The Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center has issued a warning about potential cyberattacks from the Lapsus$ ransomware group. According to the TLP white warning, the hacking group’s motivations are likely financial gain and destruction, and they use bribery and non-ransomware extortion against high-profile organizations. HC3 also noted that the […]
The Trusted Internet Connections program could release its cloud use case in months to complete the TIC 3.0 architecture for government agencies. According to Sean Connelly, program manager of TIC 3.0 at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the cloud use case is more focused on the application side whereas the earlier use cases were […]
The Space Systems Command has awarded BAE Systems a one-year prototype contract to develop the mission data framework for the field command’s Enterprise Management and Control System. The company will create an integrated data management environment and will connect interoperable sources to support data management. BAE will perform four demonstrations that will show improved situational […]
The U.S. Senate has confirmed William LaPlante, a former official at the Department of the Air Force and a 2022 Wash100 winner, as undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment. He was nominated by President Joe Biden on Nov. 30, 2021. LaPlante said during his confirmation hearing on March 22 that he will work to […]
The Department of Justice said it performed an operation to stop a botnet that was operated by the Russian state-sponsored hacking group Sandworm. According to the department, it launched a court-authorized operation in March to remove the Cyplocs Blink malware that Sandworm uses for command and control. Officials were able to copy and remove bots […]
Robert Knake, the deputy national cyber director for budget and policy at the Office of the National Cyber Director, said private sector companies are asking the federal government for cyber threat intelligence to support efforts to strengthen their cybersecurity posture. Speaking before a House Homeland Security subcommittee, Knake shared that companies want the government to […]
Artificial intelligence solutions provider CalypsoAI has entered into a partnership with government IT solutions provider Carahsoft to deliver AI and machine learning validation technologies to the public sector. Under the agreement, Carahsoft will serve as the public sector distributor for CalypsoAI. The arrangement would allow CapypsoAI to offer its AI and ML solutions through various […]
Boeing subsidiary Spectrolab will manufacture, integrate and test around 4,000 NeXt Triple Junction Prime solar cells that will be used on NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Spectrolab XTJ uses multiple bandgaps that are tuned to different wavelengths in the solar spectrum, allowing it to receive higher efficiencies that are not possible with commercially available […]
Senators Bill Cassidy and Tammy Baldwin have introduced a new piece of legislation that is designed to enhance medical device security at the premarket stage. The Protecting and Transforming Cyber Health Care Act would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act to ensure that cybersecurity measures are included in any premarket submission for a […]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection plans to pilot new automation technology that would make citizenship verification processes at the National Vetting Center more manageable. According to Eric Sanders, chief information security officer at the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence & Analysis, the automation technology should be able to protect people’s personal information while […]
