2 million to hone tools for scrutinizing the open-source code that underpins everything from banks to water systems.

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Attacks against defense industrial base increasing, NSA chief warns

The Pentagon is pushing ahead with zero-trust plans to automate defenses against future threats.

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Green Berets Hijacked WiFi To Control Home Security System Then Vanish In Mock Raid

Green Berets also used electronic warfare gear to eliminate evidence of their activities during the realistic infiltration and raiding exercise.

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Advancing National Defense: Lessons from the Pentagon’s Cyber Strategy

Opinion: Just as the Navy focuses on sea dominance, the Air Force controls the sky and the Army establishes ground supremacy, cyberspace has become a new domain.

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NSA's China specialist: US at a loss to deter Chinese hackers - Breaking Defense

"They’re not going to be motivated to stop," David Frederick, assistant deputy director for China at NSA, said of the Volt Typhoon hacking group.

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A year into its cyber workforce initiative, DoD faces personnel shortages, bureaucratic hurdles - Breaking Defense

"You'd be amazed at things that have to come to my level to get approved or to get through where I think that should have been done three or four levels lower," said Mark Gorak, principal director for resources and analysis for the DoD Chief Information Officer.

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CYBERCOM's new AI task force working under 'elite' defensive operations unit - Breaking Defense

The Cyber National Mission Force's commander "has that team of expertise as a tool that when she’s got a hard problem, she can use that task force as one of the solutions."

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GDIT's Project Enigma inches toward production contract - Breaking Defense

Project Enigma is a program designed to create a single-cloud digital environment where industry, academia and the DoD can work together on a shared network.

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The Smartest Conversation on Cyber in the Defense Department You've Heard in a Long Time - War on the Rocks

Ryan was joined by Melissa Griffith (SAIS-Johns Hopkins), Anne Marie Schumann (Department of the Navy), Alexis Bonnell (Air Force Research Laboratory),

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Pentagon puts a dent in cyber workforce vacancies

Nearly a quarter of the Defense Department’s cyber jobs went unfilled last year.

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Defense policy bill directs creation of 'cyber intelligence capability'

The final version of the conferenced bill between the House and Senate Armed Services Committee alters prior legislation in favor of a cyber intelligence "capability" rather than a "center."

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House and Senate defense committees agree on independent cyber force assessment

The House and Senate Armed Services Committees passed a provision paving the way for an independent study assessing the possibility of a sixth armed service focused on cyber.

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Understanding Cyber Effects in Modern Warfare - War on the Rocks

Where, when, and how might offensive cyber operations impact the outcomes of war? For over 40 years, this debate often spiraled to the extremes, whether

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US cyber vulnerabilities fuel N. Korea’s nuclear arsenal, but solutions are near: DARPA official - Breaking Defense

"We are essentially funding nuclear weapons development in North Korea with our bad software practices," said Kathleen Fisher, director of DARPA’s Information Innovation Office.

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GAO calls on Coast Guard to improve cyber for Maritime Transportation System - Breaking Defense

The GAO said the MTS “faces significant and increasing cybersecurity risks” from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia and other “transnational criminal organizations.”

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DoD floats 2035 as goal for zero trust in weapons systems - Breaking Defense

Weapons systems are the last element of the Pentagon’s Zero Trust Implementation Plan to adopt zero trust architectures.

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[Grey Havoc]

Trump administration fires National Security Agency chief

Far-right activist Laura Loomer, who met with Trump on Wednesday, said Gen Timothy Haugh was fired because he was "disloyal".

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Commission to study how the US could go about making a Cyber Force - Breaking Defense

The Commission on Cyber Force Generation said it will not have a hand in evaluating if the DoD needs a Cyber Force, but rather how to implement one if that decision is ever made.

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After Vought's tweet, major departments such as Treasury and Health and Human Services (HHS) confirmed they were issuing notices to employees, and Homeland Security, where many of its employees are considered essential, said it would lay off workers at its Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

But exact details were scarce.

Trump administration issues layoff notices to more than 4,000 workers during government shutdown

More than 4,000 workers across seven agencies will receive notices that their jobs are being cut, the government disclosed in a court filing.

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Iran war: What role is cyber warfare played in Iran?

Militaries are often cagey about their cyber activities. But the US has hinted at the role it has played.

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Iran war: What role is cyber warfare played in Iran?

Militaries are often cagey about their cyber activities. But the US has hinted at the role it has played.

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Federal Cyber Experts Called Microsoft's Cloud 'a Pile of Shit', Yet Approved It Anyway - Slashdot

ProPublica reports that federal cybersecurity reviewers had serious, yearslong concerns about Microsoft's GCC High cloud offering, yet they approved it anyway because the product was already deeply embedded across government. As one member of the team put it: "The package is a pile of shit."...

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Federal Cyber Experts Called Microsoft's Cloud 'a Pile of Shit', Yet Approved It Anyway - Slashdot

ProPublica reports that federal cybersecurity reviewers had serious, yearslong concerns about Microsoft's GCC High cloud offering, yet they approved it anyway because the product was already deeply embedded across government. As one member of the team put it: "The package is a pile of shit."...

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Yeah, I mean the alternative for this is to have major interruption to whatever processes already using it across all of government. Even if you want to buy time migrate to a new cloud platform, you still gotta pay for the old one until the transition has been made.