The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace released Iran’s Cyber Threat: Espionage, Sabotage, and Revenge on Jan. 4, exploring what it calls the “newest frontier in the four-decade-long U.S.-Iran cold war.” Written by Collin Anderson and Karim Sadjadpour, the report takes a comprehensive look at the state of the cyber threat in Iran, who are the […]
Cybersecurity
CPUs Vulnerable to Spectre and Meltdown
The National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) released guidance Thursday warning of security vulnerabilities that could impact a computer’s central processing unit (CPU). Named Meltdown and Spectre, the vulnerabilities could allow attackers to obtain sensitive information from computers. “With both variants of the Spectre attack, the impact is that a process may leak sensitive […]
Personal Data on 250,000 DHS Employees Possibly Compromised
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reported a “privacy incident” Wednesday that impacts 246,157 current and former DHS employees, as well as individuals connected to DHS Inspector General (IG) investigations from 2002 through 2014. “On May 10, 2017, as part of an ongoing criminal investigation being conducted by DHS OIG and the U.S. Attorney’s Office, […]
Russian-Based Software Company Sues DHS Over Ban
Kaspersky Lab Inc. is suing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for banning its products from all U.S. government departments in September due to suspicions over its close connection to Russian government entities. The complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia yesterday says Kaspersky, under the Administrative Procedure Act, is filing […]
Trump Talks Tough; Introduces New National Security Strategy
President Donald Trump outlined his new National Security Strategy in a speech Monday, touting administration successes from defense to jobs and outlining his plans for the country’s national security future. The strategy is built on four pillars, or national interests. These include: “Protect the homeland, the American People, and American way of life; promote American […]