An agency under the US Department of Defense was hit by a data breach that affected personal information. Hackers stole Social Security numbers, names and other personal data, a department spokesman said Thursday. Read More
Topic: DoD
White Hat Hackers Find Thousands of Vulnerabilities: DoD
The U.S. Department of Defense's Cyber Crime Center (DC3) received more than 2,800 validated vulnerability reports from a variety of sources, according to its 2019 Vulnerability Disclosure Program (VDP). Read More
Cyberwarriors Lack Planning Tools. That Could Change
For six years, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency worked on a program known as Plan X to help commanders plan and conduct cyber operations. The goal was for leaders to see the cyber environment just as they would the physical world. Now, the Air Force and the Pentagon's Strategic Capabilities Office are continuing the program and have renamed it Read More
DOD Joins Fight Against 5G Spectrum Proposal, Citing Risks to GPS
The Department of Defense has weighed in against a proposal before the Federal Communications Commission to open the 1 to 2 Gigahertz frequency range-the L band-for use in 5G cellular networks. The reason: segments of that range of radio spectrum are already used by Global Positioning System signals and other military systems. Read More
How One Teenager Took Out a Secure Pentagon File Sharing Site
On Oct. 25, Cable, who worked for the Defense Digital Service and was a freshman at Stanford University, reported a problem to the department through the Pentagon's HackerOne vulnerability disclosure page. Read More
DoD Spent Millions on Off-the-Shelf Tech With Known Security Risks: IG
The Defense Department has been failing to take into account the potential security risks of buying commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technology items such as laptops, security cameras, software and networking equipment, according to the office of the Pentagon Inspector General. Read More
How DHS is Following the Pentagon’s Plan for Internal Cybersecurity
The Department of Homeland Security is trying to replicate a strategy used by the Department of Defense to protect and defend its networks, and the plan could soon be used across the entire federal government. Read More