Security News

Report: Chinese Hackers Siphon Off ‘Massive’ Amounts of Undersea Military Data
2018-06-11 15:02

The stolen data included "secret plans to develop a supersonic anti-ship missile for use on U.S. submarines by 2020," American officials said.

Law forcing Feds to get warrants for email slurping is sneaked into US military budget
2018-05-30 21:35

House slips privacy rules into Senate's files, crosses fingers The US House of Representatives has once again advanced a law bill that would always require the FBI and cops to obtain a warrant...

Report Outlines Military Health Facility Security Weaknesses
2018-05-09 20:18

Watchdog Agency: Problems Put Patient Data at RiskSome military health facilities haven't consistently implemented security controls, putting patient data at risk, according to a new watchdog...

Pentagon orders military exchanges to pull Chinese smartphones over security risks
2018-05-08 11:22

Huawei and ZTE are already telephones non gratae, tied too close for comfort to the Chinese Communist Party and People’s Liberation Army back home.

U.S. Military Bans Huawei, ZTE Phones
2018-05-05 03:21

Personnel on US military bases can no longer buy phones and other gear manufactured by Chinese firms Huawei and ZTE, after the Pentagon said the devices pose an "unacceptable" security risk....

GoScanSSH Malware Targets SSH Servers, But Avoids Military and .GOV Systems
2018-03-27 19:07

Researchers identify a new malware family called GoScanSSH that avoids servers linked to government and military IP addresses.

U.S. Military Should Step Up Cyber Ops: General
2018-03-21 02:30

Washington - US efforts to conduct offensive and defensive operations in cyberspace are falling short, a top general warned Tuesday amid ongoing revelations about Russian hacking. General John...

Locating Secret Military Bases via Fitness Data
2018-01-29 20:17

In November, the company Strava released an anonymous data-visualization map showing all the fitness activity by everyone using the app. Over this weekend, someone realized that it could be used...

Strava user heatmap reveals patterns of life in western military bases
2018-01-29 16:58

In November 2017, online fitness tracker Strava published a heatmap of the activity many of its users around the world engage in (and track) daily. But what might have seemed as a harmless sharing...

Heat Map Released by Fitness Tracker Reveals Location of Secret Military Bases
2018-01-29 15:48

Every one of us now has at least one internet-connected smart device, which makes this question even more prominent —how much does your smart device know about you? Over the weekend, the popular...