#cybersecurityfail

Stolen U.S. Military Drone Documents Found for Sale on Dark Web, Researchers Say

The Pentagon’s budget for UAVs just doubled.  Has security kept pace?  It doesn’t look that way.

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By Dustin Volz

July 11, 2018 5:30 a.m. ET

Discovery comes amid heightened concern about how U.S. military secrets may be insufficiently protected from hackers

An unidentified hacker tried to sell purported U.S. military documents containing information about combat drones last…

Researchers crack Microsoft feature, say encryption backdoors similarly crackable

By Joe Uchill – 08/10/16 05:14 AM EDT Researchers who uncovered a security key that protects Windows devices as they boot up say their discovery is proof that encryption backdoors do not work.

The pair of researchers, credited by their hacker nicknames MY123 and Slipstream, found the cryptographic key protecting a feature called Secure Boot.

They believe the discovery highlights a problem with…

Widespread neglect puts NASA’s networks in jeopardy

NASA contractor ‘uncooperative at best and negligent at worst’

Multiple current and former NASA employees say the space agency doesn’t prioritize cybersecurity.

By Jason Miller | @jmillerWFEDMarch 15, 2016 5:38 am

 The most heralded federal agency is in serious risk of a major cyber attack and no one seems to care.

Not NASA executives. Not the contractor hired to protect its end-user…

The Department of Veterans Affairs, the VA, has failed a cybersecurity audit for 16 consecutive years.

Any failures, in years past, was considered a death sentence for one’s career.  Two was considered next to impossible.  16 in a row almost seems to be a deliberate attempt to be seen as the worst of the worst.

Fingers are sure to be pointed at VA Chief Information Officer Stephen Warren, who is…