Cybersecurity
Facebook Will Now Warn You if Government Tries to Hack Your Account
The company implemented this system because attacks from state-affiliated organizations “tend to be more advanced and dangerous than others."
Digital Government
What We Know About the Hack of the CIA Director’s Private Email
The CIA said it was investigating but wouldn’t confirm if the account was legitimate.
Cybersecurity
Despite U.S.-China Agreement, Corporate Hacking Attempts Persist
Just one day after that deal was made public, entities affiliated with the Chinese government attempted to hack into a US tech company.
Cybersecurity
How to Create a Supersecure Password You’ll Never Forget: Use Poetry
Most people's passwords are terrible and insecure. Here's how to change that.
Cybersecurity
Better Census testing, CDM training and car-data privacy concerns
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Professionalizing cyber means new workforce standards
The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education wants to get everyone speaking the same language on cybersecurity education and jobs.
Cybersecurity
Exclusive: Official documents, interviews reveal scope of OPM’s financial woes
The Office of Personnel Management, an agency beleaguered by cyber intrusions and challenged by legacy IT systems, is struggling to come up with the money it needs for crucial IT modernization projects worth at least $117 million, according to agency documents obtained by FCW.
Cybersecurity
Here’s How OPM Is Telling Hacked Feds Their Data Was Stolen
There are two types of notices: one for the roughly 16 million employees and family members whose Social Security numbers are known to have been compromised and another for the roughly 6 million people whose fingerprints were also copied.
Cybersecurity
Former House Intel chair: Info sharing could start in 30 days
The former Michigan representative lamented the lack of cybersecurity information sharing, and said if we could put politics aside, the nation would be safer in very short order.
Cybersecurity
OPM Says It Breaks Encryption to Monitor Employees' Browsing Habits
Through a technique called "SSL decryption," the agency sees through secure online transactions between a worker’s computer inside the agency firewall and an external website.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Hand US Troops to ISIS, Read Dow Jones Too Early and Scrawl All Over ‘Adult Mag’
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
Dark Web 101: What Feds Need to Know About the Underbelly of the Internet
And 8 ways to fight bad guys in the online underground, if you have been affected by a data breach.
Cybersecurity
Making the Case for Cyber Defense Spending in Local Government
IT leaders in one Arizona county are working to demonstrate the ROI on cybersecurity investments.
Cybersecurity
A Fan of Islamic Extremists Defaced Brooklyn 'Adult Mag'
Media // New York, United States
Cybersecurity
North Carolina Government Might Have Exposed Information on Medicaid Patients
Government (U.S.) // Healthcare and Public Health // North Carolina, United States
Digital Government
US Navy Revives Ancient Navigation as Cyber Threats Grow
Satellites and GPS are vulnerable to cyberattack. The tools of yesteryear are not.
Cybersecurity
VA's Hickey resigns, OMB seeks cyber specialist and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Hacker Allegedly Handed U.S. Service Member Data to ISIS
Government (U.S.) // Arizona, United States
Digital Government