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

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

DHS No Longer Needs Permission Slips to Monitor Other Agencies' Networks for Vulnerabilities

New rules published by the Office of Management and Budget require agencies to agree to proactive scanning.