Space cyber wargame exposes satellite industry risks
A tabletop exercise tested how space industry leaders would handle a potentially devastating breach of a satellite’s ground control uplink.
The internet is hooked on packages. Hackers have noticed
Cyberattacks targeting the “packages” that underpin global software programs have rattled the open-source community and exposed gaps in developers’ supply chain security practices.
Space hacking risks pose cyber policy test for Biden admin
The White House won’t be defining the space industry as critical infrastructure, despite mounting pressure from business and lawmakers.
Award-winning cybersecurity journalist Blake Sobczak joins README as managing editor
Blake Sobczak, former deputy editor for POLITICO’s Energywire, has joined README as its managing editor.
Ransomware is the existential threat that could reverse crypto’s rise
With the threat of ransomware increasingly difficult for US policymakers to ignore, cryptocurrency exchanges should prepare to be the target of increasing regulatory scrutiny — or outright bans — in many countries.
CISA can’t succeed in the Pentagon’s shadow
Congress and the Biden administration need to truly empower the civilian cybersecurity agency to drive real and effective change needed to defend the country against punishing cyberattacks.
This vulnerability puts the future of U.S. warfighting at risk
Security flaws in a standardized component widely used in military and avionics systems threaten the Pentagon’s plans for an Internet of Military Things.
10 things we learned — and relearned — at DEF CON 29 (some that have nothing to do with security)
A lot of it has to do with cryptocurrency fallacies, hacking buildings, bizarre contests, furs, bad IoT security and other wonderful and intriguing elements of infosec culture.
DEF CON spirit muted but unbowed by Covid
The legendary hacker con was less packed than usual — and some people liked it that way.