Feds eye virtual reality as the next privacy and security battleground
At the Federal Trade Commission’s annual PrivacyCon this week, a top regulator and outside experts zeroed in on digital risks posed by the nascent virtual reality industry.
U.S. braces for China to eclipse Russian cyberthreat
“Russia is the hurricane, and China is climate change,” a top U.S. cybersecurity official said Tuesday, underscoring White House warnings about the long-term cyberespionage threat posed by Beijing.
Why Finland won’t flinch from Russian cyberthreats
Finland offers a model of how a Western democracy can harden its vital industries against cyberattacks while resisting hybrid conflict and information operations, but can other countries follow suit?
Steep costs, troubling questions roil DOD cybersecurity program rollout
About 80,000 companies that sell to the U.S. military will need to pass a cybersecurity audit before they can bid for business under rules the Defense Department plans to impose next year. But many small defense contractors aren’t prepared for the brave new world of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program.
What do hackers risk by joining the ‘IT Army of Ukraine’?
A government-backed push in Ukraine to get grassroots support for hacking Russia is raising legal and ethical questions.
Documents reveal depth of anxiety over possible Russian cyberattacks on U.S. grid
A trove of emails from top Homeland Security officials expose how the U.S. government scrambled to ensure the defenses of American utilities after Russia brought down parts of Ukraine’s power grid in 2015.
Thousands of Pentagon contractors could buckle under cybersecurity push
The Biden administration is forging ahead with a scaled-back plan to regulate cybersecurity in the vast and complicated defense industry marketplace. But the halting rollout of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, or CMMC, program illustrates the perils and pitfalls of rewriting supply chain cyber rules for the defense industrial base.
How I hacked my way to the top of DARPA’s hardware bug bounty
Go inside one of the most technically challenging bug bounties ever with the researcher who subverted secure hardware designed by MIT and the University of Cambridge.
Destructive malware is back in Ukraine. Will it usher in cyberconflict?
The WhisperGate malware masquerades as ransomware but really breaks computer files beyond repair.
Hackers square off to close gaps in satellite cybersecurity
The second annual Hack-A-Sat competition pits security researchers against real satellite equipment as the U.S. military rushes to address space cybersecurity risks.
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