Tech/Cyber

Delta Airlines on Monday canceled hundreds of flights after a power outage in Atlanta sparked global computer issues for the carrier. The commercial aviation industry […] More

If my first day at Black Hat was all about insider threats and ransomware, my second was focused on attackers. I had the opportunity to […] More

The Cipher Brief’s Luke Penn-Hall is currently attending Black Hat, a premiere information security conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Here’s his update from Day 1: […] More

Many metaphors have been applied to the Internet—information superhighway, World Wide Web, cyberspace, etc.—each evoking its different aspects. A more comprehensive view is that the […] More

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) hack raised the threat of Chinese cyber-espionage in a way that the American people had never seen before. American […] More

After years of the U.S. suffering losses valued in the billions of dollars due to economically-motivated cyber espionage from China, there are some signs that […] More

A global cybersecurity talent crisis is threatening both the public and private sectors, a new report released on Wednesday has found, leaving businesses and countries […] More

It should come as no surprise that the federal government, particularly those agencies that make up the security community, want to adopt a shared services […] More

The FBI on Monday said it is investigating the hack involving the Democratic National Committee (DNC) after a cache of emails was leaked in advance […] More

The clash between the tech industry and the federal government over data access has become an enduring part of the national narrative about countering violent […] More

Social media is a potentially powerful source of information for the Intelligence Community, but the tensions between the government and the tech industry have made […] More

The issue of government access to privately held data about American citizens is an important one, and the debate about privacy has expanded into the […] More

When it comes to cyber attacks, one of the biggest problems is correctly determining who, exactly, is attacking you. This is called attribution, and it […] More

One year ago, on July 10, 2015, Katherine Archuleta resigned her position as Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in the face of […] More

The speed at which drones went from classified military platforms to ubiquitous consumer products is staggering, and the next chapter in that proliferation is starting […] More

Remote controlled and autonomous ships will revolutionize the landscape of ship design and operations. Smarter ships and the Internet of Things will allow the creation […] More

Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) have the potential to be just as revolutionary as the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) that preceded them. The Cipher Brief spoke […] More

The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday released the first operational rules for the commercial use of drones, a move experts say will help stoke business […] More