Cybersecurity
Report: Backups May Not Be Enough Protection from Ransomware
Threat intelligence firm CrowdStrike warns criminals are ramping up the frequency and cost of ransomware attacks.
Digital Government
Secret Service's New Threat Tracker Underway
The agency is trotting out a new system that replaces two old ones.
Artificial Intelligence
Frequently Automated Questions: Is Artificial Intelligence the Future of FAQ?
Finely tuned chatbots could tackle the public's millions of questions.
Emerging Tech
How the Federal Government is Thinking About AI
Artificial intelligence's first forays into federal government operations won't be decision-making.
Cybersecurity
Want a Job With FBI’s Elite Cyber Team? You Need These 3 Things
Cyber special agents at the bureau need more than technical skills: They also need to carry a gun.
Cybersecurity
FBI Director: Americans Never Had 'Absolute Privacy'
A renewed debate about encryption is coming, according to James Comey.
Emerging Tech
Thanks to Virtual Reality, You Too Can Hang Out With Obama
Virtual reality is such a new technology that it’s really cool, and perhaps a little surprising, to see a sitting president embrace it in such a big way.
Cybersecurity
Russia-Backed DNC Hackers Strike Washington Think Tanks
The same Kremlin-backed group that hacked the Pentagon, State Department and DNC targeted D.C. insiders last week.
Digital Government
HHS Posts Draft Electronic Health Record Standards
The department is collecting comments until October.
Digital Government
IARPA's New 3-D Mapping Effort: Drones, Sensors and No Humans
The intelligence agency wants technology that can automatically recreate a geographic scene, including buildings, from sensor data.
Digital Government
Report: If DOD Doesn't Embrace Open Source, It'll 'Be Left Behind'
Currently, the department uses open source software “infrequently and on an ad hoc basis,” unlike tech companies like Google, Amazon and Facebook that wouldn’t exist without open source software.
Cybersecurity
FBI: Hackers Target 2 State Election Databases
An FBI bulletin warns of possibly linked attacks on two states' election databases.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Exploit iOS Zero Days, Take Over Ukraine Government's Social Media, and Target News Outlets
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
Ransomware 101: FBI's Education Effort
The bureau has seen an uptick in this type of cyberthreat over the last couple months.
Digital Government
HHS Revises Open Gov Policy to be More Open
The agency published the fourth draft of its open government plan.
Ideas
How to Delight Customers Through Public-Private Partnerships
Customer service innovation in government will benefit the ongoing digital transformation in government.
Cybersecurity
DHS Investigates Leslie Jones Hack
DHS is looking into who published Jones' private information, including her license and passport, on her website.
Cybersecurity