November 21, 2024 at 02:35PM DARPA’s electronic voting project, CACvote, aims to enhance absentee voting for military personnel abroad, with a cryptographic protocol for securing ballots. Critics argue it’s impractical due to legal and logistical challenges, asserting that internet voting lacks security. VotingWorks defends the project, emphasizing its commitment to maintaining a verifiable paper ballot … Read more
August 16, 2024 at 06:40AM The DARPA AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC) semifinal competition at DEF CON 32 last week saw seven teams advance to the finals, each being awarded a $2 million prize. Partnered with ARPA-H, teams worked to secure open-source infrastructure software, with the aim of protecting critical infrastructure. The final competition will take … Read more
August 13, 2024 at 08:41AM DARPA plans to fund a project called TRACTOR, aiming to develop an automated translator to convert old C code to Rust. The initiative seeks to address memory-safety vulnerabilities and reduce the labor and cost of rewriting code. The project aims to create high-quality Rust code and is expected to face … Read more
August 3, 2024 at 06:08AM DARPA is pushing TRACTOR, a program to automatically convert legacy C code to Rust for improved memory safety. Tech giants support the move away from C/C++ due to memory safety bugs. While some argue for maintaining C/C++ standards, DARPA is focused on automating the transition to Rust for increased security. … Read more
May 28, 2024 at 04:38AM DARPA, known for creating groundbreaking technologies, inspired the birth of ARPA-H under President Joe Biden. This agency focuses on health science and technology, providing funding and support for innovative projects. UPGRADE, a new initiative, aims to develop automated security systems for health infrastructure, drawing parallels to the human immune system. … Read more
March 26, 2024 at 09:23AM DARPA’s AI Cyber Challenge, targeting critical infrastructure, now includes the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) as a partner. The aim is to develop AI-based technology to find and fix vulnerabilities in healthcare systems, preventing destructive cyberattacks. This partnership offers an additional $20 million in rewards for competing teams. … Read more
November 27, 2023 at 04:07PM General Electric (GE) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have been breached. Stolen data, including access credentials and military information, is being sold on the Dark Web. GE is aware of the claims and is investigating the issue. The breach raises concerns about cyberattacks on federal agencies and … Read more