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
Hackers Take Over Ukraine Government Social Media
Government (Foreign) // Social Media // Ukraine
Cybersecurity
Officials: Yearly budgeting stifles cybersecurity
Current and former officials argue that a one-year budgeting cycle impedes government cybersecurity and IT modernization.
Cybersecurity
OPM hire means top detailees go back to their real jobs
The two top-level IT officials who were detailed to positions outside their agencies while OPM was between full-time CIOs will return to their regularly scheduled programming.
Cybersecurity
5 Ways Agencies Can Prepare for Cyberattacks
Agencies are under great pressure to protect personal data.
Cybersecurity
All the Ways Your Wi-Fi Router Can Spy on You
It can even be trained to read your lips.
Modernization
The Internet of (Poorly Working) Things
So, how is it that we don’t have connected objects that just work?
Cybersecurity
What Vendors Need to Know About GSA’s New Cyber Offerings
Companies that want to provide services for the new SINs will need to explain their way through a variety of scenarios.
Cybersecurity
DHS: Don't Fall for Louisiana Flood Charity Scams
The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team warned against donating to fake organizations.
Cybersecurity
Marine cyber chief: Do not fear RMF
Ray Letteer, chief of the Marine Corps' Cybersecurity Division, advocates faster adoption of the government's Risk Management Framework.
Cybersecurity