DefenceTalkMilitary officials and their civilian counterparts are learning together how to combat the coronavirus, Defense Department officials said today. DOD has an advantage it is sharing with civilian agencies in that the Defense Department has been doing pandemic planning for more than 20 years, said Robert G. Salesses, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-dept-defense-outlines-priorities-in-combating-coronavirus-74635/

DefenceTalkDoctors at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research who have developed a Zika vaccine that they’ve successfully tested on mice are now testing it on monkeys and hope to begin testing on humans later this year. Their study, published June 28, in the journal Nature, demonstrated how mice developed immunity to the Zika virus […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-researchers-testing-zika-vaccine-67787/

DefenceTalkA computer worm designed to gather foreign intelligence and widely linked to Israel was used to spy on negotiations with Iran on curtailing its nuclear program, security researchers said Wednesday. A report by the Russian-based security firm Kaspersky Lab said it discovered the malware dubbed Duqu lurking in its own internal networks and linked the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/computer-worm-enabled-spying-on-iran-talks-researchers-64468/

DefenceTalkAn international dragnet has dismantled a global computer hacker network which used a sophisticated computer virus to steal millions of dollars from companies and consumers, the US Justice Department announced Monday. Gameover Zeus, which first appeared in September 2011, stole bank information and other confidential details from victims. According to FBI investigators, the virus infected […]https://www.defencetalk.com/international-raid-targets-data-stealing-computer-virus-us-59775/