Threats
New Florida law prohibits courts from enforcing foreign or religious laws
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law on Monday that strengthens protections against the application of foreign and religious laws. HB 1471 reinforces that Florida courts may not apply or enforce foreign or religious law, including Sharia law, that violates constitutional rights. It... Read More »
FEMA awards North Carolina more than $103M for storm recovery efforts
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently provided North Carolina more than $103 million for Tropical Storm Helene and Hurricane Florence recovery efforts. Funding was awarded to more than 50 public assistance projects that help repair and protect critical infrastructure. Public... Read More »
FBI, CISA warn of Russian intelligence phishing campaign
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned Russian intelligence is using commercial messaging applications to gain access to individual’s accounts. In a joint public service announcement, the agencies said Russian... Read More »
BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin to increase production of THAAD interceptor
The U.S. Department of Defense, in partnership with defense contractors BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin, will quadruple the production of seekers for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor. Under the terms of the agreement, BAE Systems will guarantee the component is... Read More »
GAO: Government agencies not using dashboard created to address IT professional shortages
According to a new report by the Government Accountability Office, a shortage of IT professionals in the face of growing need for a talented cyber workforce is one of the federal government’s most important challenges. But a dashboard created by the Office of Personnel Management to help... Read More »
DoD, Honeywell agreement would increase ammunitions stockpile
The U.S. Department of Defense and Arizona-based Honeywell Aerospace, a diversified technology and manufacturing company, recently partnered to create a framework to increase production of critical components for the ammunitions stockpile. Honeywell Aerospace will accelerate the delivery of... Read More »
DNI announces cybersecurity investment, modernization effort
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence recently announced that the year-long intelligence community-wide technology and cybersecurity modernization effort was beginning to fulfill its mission. On March 26, director Tulsi Gabbard announced the effort, spearheaded by the ODNI, was... Read More »
Siblings charged over improvised explosive device at MacDill Air Force Base
A man and a woman have been indicted after the discovery of a suspicious device outside MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., earlier this month. Alen Zheng, 20, of Land O’Lakes, Fla., was charged with attempting to damage government property, possession of an unregistered destructive... Read More »
Defense Department, Lockheed Martin accelerate missile production to ‘wartime’ pace
The U.S. Department of Defense announced it had reached an agreement with Lockheed Martin to accelerate production of Precision Strike Missiles to a faster pace that would put the defense industrial base on a wartime footing. Calling for the building of an “Arsenal of Freedom,” the... Read More »
Legislation would strip citizenship of naturalized citizens who commit or support terrorism
Bicameral legislation would strip the citizenship of naturalized U.S. citizens who commit or support terrorism and remove them from the United States. Under current law, it is difficult to strip citizenship once citizenship has been granted. The Expatriate Terrorists Act amends current law to... Read More »
FCC updates list of foreign-made routers that threaten national security
On Monday, the Federal Communications Commission updated a list of foreign-made routers that post a threat to national security. The list includes all consumer-grade routers that were determined by the White House-convened Executive Branch interagency body that “pose unacceptable risks to the... Read More »
Southern District of New York settles Iranian state-sponsored terrorism case
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York has settled a 17-year forfeiture litigation that will result in the payment of approximately $318 million to hundreds of victims of Iranian state-sponsored terrorism. The forfeiture action exposed an Iranian government-owned bank’s secret... Read More »
Congressman requests GAO review of threats posed by AI-enabled terrorism
U.S. Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) has requested the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to perform a comprehensive review of how foreign terrorists use emerging technologies against the United States. In a letter to the GAO, Pfluger, the chair of the House Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and... Read More »
U.S. Army receives DARPA developed autonomous flight system
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently transitioned to the U.S. Army an autonomous flight system. DARPA transitioned an experimental, fly-by-wire H-60Mx Black Hawk, equipped with the DARPA-funded Sikorsky MATRIX autonomy suite to the Army’s Project Manager for Utility... Read More »
Congressional subcommittee hearing focuses on risks posed by Chinese AI, robotics and other technologies
The U.S. House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection held a hearing on March 17 to examine the national security risks stemming from artificial intelligence, robotics, and autonomous sensing technologies developed by companies affiliated with the People’s Republic of China... Read More »
CISA urges management system hardening after cyberattack
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is urging U.S. organizations to harden their endpoint management system configurations after a cyberattack on Stryker Corporation. CISA said on March 11, Stryker was the victim of a cyberattack targeting their endpoint management system which... Read More »
Justice Department unseals case regarding more than $14.9M in money laundering
The U.S. Department of Justice unsealed a civil case filed in 2024 on Friday that details the seizure of more than $14.9 million seized from an international drug money laundering scheme and alleges a complex pattern of trade-based drug-money laundering. Trade-based money laundering is defined... Read More »
