US Army Hopes AI Will Give Soldiers An Information Advantage

The Army in recent years has introduced the concept of “information advantage,” in which soldiers have the ability to make decisions and act faster than their adversaries. The service now believes artificial intelligence is the key to making the strategy Read More …

US ambassador to China and high level diplomat in East Asia targeted in recent cyberattack

The U.S. ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns, and the State Department’s Assistant Secretary for East Asia Daniel Kritenbrink’s email accounts were breached by China-based hackers in the massive cyberattack that began in May and was discovered in mid-June, according to Read More …

Seven AI companies commit to safeguards at the White House’s request

Microsoft, Google and OpenAI are among the leaders in the US artificial intelligence space that have committed to certain safeguards for their technology, following a push from the White House. The companies will voluntarily agree to abide by a number Read More …

Intellexa and Cytrox are latest spyware firms to face U.S. wrath

The Biden administration struck its latest blow against foreign spyware makers on Tuesday, placing two Europe-based companies on its list that restricts U.S. companies’ business dealings with them. Greece-based Intellexa and the Hungarian company Cytrox are now on the Commerce Read More …

North Carolina: Kannapolis didn’t alert public when cyberattack knocked out police dispatch

More than a year ago, a cyberattack knocked out the system used in Kannapolis to dispatch police and firefighters. You wouldn’t know that based on what the city told the public. Read more… Source: Yahoo! News  

FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel Announces Cybersecurity Labeling Program for Smart Devices

WASHINGTON, July 18, 2023—Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel debuted a proposal with her fellow Commissioners to create a voluntary cybersecurity labeling program that would provide consumers with clear information about the security of their Internet-enabled devices, commonly called “Internet Read More …

NSA, CISA Release Guidance on Security Considerations for 5G Network Slicing 

Today, the National Security Agency (NSA) and CISA published 5G Network Slicing: Security Considerations for Design, Deployment, and Maintenance. This guidance—created by the Enduring Security Framework (ESF), a public-private cross-sector working group led by the NSA and CISA—presents recommendations to Read More …

Common typo causes millions of emails intended for members of the US military to be sent to accounts in Mali

Millions of emails intended for Pentagon employees were inadvertently sent to email accounts in Mali over the last decade because of typos caused by the similarity of the US military’s email address and the domain for the West African country, Read More …

US energy department, other agencies hit in global hacking spree

The U.S. Department of Energy and several other federal agencies were hit in a global hacking campaign that exploited a vulnerability in widely used file-transfer software, officials said on Thursday. Data was “compromised” at two entities within the energy department Read More …

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo’s emails hacked in Microsoft cyber breach

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo’s emails were hacked as part of the Microsoft cyber breach, according to a source familiar with the investigation. Microsoft’s Outlook systems were breached by Chinese hackers, according to the company. The breach was discovered in May. Read More …