Cybersecurity
DHS Says: No Need for $675M Cyber Contract. We’ve Already Got It under Control.
Industry groups were miffed after DHS canceled the contract.
Cybersecurity
ID Thief Hacks into Family’s Netflix, AT&T Accounts to Pay off Their Bills
Telecommunications // Web Services // Florida, United States
Cybersecurity
Jackson State U. Student Dumps Personal Data to Expose School's IT Woes
Education // Alabama, United States
Cybersecurity
DOD: $6.7B cyber budget would propel capabilities
The $6.7 billion the Defense Department wants to spend on cybersecurity in fiscal 2017 would take the military's cyber capabilities to the next level, Defense chiefs told Congress.
Cybersecurity
IG: 700,000 taxpayer accounts could be compromised
The 2015 breach of the IRS' Get Transcript tool swept up far more taxpayer accounts than the IRS initially thought, an IG investigation has revealed.
Cybersecurity
Air Force Space Command claims cyber testing milestone
The Cyberspace Vulnerability Assessment/Hunter weapon system, which detects threats and assesses compliance, is now fully operational.
Cybersecurity
Hurd: FBI should clarify why Apple's help is necessary
Rep. Will Hurd told FCW he is concerned that the government is telling a private company how to build its software, and that strong encryption is good for the nation's security.
Cybersecurity
Contractors Annoyed After DHS Scraps $675M Cyber Contract
The group said each team of contenders had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars preparing proposals
Cybersecurity
Is the New IT Plan to Protect Security Clearance Docs ‘Headed for Another Disaster?'
Lawmakers applauded the move to put DOD in charge of IT security but are less enthused about OPM’s role.
Modernization
Used Phones Are Full of Previous Owners’ Data
Researchers bought 20 used smartphones in four cities, and recovered thousands of photos, texts and emails.
Cybersecurity
Comey seeks $85M boost for FBI cyber
Most of that additional money will go toward buying better IT and providing cybersecurity training, Comey told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies.
Cybersecurity
Is NBIB another 'house of cards'?
Lawmakers voiced their frustration over the creation and funding of the National Background Investigations Bureau.
Cybersecurity
DHS excoriated for mismanaged HR IT system
The Government Accountability Office warned that mismanagement has led to blown deadlines and wasted money in a Homeland Security effort to unify its human resources IT.
Cybersecurity
Jeh Johnson Makes ‘Hard Choices’ in Cyber Budget
In a series of budget hearings, Johnson defended the department’s $40.6 billion budget request for the upcoming fiscal year.
Cybersecurity
Can the FDA secure medical devices?
Regulators and industry face the daunting challenge of keeping medical devices online while protecting against cyberthreats.
Cybersecurity
Why is the Air Force’s Cyber R&D Budget Skyrocketing?
The branch wants to nearly quadruple the current $7.7 million purse for defending networked aircraft, launch systems, satellites and data.
Cybersecurity
Video: Watch This Computer Get 'Mousejacked'
A new kind of vulnerability makes it easy to hack a computer through a wireless mouse.
Modernization
Apple Is Right: The FBI Wants to Break Into Lots of Phones
After Apple’s lawyers revealed the agency is trying to gain access to about a dozen devices, it’s becoming increasingly clear why the government chose to take the San Bernardino case public.
Cybersecurity