Report: U.S. space supply chain approaching inflection point
A new analysis of the U.S. space sector finds that the U.S. space industrial base has not kept pace with industry growth, and that the space supply chain is approaching an inflection point, risking national security, civil and commercial space programs. The report, Strengthening America’s... Read More »
International law enforcement moves to disrupt crypto fraud
American law enforcement agencies joined those from the United Kingdom and Canada to conduct a joint international law enforcement initiative focusing on crypto assets. The initiative, Operation Atlantic, worked to identify victims who may have lost, or are at risk of losing, crypto assets... Read More »
Joint Task Force Southern Border commemorates one year in operation
The Joint Task Force Southern Border (JTF-SB), which was created to safeguard U.S. territorial integrity, commemorated its one-year anniversary on Saturday. "During this first year, Joint Task Force-Southern Border and partners have proven what a whole-of-government approach to our nation's... Read More »
Alleged fentanyl distributor appears in federal court in Atlanta
Kevin Martinez, a Georgian man who allegedly operated under the direction of the Mexico-based La Nueva Familia Michoacana drug cartel, appeared in federal court on March 13 on charges alleging that he distributed significant quantities of fentanyl in the metro-Atlanta area. Between Feb. 4 and... Read More »
GAO urges Defense Department to address contractor cybersecurity
A report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office has found that the U.S. Department of Defense should do more to ensure that its contractors meet cybersecurity certification requirements. The GAO said it had reviewed the DOD’s implementation of its Cybersecurity Maturity Model... Read More »
Legislation would help fight drug-resistant pathogens
Bipartisan legislation recently re-introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would prepare the United States for future pandemics. The Saving Us from Pandemic Era Resistance by Building a Unified Global Strategy (SUPER BUGS) Act would direct the Department of Health and Human Services to... Read More »
Defense Department secretary directs military branches to assess legal functions, operations
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said he wants a “ruthless, no-excuses review” of the assorted legal support functions and operations of the U.S. Department of Defense, referred to as the U.S. Department of War by the Trump administration. In a video on social media, Hegseth said... Read More »
U.S. Eighth Army participating in 10-day exercise with South Korea
The U.S. Eighth Army, the ground component for U.S. Forces Korea and Combined Forces Command, is participating in Freedom Shield 26, a 10-day defensive exercise conducted by the United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK) that began on Monday. The purpose of the exercise is to modernize the... Read More »
Defense Department names chief data officer
The U.S. Department of Defense, referred to by the Trump administration as the Department of War, announced Gavin Kliger would assume the position of the chief data officer for the department. Kliger, previously a senior member of the technical staff at DataBricks, will serve as a key leader in... Read More »
Joint Interagency Task Force 401 publishes guidelines to counter drone tech
The Joint Interagency Task Force 401 announced it has published guidelines to counter drone technology and protect privacy. The “Counter-UAS Operations: Safeguarding Freedoms and Preserving Privacy” report provides a comprehensive guide to the sensor technologies used to detect and identify... Read More »
French cybersecurity company raises $30M
Paris-based Qevlar AI, a computer and network security company, recently raised $30 million in funding for its autonomous AI SOC platform. The company will use the funding to turn alert investigations into security insights that will help security operations centers (SOCs) strengthen their... Read More »
Federal jury convicts Iranian terrorist
A federal jury convicted on March 6 Asif Merchant, a trained operative of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Iranian government’s global terrorist force, and was a murder-for-hire who attempted to commit an act of terrorism. Merchant faces a sentence of life in... Read More »
Coast Guard cutter returns home after seizing nearly 20,000 pounds of cocaine
The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Monro returned home to Alameda, Calif., after more than 119 days at sea on a multi-mission deployment where they seized nearly 10 tons of cocaine. The Muro left California on Nov. 3, 2025 and traveled more than 26,000 miles into the Eastern Pacific.... Read More »
Trump signs executive order combating cybercrime, fraud
President Donald Trump issued an executive order on March 6 that would require his administration to address cybercrime, fraud and predatory schemes targeting Americans as a way to protect U.S. interests. “Cybercrime, fraud, and predatory schemes are draining American families of their life... Read More »
Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response releases cybersecurity module
The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR), a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services division, recently launched a cybersecurity module within its Risk Identification and Site Criticality (RISC) 2.0 Toolkit. RISC 2.0 is a free, web-based platform that health systems,... Read More »
DOJ, law enforcement partners seize one of world’s largest online forums used by cybercriminals
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and its law enforcement partners recently seized the database of one of the world’s largest online forums for cybercriminals to buy and sell stolen data and cybercrime tools. Law enforcement agents and officers in 14 countries conducted synchronized actions... Read More »
U.S. House passes bill requiring Labor Dept to train employees on detecting human trafficking
The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on March 3 that would require the Department of Labor to train its employees on identifying and assisting law enforcement in preventing human trafficking. The Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act, H.R. 4307, directs the Secretary of... Read More »