Emerging Tech
How Electronic Voting Could Undermine the Election
As foreign hackers target election data, voters may lose faith in digital ballots.
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.
Cybersecurity
Secret Service preps new threat database
The U.S. Secret Service is retiring older systems that track threats to protectees, including the president and presidential candidates.
Cybersecurity
FBI wants deeper conversation on encryption
The head of the FBI wants a less strident discussion about the strong encryption technology that is becoming standard on electronic devices and hampering investigative efforts.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers want cyber on the agenda at the G20 summit in China
Six U.S. lawmakers sent a letter to the president asking him to prioritize a discussion of cyberattacks on financial institutions during his upcoming trip to China.
Cybersecurity
Report: Cyber enhances military power -- and vulnerabilities
As the Defense Department increases its reliance on digital capabilities, the Center for a New American Security says the tactical gains come with increased vulnerabilities.
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
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.
Cybersecurity
DHS Investigates Leslie Jones Hack
DHS is looking into who published Jones' private information, including her license and passport, on her website.
Cybersecurity
Update Your iPhone Now
Apple just released a patch that fixes three giant vulnerabilities in iOS.
Cybersecurity
Video: Keep Prying Eyes Off Your Laptop With Built-in Privacy Filter
Security threats are everywhere.
Cybersecurity
House Oversight Demands Info on DHS Senior Staff Private Email Use... Again
Chaffetz said DHS has “failed to comply with the committee’s request, failed to assert a legitimate justification for withholding any information from the committee, or even provide a timeline for responding.”
Cybersecurity
At Least One State Declines Offer for DHS Voting Security
Some security experts say it wouldn't even take the resources of a foreign nation to manipulate actual votes using this country's antiquated tallying systems.
Cybersecurity