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White House Releases National Strategy for 5G Security
The strategy focuses on four lines of effort and will guide how the government approaches 5G for the near future.
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The US Army’s Next Attack-Reconnaissance Helicopter Is Coming Into Focus
Bell Textron and Sikorsky will build test models as the service seeks a replacement for the Kiowa and some Apache missions.
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Russia Pushing Coronavirus Lies As Part of Anti-NATO Influence Ops in Europe
The pandemic has provided the Kremlin with an ample opportunity to target nervous populations with fake news.
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Chinese Hackers Attacked Foreign Health Care, Military, Oil Networks as Coronavirus Hit China
In January, the ‘widespread’ assault targeted a vulnerability in virtual desktops, cloud computing, and network applications, FireEye announced.
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Esper to DOD: Expect to Telework for 'Weeks For Sure, Maybe Months'
At a virtual town hall, the defense secretary asked troops and employees to be extra careful of phishing attempts and to disregard dis- and misinformation about COVID-19.
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Amazon: Pentagon Is Trying to ‘Gerrymander’ Its JEDI Fix
Amazon Web Services said the Pentagon’s plan to fix the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud contract is not enough.
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Thermal Camera Market Explodes as Coronavirus Spreads
Temperature readers could be coming to a workplace near you.
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White House Launches Supercomputing Consortium to Fight the Coronavirus
Scientists are tapping supercomputers to seek treatments and a vaccine.
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Russia Has New Tool For Massive Internet Shutdown Attack, Leaked Documents Claim
Moscow’s latest cyber weapon would target a wider array of devices than previous denial-of-service tools: the growing internet of things
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Will An App Tell You Who Will Give You COVID-19?
Researchers say a movement-tracking app, like one China deployed, could help slow the spread of the disease.
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US Navy Working to Keep Subs and Destroyers From Becoming COVID-19 Hotspots
Meanwhile, the coronavirus is putting the military health-care system under stress.
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Trump Calls Out China’s COVID-19 Disinformation
Chinese diplomats and officials have been spreading a lie about the virus’ origin.
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Attacks on DOD Networks Soar as Telework Inflicts ‘Unprecedented’ Loads
As DOD scrambles to find equipment for those who can work from home, Pentagon leaders tell personnel: ‘No hand-shaking, no high-fives,” and clean your workstations.
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After Problems And Delays, White House Touts New COVID-19 Test
The White House says “hundreds of thousands” of tests will soon be available to track the spread of the virus across the United States.
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We’ve Got The Vaccine, Says Pentagon-Funded Company
Canadian firm says it could make 10 million doses per month — if its innovative production method wins FDA approval.
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Oak Ridge National Lab Taps Supercomputers to Fight Coronavirus
Researchers received emergency computation time to run through a database of drug compounds to see which combinations might prevent COVID-19.
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More Industry Regulations Are Needed to Improve US Cybersecurity, Congressional Report Says
New mandates should increase companies’ network monitoring and allow them to share data with a new government bureau, the Cyberspace Solarium Commission wrote.
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Iranian, Russian, Chinese Media Push COVID-19 ‘Bioweapon’ Conspiracies
Disinformation about the coronavirus is spreading as quickly as the virus, thanks to the usual players.
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US Military Scientists Hope To Have Coronavirus Therapeutic By Summer
A new approach would use RNA or DNA to help the body develop antibodies to the rapidly spreading illness.
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The Army Just Tested Its New Supergun
It's the latest weapon meant to intimidate China and Russia: a giant cannon that can fire shells about three times farther than a standard howitzer.
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