Cyber

A new, critical resource for designing, developing and testing state-of-the-art internet of things (IoT) systems will be available at the University of Florida.

At Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, in the quiet classrooms of the Center for Cyberspace Research, hundreds of cyber warriors learn offensive and defensive cyber capabilities.

Continued concerns about the use of a nuclear weapon and an increase in concern about the use of an EMP against the U.S. have revived the civil defense brand.

A hacker that exploited a misconfiguration in the application code of a multi-state Department of Labor database system may have accessed the names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers of hundreds of thousands of job seekers.

A Texas grand jury this week indicted a man for using an animated GIF to cause Newsweek journalist Kurt Eichenwald to suffer a seizure, in what could be the first case to legally consider a GIF to be an assault weapon.

FifthDomain reporter Mark Pomerleau plays cyber capture the flag with the Cyber Security Forum Initiative’s demo at AUSA Global Force in Huntsville.

As Sen. John McCain said: “Threats to the United States in cyberspace continue to grow in scope and severity. But our nation remains woefully unprepared to address these threats, which will be a defining feature of 21st century warfare.”

While many experts outside the government are skeptical the Russian intelligence officials will see the inside of a U.S. courtroom anytime soon the indictments shed light into advancing capabilities of the U.S. in cyberspace and the seeming continued reliance on indictments as a tool in cyber deterrence.

The Richmond, Indiana housing agency lost one month of data but did not pay the ransom.

The biggest winner would be Homeland Security, which has $1.5 billion set aside to meet its cybersecurity mission.