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