Cybersecurity
DHS Test Reveals Flaws in Emergency Responder Apps
A pilot test found cyber vulnerabilities or privacy issues in 32 out of 33 apps.
Cybersecurity
Lawmaker Tasks DHS With Finding a ‘Balance’ on Encryption
There’s a middle ground between personal privacy and effective law enforcement, Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul says.
Cybersecurity
DHS advisory board to examine 'going dark' encryption challenge
At the House Homeland Committee's request, DHS created a working group within the Homeland Security Advisory Council to deal with the challenges encryption poses to law enforcement agencies.
Cybersecurity
National Lab offers tech test drives to business
The Pacific Northwest National Lab is offering short-term licensing agreement that companies can use to take tech out for a spin to see if they like it.
Cybersecurity
Here’s Why the Trump Administration Called Out North Korea’s Cyberattacks
The attribution announcement made three big arguments and North Korea’s culpability was only one of them.
Cybersecurity
U.S. blames WannaCry on North Korea
In the wake of the attribution, DHS says it plans to take a more active role in combatting attacks that target the private sector.
Cybersecurity
CBP to share real-time license plate feed with DEA
The nation's drug enforcers will get access to a real-time feed of license plate reader data that includes info on every car and truck crossing a U.S. land border.
Cybersecurity
Kaspersky Strikes Back After U.S. Government Ban
The Russian anti-virus company wasn’t given a meaningful opportunity to defend itself, the CEO says in legal suit.
Digital Government
GAO: Agencies Have Untapped Tricks to Fill Tech Jobs
Special payment programs can help close the salary gap between private- and public-sector tech jobs.
Cybersecurity
Trump security plan calls for consequences for cyberattacks
President Trump's first National Security Strategy called for improving risk management and resilience, but remained vague on authorities and coordination.
Cybersecurity
Think Twice About Buying Internet-Connected Devices Off eBay
Buying a second hand gadget can potentially expose the user to some pretty extreme scenarios.
Cybersecurity
Air Force shells out $26K in daylong bug bounty event
During a live-hacking event in New York City earlier this month, 25 security researchers uncovered nearly 60 unknown vulnerabilities.
Cybersecurity
Kaspersky challenges DHS software ban in court
Kaspersky Lab announced Dec. 18 that it will challenge a DHS directive banning the use of their software in the federal government.
Cybersecurity
Air Force Pays Out Government’s Biggest Bug Bounty Yet
White-hat hackers and military cyber specialists teamed up for the latest Hack the Air Force program.
Cybersecurity
Russia, North Korea Eye Bitcoin for Money Laundering, Putting It on a Crash Course with Regulators
Thieves and sanctioned countries are targeting the digital currency’s exchanges, setting up a fight between governments and cryptocurrency powerhouses.
Cybersecurity
Election Cyber Coordinating Council to be Finalized Next Year
State and federal officials met with election industry leaders to launch the council.
Digital Government
Agencies May Want to Think Neuro-Differently About the Cyber Workforce
A French company has been placing IT consultants with Asperger’s syndrome in government positions. Could it work in the U.S.?
Cybersecurity
How the Grinch Bots Stole Christmas
It’s a Christmas tale for our time: Cyber nerds using high-tech software to buy a slew of baby-monkey robots and holding them ransom for thousands of dollars.
Cybersecurity
White House: Government Needs More Bug Bounty Programs
The IT modernization report also urges moving cybersecurity closer to federal employees.
Cybersecurity