As things stall in the United Nations on all things cyber, the United States has been actively engaged in strengthening cyber cooperation with key individual states, as well as regional blocs, in an …
At DEFCON31, CISA’s Easterly Once Again Offered a “Stark Warning”
In June at the Aspen Institute in Washington D.C., Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly began what now seems to be a prolonged messaging campaign: a stark …
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“The Taiwan Scenario” and Cyberattacks on Civilian Critical Infrastructures
James A. Lewis is the Dirctor of the Strategic Technologies Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. He recently penned a white paper which aligns with …
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The Future of Cybersecurity Depends on Public-Private Partnership – Will We Get it Right?
In 2020, the U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) established its private sector partnership program dubbed UNDER ADVISEMENT, the purpose of which is to engage industry organizations and share critical cyber …
DARPA Announces AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC) at Black Hat USA 2023
DARPA is calling on top computer scientists, AI experts, software developers, and beyond to participate in the AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC), a 2-year competition focused on automatically finding and …
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Researchers Find ‘Backdoor’ in Encrypted Government Radios
This talk at BLACK HAT USA 2023 was the first public disclosure and security analysis of TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked Radio): a European standard for trunked radio globally used by government agencies, …
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Seeking Input on Strategic Objective 1.1 – “Harmonizing Cybersecurity Regulations” – of the National Cybersecurity Strategy
The White House recently announced "a request for information (RFI) on cybersecurity regulatory harmonization and regulatory reciprocity. The RFI builds on the commitment the Administration made in …
Newly Sophisticated DDoS Attacks Surged in Q223
We recently contextualized two "ransomware hotspots" - with geopolitical strategic implications in the U.S. and in the Pacific Islands - as battlefields in the Global Cyber War. Ransomware extortions …
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Potential BRICS Expansion Influence Offers Alternative to West
In July 2023, South Africa hosted a “Friends of BRICS” two-day meeting to discuss various global security challenges affecting their regions with cybersecurity topping the …
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Russian “Technological Sovereignty”: Just How Crippled is the Russian IT Supply Chain?
There are many researchers and membes of the IC community in the OODA Network and amongst the larger OODA Loop readership, so we know many of you will relate to this breakthrough item. There is …