Cybersecurity
Sandia scientists build experimental Android playground with 300,000 devices
Goal is to study how hackers can disrupt smartphone networks.
Emerging Tech
Military scientists devise surveillance malware to track surroundings in 3D
Tool could hide within seemingly harmless camera app.
Cybersecurity
Attackers used Adobe certificate to validate malware
Viruses were likely used in highly-targeted attack.
Cybersecurity
Cyber Command officer: China is targeting Pentagon
Espionage threats are 'accelerating,' command’s intelligence director warns.
Emerging Tech
TSA awards contract for explosives detection systems
Acquisition program has $550M revenue potential for L-3.
Cybersecurity
Intel agencies get help managing security vulnerabilities
Tenable Network Security inks In-Q-Tel partnership.
Digital Government
Iran highlights new evidence of sabotage in nuclear, industrial facilities
Officials take an increasingly belligerent stance.
Emerging Tech
China will deploy drones for maritime surveillance
Notice comes amid a territorial dispute with Japan.
Emerging Tech
Law enforcement UAV wanted in Fort Jackson, S.C.
Tender comes as drones have been cleared in U.S. skies.
Emerging Tech
Technology could identify soldiers intent on suicide or murder
DARPA program aims to detect individuals unfit for combat.
Digital Government
Appeals court skeptical of Obama secrecy around drone killings
American Civil Liberties Union case plays out.
Cybersecurity
Air Force chief of staff concerned about cybersecurity ‘black hole’
The service lacks direction on how to operate in cyber realm, he says.
Cybersecurity
U.S. official says cyberattacks can trigger right to self-defense
Harold Koh articulates early legal framework for U.S. cyber-ops.
Cybersecurity
Computer criminals copy Stuxnet tricks
State sponsored viruses offer preview of what threats will turn mainstream.
Cybersecurity
Aviation electronics firm nabs DARPA unmanned security contract
Rockwell Collins will provide tech to secure UAV systems data.
Digital Government
Open source database developer raises In-Q-Tel venture funding
System stores data in formats other than tables and rows.
Digital Government
U.S., Japan agree to deploy advanced missile defense system
Deal is likely to stir Chinese concerns.
Cybersecurity
Flame operators likely behind three other unidentified viruses
New clues point to an increasingly aggressive push by states in the cyber domain.
Digital Government
Paralyzed rats walk again after stem cell transplant
New research offers hope for combat veterans.
Digital Government