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via the hardest working editor in the Information Security/Cyber Security/Physical Security space – William Knowles – the Senior Editor of Infosec News, comes an announcement report from the Department of the Army’s U.S. Army Cyber Command in which, t… Continue reading United States Army Cyber Command Announces Release of DOD Identity Awareness and Protection Management Guide
In the Security News, Zoom’s RCE Vulnerability is affecting over 700,000 companies, how YouTube is trying to ban hacking videos, 1TB of police body cam footage is available online, and how the US Cyber Command warns of Outlook flaw exploited … Continue reading Porn Pirating, Zoom RCE, & Huawei – Paul’s Security Weekly #611
via Max Smeets, PhD. a cybersecurity post-doc fellow at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), comes this outstanding (PDF Download) dissection of the issue-ridden US Cyber Command strategic focus. Today’s Mus… Continue reading Lawfare: US Cyber Command Questionable Strategy
The new preventative cybersecurity powers include potentially acting against countries considered friendly toward the US – a risky move, some say. Continue reading US military given the power to hack back/defend forward
Lawmakers and Pentagon leadership are considering plans that could one day provide U.S. Cyber Command with additional authorities to more easily operate outside declared war zones, two senior U.S. officials acknowledged Wednesday during an open congressional hearing. The testimony confirms aspects of a story CyberScoop published Wednesday about a push inside the government to give more authority to the military’s top hacking unit. That story described concerns shared in the intelligence community about the potential impact of a spike in cyber warfare operations. Such a shift in policy may allow Cyber Command to offer more protection to private companies, including those that own and operate what the U.S. government considers “critical infrastructure.” When it comes to offensive measures, the shift could also open the door for soldiers to hack a much wider array of targets; beyond the Middle East, where the military is already engaged in firefights. Under existing authorities, U.S. […]
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Army prepares for a less friendly electronic battlespace, embeds cyber in units. Continue reading Facing limits of remote hacking, Army cybers up the battlefield
U.S. Cyber Command is not “optimized” today to combat information operations orchestrated by foreign powers, NSA Director and U.S. Cyber Command head Adm. Michael Rogers said during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Tuesday. “It right now is not in our defined set of responsibilities per say,” Rogers told lawmakers. “I would be the first to admit that [information warfare] is not what our workforce is optimized for … we are certainly not where we need to be.” Even so, Cyber Command is concurrently engaged in an expansive counter-messaging campaign against ISIS, Rogers acknowledged. The Washington Post reported Tuesday that the clandestine hacking operation is aimed at the areas surrounding Syria and largely focused on compromising electronic devices belonging to terrorists, which carry content typically shared online. Depending on one’s definition of “information warfare,” it’s arguable that Cyber Command is already involved in such efforts. “I think one of our […]
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U.S. Cyber Command is not “optimized” today to combat information operations orchestrated by foreign powers, NSA Director and U.S. Cyber Command head Adm. Michael Rogers said during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Tuesday. “It right now is not in our defined set of responsibilities per say,” Rogers told lawmakers. “I would be the first to admit that [information warfare] is not what our workforce is optimized for … we are certainly not where we need to be.” Even so, Cyber Command is concurrently engaged in an expansive counter-messaging campaign against ISIS, Rogers acknowledged. The Washington Post reported Tuesday that the clandestine hacking operation is aimed at the areas surrounding Syria and largely focused on compromising electronic devices belonging to terrorists, which carry content typically shared online. Depending on one’s definition of “information warfare,” it’s arguable that Cyber Command is already involved in such efforts. “I think one of our […]
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