NASA and SpaceX launched the Moonlighter experimental cube satellite into low-Earth orbit ahead of the 2023 DEF CON hacking conference to be held in Las Vegas. The Moonlighter CubeSat was developed by The Aerospace Corp., the Air Force Research Laboratory and the U.S. Space Systems Command as a “hacking sandbox” that would help researchers create […]
The South Korean government, the U.S. Department of State, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National Security Agency have issued a joint cybersecurity advisory against North Korean hacker group Kimsuky. Authorities warned that Kimsuky, also known as Thallium, APT43, Velvet Chollima and Black Banshe, has been impersonating journalists and academics for spear-phishing campaigns. The hacker […]
James Holtsnider, charge d’affaires of the U.S. embassy in Kuwait, met with Maj. Gen. Eng. Mohamed Bouarki, head of Kuwait’s National Center for Cybersecurity, to talk about strengthening mutual cyber efforts. Speaking to the press, Holtsinder said the two countries would team up to develop Kuwaiti cybersecurity infrastructure and protect critical facilities and communication networks […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s advisory committee is exploring ways to enhance the cyber resilience of critical infrastructure. In a recent interview, CISA Deputy Director Nitin Natarajan said reducing systemic risks to critical infrastructure is among the agency’s priorities for 2023. The Cybersecurity Advisory Committee met in March and discussed its efforts to help […]
Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike announced that it has secured Department of Defense Impact Level 5 provisional authorization. IL5 is DOD’s highest security classification for controlled unclassified information, which can include mission support and national security services details. The new status enables the department’s national security systems, the intelligence community and federal agencies to use CrowdStrike’s Falcon […]
President Joe Biden is set to nominate Army Maj. Gen. William Hartman as the next deputy of U.S. Cyber Command in a major overhaul of the agency’s leadership, according to a news report. Hartman, the commander of Cyber Command’s Cyber National Mission Force since 2019, was nominated for his third star on Tuesday, according to […]
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly has called on technology experts and the makers of artificial intelligence to consider self-regulation to prevent an extinction event for humanity while the government puts a regulatory framework in place. At an Axios event on Wednesday, Easterly warned of the security risks posed by generative AI as […]
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity is inviting expert hackers to join the Reimagining Security with Cyberpsychology-Informed Network Defenses competition. Under the ReSCIND competition, IARPA will fund the most promising software proposals that will study and exploit the psychological weaknesses and cognitive vulnerabilities of hackers in a bid to build the capabilities of defenders against […]
The Department of State is pushing for the renewal of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Section 702, which allows the intelligence community to collect electronic communications content from non-U.S. persons to acquire foreign intelligence information. At a Center for Strategic and International Studies event, Brett Holmgren, the assistant secretary for the State Department’s Bureau of […]
The Department of Defense has submitted its classified 2023 cyber strategy to Congress. The document is in line with the 2022 National Defense Strategy and complements the 2023 National Cybersecurity Strategy. An unclassified version will be released in the coming months, the Department of Defense said. According to a fact sheet, the cyber strategy is […]
