The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded funding to two Louisiana State University researchers for a research project titled “Mixed Reality Visual Deception for Mission Deviation & Distraction.” The military has been employing virtual and augmented reality applications that come with cybersecurity risks. With DARPA’s $600,000 funding grant, researchers Ibrahim Baggili and Andrew Webb […]
The Department of Justice has formed a new cyber section within its National Security Division that would focus on foreign digital threats. Matthew Olsen, the division’s assistant attorney general, explained that the new unit will drive the department’s operations in the cyber domain and accelerate campaigns against nation-state threats, state-sponsored cybercriminals and other malicious actors. […]
The U.S. Air Force is planning a career track for cybersecurity experts that allows them to shift paths or stay where they are for longer periods. Speaking at a Mitchell Institute webinar, Air Force Chief of Staff Charles Brown Jr. said the career track plan allows cyber experts to stay in their path if they […]
Three House Armed Services Committee members have proposed creating a federal working group, dubbed the Cybersecurity, Risk Inventory, Assessment and Mitigation Working Group, focused on addressing the cybersecurity gaps the Government Accountability Office found in nuclear weapon systems. In a September 2022 report, GAO said the National Nuclear Security Administration has been relying on advanced […]
The Federal Trade Commission may require 1health, previously known as Vitagene, to pay $75,000 for consumer refunds as part of a proposed settlement with the agency concerning the company’s alleged failure to protect sensitive customer genetic and health data. The FTC accused 1health of storing sensitive consumer and raw genetic data on a publicly accessible […]
Remote work company Ivanti has joined the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative, a group of public and private sector organizations that coordinates cyber defense planning, information sharing and the development of best practices to minimize risks to the United States’ key infrastructure and functions. Formed and organized by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the JCDC […]
The National Security Agency and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have released the “Harden Baseboard Management Controllers” cybersecurity information sheet to help baseboard management controllers protect their systems from cyberthreats. According to the agencies, BMCs are prone to a variety of cyberthreats, including security solutions shutdown, data manipulation and malware infection. The damage could […]
Multiple federal agencies including the Department of Energy and various private companies and organizations have reported breaches in an ongoing global cyberattack by Russian cybercriminals. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said the cybercriminals have exploited a vulnerability in MOVEit, a managed file transfer software used worldwide to provide visibility and control over file transfer […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Chief Information Officer and Information Security Center Program and Security Management has awarded Alpha Omega Integration and Dynamo Technologies a $70 million contract. David Flynn, vice president of strategic accounts at Alpha Omega, said the collaboration will further strengthen USDA’s security operations. The five-year contract mandates the […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has ordered federal civilian agencies to secure their networked management interfaces exposed to the public-facing internet. In a recently issued binding operational directive, CISA called on the agencies to remove the devices that can be managed remotely via the public internet from their networks. Such devices include routers, switches, […]
