Sen. Mark Warner said the U.S. was blinded by its assumed superiority in cyber operations and was unprepared for its adversaries' recent moves.
Attacks on the global supply chain—sabotaging hardware components, installing malware or backdoors in software—are stuff security nightmares are made of. The ICT Task Force, formed by the Department of Homeland Security, meets to help companies manage their risk.
A bill that passed the House Tuesday will create the new Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to handle the government's cybersecurity responsibilities.
Despite high-profile data breaches, increased scrutiny of how consumer data is used, and several hearings, there hasn’t been a lot of movement on privacy legislation out of Congress. That may change if lawmakers decide to pass the U.S. version of the European Union's data privacy law.
A group within the U.S. Cyber Command is now contributing malware samples to VirusTotal, part of a broader strategy to put pressure on foreign adversaries.