Cybersecurity

NCI Seals $41 Million Deal to Support Army Cyber Ops

Will provide NETCOM synchronized and secure information operations for missions.

Cybersecurity

VA Staffer Sent Hospitalwide Email Detailing Vet’s Suicide

Press can leak medical information, but providers cannot respond to allegations.

Cybersecurity

VA Staffer Sent Hospital-wide Email About a Vet’s Suicide

Healthcare and Public Health // Arizona, United States

Digital Government

Breached HealthCare.gov Server Still Had Default Password

Hack did not compromise any data or personal information, DHS official tells Congress.

Cybersecurity

Palantir's GSA pricing info posted on Hacker News site

The post includes a price list taken from the GSA Advantage ordering system -- which GSA says is not even accurate -- for Palantir Technologies' Gotham and Metropolis products.

Cybersecurity

Uncle Sam Drops $3M in Grants to Kill the Password

Login alternatives to be tested include smartphone SIM cards and driver's licenses.

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.

Digital Government

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.

Digital Government

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.

Digital Government

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