Joint Strike Fighter hack

The Department of Defense’s costliest weapons program ever was allegedly no match for hackers as spies broke into the Pentagon’s $300 billion Joint Strike Fighter JSF project in 2007. Details continue to be scarce to this day but former U.S. officials claim the attacks can be traced back to China...

Pentagon Adds Cyber-Weapons to List of Arms

The Pentagon is compiling a list of offensive cyber-weapons capable of deliberately crippling or destroying an adversary’s critical infrastructure according to a recent report in the Washington Post. This collection of cyber weapons is part of a broader list of weapons approved by the Pentagon fo...

Exclusive Report : Is Department of Defense (DoD), Pentagon, NASA, NSA is Secure ?

Exclusive Report : Is Department of Defense DoD, Pentagon, NASA, NSA is Secure ? Over the past couple of weeks there has been a series of discussions around why the U.S defense and Intelligence agencies are moving so quickly to adopt cloud computing. Are there any Security Holes in their Security...

Pentagon to Obama: icanhasbilliondollars plz?

Capitol Hill may be awash in tough talk on cuts to domestic programs, but that’s not stopping the Pentagon from seeking an additional billion dollars in funding for cyber security, according to a report from Nextgov.com. The Department of Defense is requesting $3.2 billion, almost $1 billion more...

Pentagon tightens computer security in wake of WikiLeaks breach !

Top defense and intelligence officials reiterated their commitment to information-sharing at a Senate hearing Thursday, even as they outlined new safeguards to prevent a repeat of the WikiLeaks breach that has led to the release of thousands of classified military reports and diplomatic cables. T...

Pentagon Requests Half Billion in Funding to DARPA

In the Pentagon’s 2012 defense budget request, DARPA stands to receive roughly a half billion dollars in funding to “invest in cybertechnologies.” However, what that means is unclear. The announcement represents growing concerns by the federal government that the United States is sorely...

Julian Assange: The Man Behind WikiLeaks

Who is Julian Paul Assange? Julian Paul Assange is the lean, tall, and pale 39-year-old Australian hacker at the heart of WikiLeaks. This whistle-blowing website gained attention after revealing thousands of secret Afghan battlefield reports, making Assange a target for U.S. authorities. The Enig...

Experts Warn of Growing Data Theft as Government Lags in Cybersecurity

It will take several more years for the government to fully install high-tech systems to block computer intrusions. This prolonged timeline enables criminals to become more adept at stealing sensitive data, experts say. As the Department of Homeland Security DHS methodically works to secure the...

Wikileaks: Uncle Sam Was Warned

The Pentagon says the leak of diplomatic cables was an unforeseen consequence of its policy to encourage information sharing. That’s nonsense. When it comes to its failure to protect classified data, Uncle Sam’s been warned before. U.S. politicians, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,...

New Rules Enable Military Assistance During Domestic Cyber-Attacks

The Obama administration has revised federal policy, enabling the military to assist during a domestic cyber-attack, reported the New York Times on Oct. 21. Typically, the military cannot deploy units within the country's borders, except for natural disasters, and even then, a presidential order ...

Focus on Secrecy Could Hamper Pentagon's Cybersecurity Plans

The former head of the Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber Security Division warns that the U.S. military’s preoccupation with secrecy could hamper efforts to get the upper hand in cyber security. An article last week by the U.S Deputy Secretary of Defense put the U.S. military’s cybersecurit...

Fake Government Email Spam Hides Zbot

Attention-piquing malicious spam emails purportedly coming from the DHS, the Pentagon or the Transportation Security Administration have recently been spotted by researchers. Read the full article. Help Net Security...

DoD Considers Protecting Private IT Systems

The Pentagon has raised the possibility of the Defense Department becoming engaged in safeguarding nationally critical IT systems run by business. Read the full article. GovInfoSecurity...

Hacker to Pentagon: XSS Flaws Remain

A hacker has posted a proof-of-concept attack exploiting vulnerabilities on the Pentagon’s public Website that were first exposed several months ago and remain unfixed. Read the full article. Dark Reading...

SSNs Staying on U.S. Military IDs For Now

The Defense Department will not meet its end-of-the-year deadline for removing Social Security numbers from military ID cards as they are issued or renewed, the Pentagon has confirmed. Read the full article. Stars & Stripes...

Military to Create Cyber Command Unit

From The New York Times Thom Shanker Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates on Tuesday ordered the creation of the military’s first headquarters designed to coordinate Pentagon efforts in the emerging battlefield of cyberspace and computer-network security, officials said. Read the full story...

Military cyber command unit in the works

From The New York Times David E. Sanger and Thom Shanker The Pentagon plans to create a new military command for cyberspace, administration officials said Thursday, stepping up preparations by the armed forces to conduct both offensive and defensive computer warfare. The military command would...

Cybercriminals in the cloud

From Forbes Charlotte Dunlap Security breaches continue to plague organizations, causing CIOs to question whether their traditional network security solutions are adequate for protecting against increasingly sophisticated cybercriminals. Recently, it was reported that foreign hackers broke into t...

NSA chief to call for better offensive cyber capabilities

The head of the National Security Agency on Tuesday will recommend that the United States needs a major upgrade to its capabilities in both offensive and defensive cyber capabilities, handing that responsibility to a new military command in Maryland. In a hearing before the House Armed Services...

Pentagon spent $100 million on cybersecurity fixes

From Cnet Elinor Mills The security of U.S. networks is in such disarray that the Pentagon has spent $100 million in the last six months alone to repair damage done by cyber attacks. That huge number presumably includes cleaning up after external attacks, viruses and internal problems. Experts sa...