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Election Day Security: Cyber Threats And Incident Reports Explored

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After Russia's misinformation campaign rattled the 2016 United States election season, scrutiny over this year's midterms has been intense. And while foreign cybersecurity threats have so far been relatively muted, an unclassified government report obtained by The Boston Globe this week indicates more than 160 suspected election-related incidents since the beginning of August, ranging from suspicious login attempts to compromised municipal networks.

Brittany Day
Nov 06, 2018

US Elections: Pentagon's Cyber Response Plan to Russian Threat

There may not be any immediate evidence of Russia directly meddling with the US midterm elections, but the Department of Defense is apparently ready to strike back if it happens. Anonymous officials talking to the Center for Public Integrity and the Daily Beast say the Pentagon and intelligence agencies have agreed on the core terms of a retaliatory cyberattack in the event Russia tries a bold move.

Brittany Day
Nov 04, 2018

Department Of Defense Breach Affects 30,000 Military And Civilian Staff

The US Department of Defense has suffered a major breach of employee’s personal and financial information, according to reports.

Brittany Day
Oct 18, 2018

NCSC Reports Tackling 10 Cyber Attacks Weekly Since Year 2016

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has blocked more than 10 cyber-attacks per week in its first two years of operation, blaming nation states for the majority of incidents.

Brittany Day
Oct 17, 2018

US Department Of Defense Cybersecurity Risks In Weapons Systems

The Department of Defense will have to ramp up its cybersecurity efforts now that it's planning to spend $1.66 trillion to develop major weapons systems. According to a new report (PDF) by the Government Accountability Office, nearly all of Pentagon's weapons systems are vulnerable to cyberattacks.

Brittany Day
Oct 10, 2018

Nghia Hoang Pho: 66 Months for Retaining NSA Hacking Tools Legally

Taking work-related documents home to study might get you a promotion and pay raise at some jobs, but not when your employer is the National Security Agency (NSA) – and most certainly not when those materials are classified.

Brittany Day
Oct 03, 2018

White House Cyber Strategy: Enhancing National Defense and Security

Taking a critical step forward in national cyber defense, the White House yesterday published the National Cyber Strategy, aimed at strengthening America’s cybersecurity capabilities. President Trump wrote, “With the release of this National Cyber Strategy, the United States now has its fully articulated cyber strategy in 15 years.”

Brittany Day
Sep 23, 2018

Australia's Encryption Bill: No Backdoors for Encrypted Products

A little over a week since the window closed for public submissions on the government's draft Assistance and Access Bill, Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton on Thursday introduced the Bill into the House of Representatives.

Brittany Day
Sep 20, 2018

California Law Seeks Solutions For IoT Security And Privacy Issues

California is hoping a new law will help fix the security and privacy problems that plague the so-called internet of things, but experts say a lot more needs to be done to seriously tackle the problem.

Brittany Day
Sep 19, 2018

Exploring Election Security Threats Beyond Voting Machines

The DEF CON 2018 Voting Machine Hacking Village aimed to raise awareness in voting security through a full day of speakers and panel discussions along with a challenge for attendees to hack more than 30 pieces of voting equipment. A partnership with rOOtz Asylum offered youths between 8 and 16 years old an opportunity to hack replicas of the websites of secretaries of state to demonstrate that even hackers with limited years of experience can easily compromise critical systems.

Brittany Day
Sep 16, 2018

California SB-327: New Security Requirements For IoT Devices

California looks set to regulate IoT devices, becoming the first US state to do so and beating the Federal Government to the post.

Brittany Day
Sep 13, 2018

Strengthening Election Security Protocols Ahead of Midterm Elections

In the past, a midterm election season would pass without much fanfare. These have been torpid affairs with low voter turnout and few big-ticket issues, which historically has meant incumbents rather predictably hold their seats.

Brittany Day
Sep 12, 2018

US House Votes For APT Groups Database Under Cyber Deterrence Act

The US House of Representatives passed a bill this week that would have the White House create and maintain a database containing all the names of individuals and cyber-threat groups associated with foreign cyber-espionage operations active against the US.

Brittany Day
Sep 08, 2018

Georgia Hearing: Election Security Concerns With DRE Voting Systems

A hearing has been filed in the ongoing Georgia election cybersecurity case, Curling v. Kemp, where Georgia citizens are fighting for more secure elections in a lawsuit against Secretary of State and gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp. The hearing is scheduled for Monday, 17 September, at 11am.

Brittany Day
Sep 01, 2018

Cyber Deterrence Act Seeks Presidential Action Against Overseas Hackers

US senators from both sides of the housee have announced a bill that would force the President to act against overseas hackers found targeting the US, or explain why he hadn’t.

Brittany Day
Aug 31, 2018

DHS Cyber Risk Management Center Announcement For Critical Infrastructure

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced the creation of a new cyber-risk management center intended to protect the nation’s banks, energy companies and other industries from potentially crippling cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure, according to agency officials who spoke at the 31 July cybersecurity summit hosted by DHS.

Brittany Day
Aug 02, 2018

Fancy Bear Targets Senator Claire McCaskill In 2018 Election Meddling

Fancy Bear, a cyber espionage group believed to operate out of the Russian military agency GRU, has reportedly targeted Senator Claire McCaskill and her staff as they prepare for her 2018 reelection campaign.

Brittany Day
Jul 29, 2018

UK Government Launches Consultation To Improve Cybersecurity Strategy

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has launched a consultation into developing the cybersecurity profession in the UK to support the National Cyber Security Strategy (NCSS). To support this effort, it has also proposed to create a UK cybersecurity council, which would sit independently of the government.

Brittany Day
Jul 22, 2018

Critical National Infrastructure: UK Government's Delay in Cyber Response

A committee of MPs and peers in the UK has criticised the government for its lack of urgency in addressing the cybersecurity skills gap in relation to critical national infrastructure (CNI).

Brittany Day
Jul 19, 2018

Concerns Rise Over Cybersecurity Amid Political Crisis and Hacking

Fallout from a rapid-fire series of developments surrounding the 2016 election hacking and meddling by Russia continued today as President Donald Trump attempted to walk back Monday's public dismissal of his intelligence agencies' findings pointing to Russia.

Brittany Day
Jul 19, 2018

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