US Agencies, Defense Companies Hacked Via VPNs

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US Agencies, Defense Companies Hacked Via VPNs Threat actors are targeting one newly discovered and three previously known vulnerabilities in Pulse Connect Secure enterprise VPNs, according to a CISA emergency directive and alert, as well as blog posts by FireEye and Ivanti. "There is no indication the identified backdoors were introduced through a supply chain compromise of [Ivanti's] network or software deployment process," FireEye noted.

No 5-Year POM Likely In DoD's 2022 Budget The focus solely on 2022 was hinted at by an internal memo issued by Deputy Defense Secretary Kath Hicks.

STRATCOM Head Tells Hill He's 'Confident' In NC3 Cybersecurity "If you try to life-extend a weapon system that was built before the invention of the Internet, and then turn around and ask me why it's not cyber-secure — I don't know how," Adm. Charles Richard told SASC today.

White House Winds Down SolarWinds, Exchange Cyber Teams "The innovations… and the lessons learned from these responses will be used to improve future unified, whole of government responses to significant cyber incidents," the White House says.

OMFV: Why Small Biz MettleOps Has A Shot "We realize that we may be considered an underdog," says the company, which has never built a vehicle before, "but that is not going to stop us" — and the Army has explicitly sought out small businesses with big ideas.

No Cloud Is An Island [Sponsored] For DoD multi- and hybrid-cloud environments, the ability to execute continuous Authority to Operate control is important in order to ensure that both cloud infrastructure and cloud-native applications are secure.

New Army Lab Tests Joint Tech: Project Convergence "There's capabilities out on the bench, on the floor, sitting out back in the parking lot," said Army senior executive Michael Monteleone, who founded the Joint Systems Integration Laboratory.

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