Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has approved a new organizational framework that seeks to establish common standards for cyber operations throughout the Defense Department.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Jun 07, 2012
The designers of the Flame cyber espionage malware used an extensive list of fake identities to register as many as 86 domains, which they used as part of their command-and-control center.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Jun 06, 2012
The U.S. government will at some point need to address difficult questions about the use of cyberattacks against enemies of the state.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Jun 06, 2012
Researchers have found some similarities between Flame and Stuxnet/Duqu, while Iran says the malware was used in the April cyberattacks on its oil industry.
- By Kevin McCaney
- Jun 01, 2012
As soon as he took office, U.S. President Obama authorized increasingly sophisticated attacks against Iran's nuclear enrichment facilities, expanding on efforts begun in the Bush administration to check that country's nuclear efforts.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Jun 01, 2012
The Pentagon's research arm is reaching out to the private sector, universities and computer game makers for assistance developing technologies to boost its offensive cyber capabilities.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- May 31, 2012
The data-mining virus Flame appears to have dug its way into the computers of top Iranian officials in what is likely the most formidable cyber intrusion into Iranian computer systems since the crippling Stuxnet virus attack two years ago.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- May 31, 2012
The Senate's defense bill is $3 billion more than the president's request and doesn't account for the budget cuts of sequestration.
- By Amber Corrin
- May 29, 2012
The new Joint Cyber Center includes members from the intelligence, operations, and command and control divisions, and a team from the U.S. Cyber Command.
- By Kathleen Hickey
- May 22, 2012
Several military and intelligence agencies are using an anti-hacking software application that delivers voice encryption to block call interceptions on smart phones.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- May 21, 2012