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Pentagon, private sector must partner to fight new era of cyberattacks
Over the past six months, there have been 10,666 ransomware variants identified, almost twice the total in the previous six months.
By Felipe Fernandez
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DISA’s ‘Gray Network’ faces performance monitoring challenges
Gray networks sit between inner and outer VPN tunnels and provide an extra layer of security for encrypted classified data.
By Brandon Shopp
IG finds communications failures in FBI handling of San Bernardino shooter’s phone
The Inspector General report found that although the FBI director was truthful in his 2016 testimonies that the FBI was incapable of unlocking the phone, lack of communication meant that some avenues to do so were not pursued.
By Jessie Bur
Russian election assault poses quandary for 2018 campaigns
Candidates running in 2018 are scared of email hacks and elaborate misinformation schemes like the ones Russia used to disrupt the 2016 campaign, and many candidates say they’re concerned they can’t rely on Congress or the White House for advice, or protection.
Idaho school works to recover data weeks after cyberattack
The Jerome School District didn’t pay a ransom, and instead opted to rebuilt server systems using backed up files — ones that hadn’t been affected by the cyberattack.
By Julie Wootton-Greener, The Times-News
Missouri attorney general weighs in on Confide messaging app
Missouri’s attorney general said Monday that he’s weighing whether to appoint a special investigator to check into use of the secretive Confide messaging app by several senior members of Gov. Eric Greitens’ office.
By St. Louis Post-Dispatch