Cybersecurity

Payment Systems at SuperValu Grocers Are Hit Again

Food and Beverage // Minnesota, United States

Emerging Tech

Facebook Retools Secret Research Guidelines

The new guidelines are unlikely to appease privacy advocates, who argue users should consent to experiments.

Cybersecurity

ODNI crowdsources speech-recognition software

Automatic speech-recognition software that works in challenging acoustic environments is the "holy grail of the speech research community."

Cybersecurity

DHS network scanning authority, federal lab feedback and more

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

Cybersecurity

Hacktivists Back Hong Kong’s Occupy Central

Autism site in the dot-HK domain becomes one of the first victims.

Policy

House Intel Chief Wants To Increase Cyber Attacks Against Russia

The United States needs to be on the offensive when it comes to a preventing cyber war, says Rep. Mike Rogers. By Patrick Tucker

Cybersecurity

ATM Infection Has Now Spread to Malaysia

Financial Services // Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Cybersecurity

Hacktivists Back Hong Kong’s Occupy Central

Government (Foreign) // Nonprofit

Cybersecurity

Police Around the Country Are Distributing Software That Makes It Easier to Hack Your Computer

ComputerCOP is intended to protect children from predators lurking on the Internet, but an investigation finds the program actually makes computers more vulnerable to abuse.

Cybersecurity

Army Network Hacked By Gamers Seeking Apache Helicopter Simulator

$100M worth of proprietary data on Xbox, Call of Duty, and other entertainment poached.

Cybersecurity

Intel chairman: We need more cyber offense

House Intelligence Chairman Mike Rogers picks up the trail of an ongoing dialogue between Congress and Cyber Command on the role of offense in U.S. cyber policy.

Modernization

New Encryption Measures from Google and Apple Could Endanger Children, Eric Holder Says

Attorney general criticizes tech companies for locking the back door to user data.

Cybersecurity

4 cybersecurity gurus to follow on Twitter

Here are four particularly insightful cybersecurity experts worth following on Twitter.

Cybersecurity

Social Security data, smartphone encryption and DHS HQ

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

Cybersecurity

Porn Purveyor Serves up Nude Celeb Photos and Lookalikes on Hacked Sites

Some of the compromised Web pages belong to schools and church groups.

Cybersecurity

Hackers indicted for stealing Apache training software

Justice Department indicts four for stealing software used to train U.S. helicopter pilots, among other trade secrets.

Cybersecurity

Facebook Page Allegedly Outed Convicted Pedophile

Social Media // Northern Ireland, UK