Cybersecurity

How the US Air Force is Rapidly Mobilizing For Cyber War

New ideas about defense and new tables of organization are reshaping the service’s ideas about battle.

Digital Government

The Man in Charge of Stopping the Next Snowden

Moving past the summer of 2013 has proven difficult for the intelligence community.

Digital Government

Military’s Tech Matchmaker Is Getting Ready to Open Its Wallet

Carter says DIUx will also get a new Austin branch, its third after Boston and Silicon Valley.

Digital Government

Special Operators Getting New Autonomous Tactical Drone

A prototype microdrone that maps a building’s rooms will change the urban battlefield.

Digital Government

How Will Terrorists Use the Internet of Things? The Justice Department Is Trying to Figure That Out

As the business of connected devices explodes, DOJ joins other agencies in evaluating the national-security risks.

Artificial Intelligence

A New AI Learns Through Observation Alone: What That Means for Drone Surveillance

The military spends hundreds of man hours on intelligence collection and image analysis. Drones that could learn about human behavior with less human guidance could cut that time considerably.

Cybersecurity

5 Steps To Make US Elections Less Hackable

As shadowy actors work to hack U.S. elections, a few simple steps could make electronic voting more secure, says one expert.

Digital Government

To Counter Russia’s Cyber Prowess, US Army Launches Rapid-Tech Office

The battle for eastern Ukraine shows how the pace of innovation in electronic warfare is picking up.

Cybersecurity

Russia-Backed DNC Hackers Strike Washington Think Tanks

The same Kremlin-backed group that hacked the Pentagon, State Department and DNC targeted D.C. insiders last week.

Digital Government

Iraq Builds Armed Robot to Fight ISIS

The Baghdad Post says the machine-gun-wielding unmanned ground vehicle will be used in the effort to retake Mosul.

Digital Government

Twitter Suspends Another 235,000 Accounts Promoting Terrorism

ISIS is losing territory online, too, as Twitter joins social media companies accelerating efforts to purge extremist speech from their sites.

Digital Government

Pentagon Needs You To Help It Take Down Small Drones

As tiny drones proliferate and make their way onto the battlefield, the Pentagon calls for solutions.

Cybersecurity

Russian-Linked Group Leaks US Lawmakers’ Phone Numbers, Emails

Late Friday, an online figure linked to Russian intelligence groups released the personal information of several lawmakers, part of an established pattern.

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence Just Changed the Future of Information Security

At DARPA’s Cyber Grand Challenge, bots showed off their ability to help a world wallowing in vulnerable code.

Digital Government

Russia Wanted to Be Caught, Says Company Waging War on DNC Hackers

That fits a pattern of increasing bold moves over the past year by the groups, which are also known as FANCY BEAR and COZY BEAR, one expert says.

Digital Government

A Quick Guide to the Jihadist Communications Toolkit

A new report documents how extremist groups’ use of secure digital tools software has evolved.

Digital Government

How Putin Weaponized WikiLeaks to Influence the Presidential Election

Evidence suggests a Russian intelligence group was the source of the most recent WikiLeaks intel dump, which was aimed to influence the U.S. election.

Cybersecurity

The Fight Over Consumer Encryption Moves Into Strange New Phase

Law enforcement officials say it’s on the tech world and privacy advocates to prove a backdoor would undermine data security.

Digital Government

In the Future, We’ll Stop Truck Attacks With the Push of a Button

Sound guns, car zappers and pain rays are some of the ways we will (and won’t) stop vehicle-based terrorism in the next decade.