Cybersecurity

Hackers Demand Bitcoin, Expose Silk Road Judge and Shellshock City of Mobile

Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.

Cybersecurity

Navy Takes on Internet of Things with New Task Force

"Task Force Cyber Awakening" will draw from the head U.S. Cyber Command's reaction strategy to a major Navy computer system hack.

Cybersecurity

The Ubiquity of Cyber-Espionage

First Look Media's Morgan Marquis-Boire and Crowdstrike's Dmitri Alperovitch on why nation-states are the hackers we should be most afraid of

Modernization

The FBI's Secret House Meeting to Get Access to Your iPhone

The administration argues that encryption is making it difficult for police to catch dangerous criminals.

Cybersecurity

The Navy's cyber awakening

A departmentwide task force makes cyberspace a warfighting issue and attempts to synchronize disparate internal approaches to the challenge.

Cybersecurity

Teacher's Hacked Email Account Sends His Nude Photos to Students

Education // Web Services // California , United States

Cybersecurity

When Government is the Hacker, How Do You Protect Yourself?

FBI malware and mass government surveillance breach U.S. citizens’ privacy, tech firms say.

Cybersecurity

Building top-notch information security teams

High-performing security teams look very different today than they did a decade ago, but too many agencies have paid insufficient attention to attracting and developing the right talent.

Cybersecurity

Can DHS get it together?

Slowly but surely, the agency's ability to handle cybersecurity has evolved -- but experts say key hurdles remain.

Cybersecurity

IARPA unveils work on predictive intelligence

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity held its first industry day Oct. 30, and in doing so underlined predictive intelligence as a priority.

Cybersecurity

NIST spells out information-sharing best practices

A draft document from the National Institute of Standards and Technology aims to improve agencies’ sharing of cyber threat information.

Cybersecurity

Malware warning, Microsoft security and the Army's G-6 handoff

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

Cybersecurity

Are the White House Hackers Gone?

There's a possibility the unnamed attacker is still there.

Cybersecurity

Florida Clinic Refuses to Pay Computer Hostage-takers

Healthcare and Public Health // Florida, United States

Cybersecurity

NSA Chief Warns Companies Against Revenge Hacking

"Hacking back" may be illegal, Michael Rogers said. But his advice doesn't apply to the agency he heads.

Cybersecurity

Assessing the White House breach

The breach apparently affected only unclassified networks, but the White House is revealing few details.