A new Justice Department report has issued details on a “micro-jamming” technology capable of disabling a cell-phone within a 20-foot radius. These capabilities are “a step forward countering the security threat posed by contraband cellphones” in jail, according to one Department of Justice representative. Difficulties with previous jamming technologies were,

A new “smart lock” padlock advertised as the “world’s first smart fingerprint padlock” was hacked in under 45 minutes by researches from Pen Test Partners (PTP). Once the flaw was identified, the team was able to unlock any of the locks using a smartphone in less than 2 seconds. In

A major opposition party’s website was hacked on Tuesday after it published documents criticizing the leading party candidate. The cyber attack took place during a televised debate. No attribution has been provided, but several experts note that even if Russia isn’t behind this particular attack, they have established precedent for

The Pentagon has, once again, suspended the purchase and use of commercial drones ‘in order to develop a strategy that assesses and mitigates potential cyber risks of their use.’ The memo also underscored the sufficiency of operations without such commercially-produced drones, writing that ‘military services and combatant commands continue to

Journalists at the US-North Korea summit in Singapore were given USB-powered fans, an inclusion causing some alarm from those wary of malware that can be easily transmitted by USB-devices. While it looks like the fans did not include any storage or processing capabilities able to transmit malware, they present an

Combining artificial intelligence with mass spectrometry, scientists have developed a platform able to diagnose Zika virus with an accuracy above 95%, even as the virus mutates and over a time range unmatched by other diagnostic kits. In the future, any lab in the world with a mass spectrometer could access

Working to prevent situations similar to Russian involvement in the 2016 election, inspectors from the Department of Homeland Security have assessed the cybersecurity measures being taken at the state and local election systems levels. Most of the measures are standard procedures, including improved software update schedules, the training of election

Americans traveling to Russia for the World Cup soccer event are likely to be targeted by Russian hackers according to the FBI. William Evanina, an FBI agent and the director of the U.S. National Counterintelligence and Security Center noted that “If you’re planning on taking a mobile phone, laptop, PDA,

New reporting has revealed that DHS cyber experts conducting a full security assessment of the 757 aviation platform were successful in compromising the aircraft in less that two days. The experts warned that it is “a matter of time before a cybersecurity breach on an airline occurs.” Source: DHS experts

The US has imposed additional sanctions on Russia in response to recent cyberattacks including the VPNFilter malware which infected over half a million home and small business routers. The action includes the designation of five Russian entities and three Russian individuals pursuant to E.O. 13694, as amended, as well as