Cybersecurity
US Official: Chinese Want NSA Cyber Schools. Really.
The offer of shared cybersecurity training comes at a time when both countries are exchanging accusations of hacking each other’s trade secrets.
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Attention, Defense Contractors: You've Been Hacked
China committed about 20 cyberattacks across a year-long period on defense contractors, according to a newly declassified Senate report.
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Is NSA Planning to Beef up Cyber Response Capabilities?
A confident Adm. Rogers says the NSA remains popular with the people it spied on
Cybersecurity
ISIS cyber capability judged more 'aspirational' than operational
The terrorist group’s slick social media presence is a far cry from being able to hack critical infrastructure, cybersecurity experts say.
Cybersecurity
IT Worker Wanted For $40 Million Nigerian Bank Hack
Accomplices allegedly came on premises disguised as maintenance staff.
Cybersecurity
Eliminating reports, monitoring email, funding ID research and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
The burdens of data for IGs and auditors alike
The results are in for AGA & Kearny’s latest survey for federal IGs and state auditors, listing data analytics and cybersecurity at the forefront of their concerns.
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Secret Docs: US Argued Yahoo Couldn't Defend Users' Privacy
The documents offer insight into the legal maneuvers the US government has used to argue against any challenges to its right to surveil.
Cybersecurity
Paid Hackers Attacked 300 Banks, Businesses and Governments for 12 Years
Government (Foreign) // Other Critical Infrastructure
Cybersecurity
Saks Staff Splurged $400,000 on Shoes Using Customers’ Credit Card Data
Ringleader allegedly gave sales associates lists of items to fraudulently purchase.
Cybersecurity
Nigerian Financial Company IT Worker Wanted for $40 Million Bank Hack
Financial Services // Abuja, Nigeria
Cybersecurity
Saks Personnel Splurged $400,000 on Shoes Using Customers’ Credit Card Data
Financial Services // Manufacturing // New York, United States
Cybersecurity
EXCLUSIVE: New Connect.gov Aims to Consolidate Your Passwords
VA.gov, other federal sites will accept universal credentials starting this fall.
Cybersecurity
Treasure map, biometric ID, DISA devices and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Desktop Burglary at Temple U. Subjects Nearly 3,800 Patients to Potential ID Theft
Healthcare and Public Health // Pennsylvania , United States
Cybersecurity
Hackers Blackmail Bitcoin Inventor, Corrupt Brazilian Newspaper
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
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