Cybersecurity
EXCLUSIVE: State Department Trashed 30,000 Log-in Key Fobs After Hack
The decision to replace tens of thousands of passcodes and two-step authentication credentials "was based on sound cybersecurity best practices,” a State official said.
Cybersecurity
SEC pushback, faulty tax forms and hackers at State
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
How American and British Spies Hacked the World’s Largest SIM-Card-Maker
Mass surveillance has cast its net even wider than previously thought.
Cybersecurity
More business, less policy
Richard Young finds the smaller Foreign Agricultural Service a more IT-intensive post than his old job at DHS.
Cybersecurity
The IRS Knows What Computer You Are Using -- and That Might Be a Good Thing
One counter-fraud measure the agency is piloting will capture identifying data from the PC used to file a tax return. Multiple returns from the same device could signal fraud.
Cybersecurity
The new frontier for information sharing
A week after two big moves on cybersecurity policy, cyber czar Michael Daniel reflects on the avenues for public-private information sharing.
Cybersecurity
Justice, DHS Quarantine Smartphones Returning from Abroad
Malicious software may already have infected some phones and tablets.
Cybersecurity
Secret Service head named, accused hacker pleads and Navy patents honored
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Google Calls FBI's Plan to Expand Hacking Power a 'Monumental' Constitutional Threat
Any change in accessing computer data should go through Congress, the search giant said.
Cybersecurity
Legislation and the future of federal cybersecurity
New laws promise to strengthen agencies' efforts to block network intruders, share information and build a topnotch cybersecurity workforce.
Cybersecurity
The Secret’s Out: NSA Personnel are Out-Hacking the Chinese and Russians
The all-star hacker group purportedly affiliated with U.S. intelligence has breached perhaps tens of thousands of individuals in sectors spanning government, telecommunications, energy, encryption and academia.
Cybersecurity
Online ID grants, NGA personnel, DARPA IT and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Poison Chipotle, Snoop on Forbes Readers and Swindle Commodities Traders
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity