Cybersecurity
National security implications for financial system cyberattacks?
Investigators have told the president they don't yet know who is behind the attacks, but a new Proofpoint report offers some clues.
Cybersecurity
Q&A: White House Cyber Czar on Hiring Cyber Pros, Snowden and the Internet of Things
Michael Daniel has made it his personal mission to understand cybersecurity’s human factor.
Cybersecurity
Australian Network Punts to Prerecorded Programming after Hack
Incident triggered by a malicious email that also affected Australia’s postal service.
Cybersecurity
Patient Records Erroneously Diagnose Woman with Schizophrenia after ID Breach
Healthcare and Public Health // Illinois, United States
Cybersecurity
Twitter Sues the Government to Disclose More About Spying
Twitter’s legal action breaks from an agreement other tech giants made with the government earlier this year.
Cybersecurity
Do We Really Need More Cyber Awareness or Should We Put the Robots in Charge?
Maybe the answer is making robots responsible for fighting hackers.
Cybersecurity
ABC Punts to Prerecorded Programming after Hack
Energy // Government (Foreign) // Media // Sydney, Australia
Cybersecurity
DHS official: New scanning authority will help nip next Heartbleed in the bud
The Department of Homeland Security’s new and improved authority to scan agency networks for serious computer viruses could significantly reduce the time it takes DHS to get in front of the next bad thing.
Cybersecurity
AT&T Worker Peered into Employer’s Cache of Customer Data
Employee was axed after improperly accessing SSNs and network account details.
Cybersecurity
What the JPMorgan Hack Says about the State of Cybersecurity
Banks are supposed to have some of the most advanced security systems in the world. JP Morgan still got hacked.
Cybersecurity
Is This the Year Cybersecurity Awareness Sinks In?
As October marks Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Nextgov will explore the various facets of the cyberthreat.
Cybersecurity
HP splits, CBP floats and FISMA scores
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
DARPA does math
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants help using complex algorithms to develop software that is as close to unhackable as possible.
Cybersecurity
Should Feds Be Afraid of a Popular Chinese Chat App?
WeChat’s U.S. footprint is increasing, despite allegations of spyware.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Out Sex Offenders, Infect New Country and Breach Security Firm’s Database
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity