DefenceTalkDefenceTalkThe Federal Government will make the nation’s largest ever investment in cyber security, with $1.35 billion over the next decade to enhance the cyber security capabilities and assistance provided to Australians through the Australian Signals Directorate and the Australian Cyber Security Centre. This significant investment, known as the Cyber Enhanced Situational Awareness and Response (CESAR) […]https://www.defencetalk.com/australias-defense-dept-to-invest-a1-3-bn-in-cybersecurity-75794/

DefenceTalkMicroelectronics are in nearly everything, including the complex weapons systems the Defense Department buys, such as the F-35 joint strike fighter, the Pentagon’s director of defense research and engineering for modernization said. “It is so ubiquitous and because it is … so fundamental to everything we do,” Mark J. Lewis said via video conference today […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-defense-adopts-zero-trust-approach-to-buying-microelectronics-75572/

DefenceTalkThe Department of the Air Force and Defense Digital Service (DDS) planned satellite hacking challenge, the Space Security Challenge 2020: Hack-A-Sat, is pivoting to an entirely virtual event. This decision comes after DEF CON 28 formally cancelled in-person events in 2020 due to coronavirus precautions. The two-phase Hack-A-Sat includes an online qualification event held from […]https://www.defencetalk.com/satellite-hacking-challenge-shifts-to-fully-virtual-event-75536/

DefenceTalkThe US Federal Bureau of Investigation and cybersecurity experts believe Chinese hackers are trying to steal research on developing a vaccine against coronavirus, two newspapers reported Monday. The FBI and Department of Homeland Security are planning to release a warning about the Chinese hacking as governments and private firms race to develop a vaccine for […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-says-chinese-hacking-vaccine-research-reports-75524/

DefenceTalkThe Department of Defense (DOD) has not fully implemented three of its key initiatives and practices aimed at improving cyber hygiene. Carnegie-Mellon University defines cyber hygiene as a set of practices for managing the most common and pervasive cybersecurity risks. In discussions with GAO, DOD officials identified three department-wide cyber hygiene initiatives: the 2015 DOD […]https://www.defencetalk.com/cybersecurity-dod-needs-to-improve-cyber-hygiene-75160/

DefenceTalkInternet users have seen a surge in COVID-related cyberattacks and fraud schemes which could add to the misery of the pandemic, even as some hackers have called for dialing back their criminal efforts. A deluge of attacks has included phishing emails purported to be from health agencies, counterfeit product offers and bogus charity donation requests, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/hacker-ceasefire-gets-little-traction-as-pandemic-fuels-attacks-75055/

DefenceTalkService members at U.S. Indo-Pacific Command headquarters in Hawaii recently tested a prototype DARPA system designed to help military analysts and planners determine if observed events – such as increased force movements, cyber intrusions, and civil unrest – are unconnected occurrences, or if they’re part of an adversary’s coordinated campaign to achieve strategic objectives in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/darpa-demonstrates-competition-tool-at-combatant-command-74881/

DefenceTalkIt may look like an email from a supervisor with an attachment on the new “work from home policy.” But it could be a cleverly designed scheme to hack into your network. The abrupt move of millions of people to working remotely has sparked an unprecedented volume of attacks to trick people into giving up […]https://www.defencetalk.com/surge-in-coronavirus-covid-themed-cyberattacks-74847/

DefenceTalkThe US needs a top-level cybersecurity coordinator and a better strategy of “deterrence” to protect against hackers and other cyber threats, a congressionally mandated commission said Wednesday. Defense in cyberspace requires a series of government reforms and policies to strike back at attackers, according to the report by the Cyberspace Solarium Commission. The bipartisan panel […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-needs-top-cyber-coordinator-better-hacker-deterrence-74808/

DefenceTalkUS authorities have arrested a Russian national who ran a hacker “storefront” that took in at least $17 million by selling stolen personal data and other illegal products and services, according to court records. The FBI arrested Kirill Victorovich Firsov, described as “a Russian cyber hacker,” and the administrator of the deer.io platform “which catered […]https://www.defencetalk.com/fbi-arrests-russian-accused-of-heading-hacker-storefront-74776/