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Why Finland won’t flinch from Russian cyberthreats

Finland offers a model of how a Western democracy can harden vital industries against cyberattacks while resisting disinformation campaigns.

10 min readJul 8, 2022

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Why Finland won’t flinch from Russian cyberthreats

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Steep costs, troubling questions roil DOD cybersecurity program rollout

About 80,000 companies that sell to the U.S. military will need to pass a cybersecurity audit before they can bid for business under rules…

10 min readMay 22, 2022

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Steep costs, troubling questions roil DOD cybersecurity program rollout

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Inside the Conti leaks rattling the cybercrime underground

Leaked internal message traffic makes the ruthless Conti ransomware gang look like any other struggling agile software startup.

15 min readMar 12, 2022

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Inside the Conti leaks rattling the cybercrime underground

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Thousands of Pentagon contractors could buckle under cybersecurity push

The Biden administration is forging ahead with a scaled-back plan to regulate cybersecurity in the vast and complicated defense industry…

7 min readFeb 6, 2022

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Thousands of Pentagon contractors could buckle under cybersecurity push

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How to hack a satellite

The winner of the second annual Hack-A-Sat contest used an “ingenious tactic” to defeat the competition, offering lessons for U.S. military…

6 min readDec 13, 2021

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How to hack a satellite

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Hackers square off to close gaps in satellite cybersecurity

The second annual Hack-A-Sat competition pits security researchers against real satellite equipment.

6 min readDec 10, 2021

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Hackers square off to close gaps in satellite cybersecurity

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Space cyber wargame exposes satellite industry risks

Space industry executives grappled with a simulated crisis Monday as a hacker compromised a satellite and set it on a collision course.

4 min readNov 17, 2021

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Space cyber wargame exposes satellite industry risks

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Space hacking risks pose cyber policy test for Biden admin

The White House won’t be defining the space industry as critical infrastructure, despite mounting pressure from business and lawmakers.

9 min readNov 3, 2021

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This vulnerability puts the future of U.S. warfighting at risk

Security flaws in a standardized component widely used in military and avionics systems threaten the Pentagon’s plans for an Internet of…

13 min readAug 19, 2021

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This vulnerability puts the future of U.S. warfighting at risk

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Ten Things We (Re)Learned at DEF CON 29

DEF CON is always a bit weird, but this year was weirder than, er, normal — owing mainly to the fact that there were only one-third the…

6 min readAug 11, 2021

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Ten Things We (Re)Learned at DEF CON 29

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Shaun Waterman

Shaun Waterman

Newsweek enterprise reporter covering cybersecurity and other technology threats. One-time BBC News, POLITICO Pro survivor, always a Unipresser.

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