Cyber

Army Maj. Gen. William J. Hartman, commander of Cyber National Mission Force, foreground, and Gen. Paul Nakasone, leader of U.S. Cyber Command, background, are seen at ceremony in December 2022.

US cyber experts sent to Latin America on ‘hunt-forward’ mission

“We had our first defend-forward mission, a hunt-forward mission, in SOUTHCOM just recently, which is amazing.”

7 hours ago

Russia claims Ukraine is attacking; Kyiv calls that disinformation

Kyiv authorities didn’t confirm the attacks Monday and suggested the claims that major battles are underway were a Russian misinformation ruse.

4 days ago

NATO intel chief: Russia’s war on Ukraine and a hybrid war aimed at us

The speed, scale and intensity of Russian hybrid activities has increased in recent years, notes David Cattler.

‘Adversarial AI’ a threat to military systems, Shift5′s Lospinoso says

The former Army captain told a Senate Armed Services panel how artificial intelligence can impact military operations.

11 days ago

US Army revamps program executive offices to sharpen cyber focus

No jobs are expected to be cut, and contracts should flow as normal, according to three U.S. Army program executive officers.

2 weeks ago

White House unveils efforts to guide federal research of AI

The U.S. government and private sector in recent months have begun more publicly weighing the possibilities and perils of artificial intelligence.

2 weeks ago

In this image provided by the U.S, Air Force, Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh poses for a photo on Aug. 12, 2022.

Biden nominates Air Force general to lead NSA, Cyber Command

If confirmed, Air Force Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh, the current deputy commander of Cyber Command, would replace Army Gen. Paul Nakasone.

2 weeks ago

Attendees try out the Caliverse Hyper-Realistic Metaverse experience at the Lotte booth at CES 2023 at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Jan. 5, 2023, in Las Vegas, Nevada

The next Army recruiting tool amid a slump? It could be the metaverse.

The U.S. Army missed its fiscal 2022 recruiting goal by thousands of new soldiers, leaving it shorthanded.

3 weeks ago

New Zealand unveils defense budget, with Army in the lead

The government's signals intelligence agency is to receive a 25% boost in funding.

3 weeks ago

Australia’s CI-ISAC takes whole-of-nation approach to cybersecurity

Cyber threats span all sectors and a more holistic approach to sharing information on cyber threats and attacks is required.

3 weeks ago

Combating US cyber adversaries calls for whole-of-government approach

While cyber criminals take advantage of gaps in our visibility over domestic infrastructure, foreign nation states, such as Russia, give them safe harbor.

3 weeks ago

How ‘digital twins’ make defense supply chains more resilient

A combination of enabling technologies and analytic capabilities produce a virtual model of a process, system, or object, informed by real-time data.

4 weeks ago

Hyper-enabling special ops will transform missions

New tech for language and text translation, as well as secure data transfer, gives operators an edge.

4 weeks ago

Marine Innovation Unit tackles some remaining Force Design tech needs

The unit aims to leverage reservists' contacts in the business and tech worlds to quickly solve modernization problems.

4 weeks ago

US cyber team unearths malware during ‘hunt-forward’ mission in Latvia

The Cyber National Mission Force has deployed to 22 countries including Ukraine, ahead of Russia’s invasion, and Albania, following Iranian cyberattacks.

4 weeks ago

Special ops turn to data, space tech to gain ‘decisive advantage’

Positions and capabilities such as data scientists and natural language processing hold promise for better battlefield awareness.

4 weeks ago

US busts Russian cyber operation in dozens of countries

The Justice Department says it has disrupted a long-running Russian cyberespionage campaign that stole sensitive information from U.S. and NATO networks.

4 weeks ago

Lt. Gen. Maria Barrett, leader of U.S. Army Cyber Command, gestures as she answers a question May 2, 2023, at the AFCEA TechNet Cyber conference in Baltimore, Maryland. (Colin Demarest/C4ISRNET)

US cyber leaders look to AI to augment network activities

If planes can fly and land using autopilot, ARCYBER boss Lt. Gen. Maria Barrett said, it is "not scary to run a network in an automated way."

5 weeks ago

Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, right, appears in U.S. District Court in Boston, Friday, April 14, 2023.

Zero trust would have helped prevent Pentagon leak, CIO Sherman says

“This is something we’ve grappled with for years,” Pentagon CIO John Sherman said. “We had the Snowden disclosures nearly 10 years ago.”

5 weeks ago

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“We had our first defend-forward mission, a hunt-forward mission, in SOUTHCOM just recently, which is amazing.”

Kyiv authorities didn’t confirm the attacks Monday and suggested the claims that major battles are underway were a Russian misinformation ruse.

The speed, scale and intensity of Russian hybrid activities has increased in recent years, notes David Cattler.

The former Army captain told a Senate Armed Services panel how artificial intelligence can impact military operations.

No jobs are expected to be cut, and contracts should flow as normal, according to three U.S. Army program executive officers.

The U.S. government and private sector in recent months have begun more publicly weighing the possibilities and perils of artificial intelligence.

If confirmed, Air Force Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh, the current deputy commander of Cyber Command, would replace Army Gen. Paul Nakasone.

The U.S. Army missed its fiscal 2022 recruiting goal by thousands of new soldiers, leaving it shorthanded.

The government's signals intelligence agency is to receive a 25% boost in funding.

Cyber threats span all sectors and a more holistic approach to sharing information on cyber threats and attacks is required.

While cyber criminals take advantage of gaps in our visibility over domestic infrastructure, foreign nation states, such as Russia, give them safe harbor.

A combination of enabling technologies and analytic capabilities produce a virtual model of a process, system, or object, informed by real-time data.

New tech for language and text translation, as well as secure data transfer, gives operators an edge.

The unit aims to leverage reservists' contacts in the business and tech worlds to quickly solve modernization problems.

The Cyber National Mission Force has deployed to 22 countries including Ukraine, ahead of Russia’s invasion, and Albania, following Iranian cyberattacks.

Positions and capabilities such as data scientists and natural language processing hold promise for better battlefield awareness.

The Justice Department says it has disrupted a long-running Russian cyberespionage campaign that stole sensitive information from U.S. and NATO networks.

If planes can fly and land using autopilot, ARCYBER boss Lt. Gen. Maria Barrett said, it is "not scary to run a network in an automated way."

“This is something we’ve grappled with for years,” Pentagon CIO John Sherman said. “We had the Snowden disclosures nearly 10 years ago.”