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Pentagon to grant security clearance to select Apple, Samsung devices
- Department of Defense employees will soon be able to use smartphones from Apple and Samsung on the job. Specifically, Apple’s iPads and iPhones as well as Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones will be granted security approval from the Pentagon according to sources…
Pentagon to order 650,000 iOS devices, replace aging BlackBerries
- Update: In an exchange with Wired, Lt. Col. Damien Pickart dismissed the notion that the DoD is replacing its existing BlackBerry devices, though he didn't outright deny that the department is looking to order a large quantity of iOS devices. …
Pentagon to quintuple cyber defense personnel
- Although yet to be formally announced, a report by the Washington Post reveals plans by the Department of Defense to bolster its Cyber Command unit. The Pentagon's cyber defense force is currently comprised of roughly 900 military and civilian personnel,…
Pentagon drops exclusive BlackBerry contract for iOS, Android
- Despite RIM's impending BlackBerry revamp with BB10 and updated hardware, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) announced it would be dropping its exclusivity contract with RIM. According to Reuters, ICE will be transitioning to Apple's iPhone to fill gaps…
Solar panel management systems vulnerable to attack, DHS warns
- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has issued another industrial control warning (pdf) regarding critical vulnerabilities found across a number of solar panel systems. Affected systems can be easily exploited using "proof of concept" code developed by security researchers Roberto Paleari…
Chinese hackers target smart cards to grab US defense data
- In the latest blow to U.S. cybersecurity, hackers based in China have managed to infiltrate the supposedly secure smart card system used by U.S. Government employees, according to a report by AlienVault.
U.S. Missile Defense suffers counterfeit electronics epidemic
- For many years, the Pentagon has been trying to thwart military use of counterfeit electronics and electronic components. The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee held a meeting Tuesday morning to discuss the proliferation of these fakes into U.S. military agencies.…
DARPA will use decoy documents to catch leaks
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The U.S. Department of Defense plans to discourage would-be document leakers by planting false documents, but there is a twist. These decoy documents, as they are described, sound sophisticated. The files employ a security feature which...
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