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Cyber

White House Working Group, With Help From Private Sector, Responding To Microsoft Hack

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, March 17th, 2021

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White House Working Group, With Help From Private Sector, Responding To Microsoft Hack

The White House on Wednesday said a new interagency working group stood up in response to compromise earlier this month of a widely used Microsoft [MSFT] software product includes private sector participation and worked with the software giant to get a fix out to users, particularly small businesses. The Cyber Unified Coordinating Group (UCG) leadership met on Monday at the direction of the National Security Council (NSC) to coordinate response efforts to the attack on the Microsoft Exchange Server software…

Congress

With $1.5 Trillion Request, Army, Air Force, Navy’s Unfunded Lists Focus Solely On MILCON Projects

With the Trump administration’s push to massively increase defense spending to $1.5 trillion in fiscal year 2027, the Army, Air Force and Navy have eschewed submitting large unfunded priorities lists […]

Unmanned Systems

Bipartisan House Bill Would Give National Guard To Counter-Drone Authorities

Seeking to close gaps that may arise between state and local law enforcers in different jurisdictions, a bipartisan contingent of House members this week introduced a bill that would allow […]

Congress

Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]