Security News

U.S. Army to Protect Warfighters With Continuous Biometric Authentication (Security Week)
2017-08-17 13:04

U.S. Army to Deploy Continuous Biometric Authentication Cybersecurity Software to Protect Warfighters read more

US Army Nixes Use of DJI Drones Over Cybersecurity Concerns (InfoRiskToday)
2017-08-07 13:18

Pull Batteries Out and Uninstall Apps, Army SaysThe U.S. Army will immediately stop using drones made by the world's largest manufacturer, DJI of China, and has ordered that batteries and storage...

US Army Researching Bot Swarms (Schneier on Security)
2017-07-24 11:39

The US Army Research Agency is funding research into autonomous bot swarms. From the announcement: The objective of this CRA is to perform enabling basic and applied research to extend the reach,...

Facing limits of remote hacking, Army cybers up the battlefield (ArsTechnica)
2017-06-13 10:45

Army prepares for a less friendly electronic battlespace, embeds cyber in units.

Facing limits of remote hacking, Army cybers up the battlefield (ArsTechnica)
2017-06-13 10:45

Army prepares for a less friendly electronic battlespace, embeds cyber in units.

An Army of Thousands of Hacked Servers Found Mining Cryptocurrencies (The Hackers News)
2017-05-05 02:19

A new botnet consisting of more than 15,000 compromised servers has been used to mine various cryptocurrencies, earning its master around $25,000 per month. Mining cryptocurrencies can be a costly...

Have security conferences become an 'army of noise'? (ZDNet)
2017-04-04 14:48

Katie Moussouris on Bug Bounty Programs, Hack the Army, and Wassenaar (Threatpost)
2017-02-27 15:15

Katie Moussouris on how bug bounty programs have gone mainstream, the success of Hack the Pentagon and Hack the Army, and where things stand with the Wassenaar Arrangement.

Former US Army National Guard member jailed for supporting ISIS (ZDNet)
2017-02-13 05:22

Programmer releases bot army to crush Windows Support scammers (ZDNet)
2017-02-09 06:21