Pentagon Archives - Security Affairs

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2024

Pentagon established the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy

The US government announced establishing the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy. The US Defense Department announced establishing the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy (ASD(CP)) as directed in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023. The ASD(CP) will oversee DoD policy for cyber operations […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 13, 2018

Pentagon Defense Department travel records data breach

Pentagon – Defense Department travel records suffered a data breach that compromised the personal information and credit card data of U.S. military and civilian personnel. The Pentagon revealed that the Defense Department travel records suffered a data breach that compromised the personal information and credit card data of U.S. military and civilian personnel. The data breach […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 12, 2016

The Pentagon used military drones for domestic surveillance

A report published by the DoD Inspector General revealed that military drones have been used for Non-Military domestic Surveillance. The US Government has admitted the use of drones for operations of domestic surveillance. The US Military clarified that all the operations were authorized by a regular warrant confirming that no legal violations were found. The news was revealed by the USA […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 28, 2015

ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) as cyber arms control

That means that the State Department and the Pentagon are looking for an alternative framework, they might find it in the ITAR. The US has failed to take the offensive cyber products to the Wassenaar agreement. That means that the State Department and the Pentagon are looking for an alternative framework. They might find it […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 11, 2015

Another computer system at the Pentagon has been hacked

Another cyber attack hit computer systems at the Pentagon, this time the food court computers have been hacked exposing employees’ bank information. In August, alleged Russian hackers have hacked an unclassified emailing server of the Pentagon, it was just one of the numerous attacks against the US Government systems. According to the NBC news, US […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 31, 2015

Jihadist hacker Junaid Hussain Killed in a targeted air strike

The jihadist hacker Junaid Hussain was killed this week in a US targeted air strike in Syria. The man was actively recruiting ISIS sympathizers. A spokesman for the US Central Command, Colonel Patrick Ryder, confirmed that the jihadist hacker Junaid Hussain was killed in a targeted air strike on August 24 in Raqqa, Syria. Colonel […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2015

Once again alleged Russian hackers hit the Pentagon computers

NBC News reported Russian hackers have compromised computers at the Pentagon, an unclassified email system has been shut down in response of the attack. According to the NBC news, US officials have reported that Russia launched a “sophisticated cyberattack” against the Pentagon’s Joint Staff unclassified email system. The unclassified email system has been shut down […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2015

A part of an unclassified Pentagon email network taken down over suspicious activity

Part of a Pentagon email network taken down over suspicious activity, the US authorities are investigating on the alleged intrusion. New problems for the White House emerges from the cyberspace, a portion of the Department of Defence’s email network has been taken down over suspicious activity. According to Pentagon spokeswoman, the unclassified email network used by […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 19, 2015

Russian APT launched a new phishing campaign on the Pentagon

A sophisticated APT group who targeted the White House and State Department, have launched a new stealth spear phishing campaign on the Pentagon. The Daily Beast has revealed that he got the proof that the White House and State Department were hacked by a sophisticated Russian APT. The newspaper that published the news in exclusive has run […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 07, 2015

NCA, British National Crime Agency arrested a suspected Pentagon Hacker

British NCA has arrested a 23-year-old man suspected to be a member of the hacking crew that run the attack on the US Department of Defense in the 2014. British law enforcement has identified and arrested a 23-year-old man over a hacking attack on the US Department of Defense on June 15, 2014. The law […]

Pentagon

Pentagon established the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy

Pentagon Defense Department travel records data breach

The Pentagon used military drones for domestic surveillance

ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) as cyber arms control

Another computer system at the Pentagon has been hacked

Jihadist hacker Junaid Hussain Killed in a targeted air strike

Once again alleged Russian hackers hit the Pentagon computers

A part of an unclassified Pentagon email network taken down over suspicious activity

Russian APT launched a new phishing campaign on the Pentagon

NCA, British National Crime Agency arrested a suspected Pentagon Hacker

newsletter

Subscribe to my email list and stay
up-to-date!

recent articles

Taking over millions of developers exploiting an Open VSX Registry flaw

OneClik APT campaign targets energy sector with stealthy backdoors

APT42 impersonates cyber professionals to phish Israeli academics and journalists

Kai West, aka IntelBroker, indicted for cyberattacks causing $25M in damages

Cisco fixed critical ISE flaws allowing Root-level remote code execution

QUICK LINKS

Pentagon

newsletter

Subscribe to my email list and stay up-to-date!

recent articles

Subscribe to my email list and stay
up-to-date!