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.

Digital Government

NSA Threatened Yahoo With Daily $250K Fines for Not Forking Over Metadata

Court documents were released by Yahoo showing exactly how far the federal government is willing to go to obtain digital information about its citizens.

Cybersecurity

Trust issues

Although tools to combat insider threats are maturing, DOD and the intelligence community know that technology is just part of the solution.

Cybersecurity

Things Can Go Kaboom When a Defense Contractor's 3-D Printer Gets Hacked

Military vendors that print with metal powders should heed forthcoming NIST security standards.

Cybersecurity

Did NATO Drop the Ball on Cyber Defense?

With the threat that comes with NATO’s increased posture in Eastern Europe, NATO cannot afford to take its time beefing up its cyber defense.

Cybersecurity

Privacy Groups Worry Americans are Losing Their Appetite for NSA Surveillance Reform

A summer of security concerns has complicated the fall push for surveillance legislation.

Cybersecurity

Administration renews call for cyber legislation

Officials at DHS, the prime civilian agency in charge of cybersecurity, are reminding lawmakers that the clock is ticking on the 113th Congress.

Cybersecurity

Meet your friendly neighborhood intel research shop

IARPA is hosting its first-ever industry day over two days, Oct. 29-30.

Cybersecurity

'You need to talk in terms of operational impact'

Tales from the trenches about why it's so hard to get buy-in for cyber and other IT initiatives.

Cybersecurity

Payment System at California Hotel Group Hacked

Hospitality // California, United States