Cybersecurity
Air Force CIO: Restructuring key to information dominance
Lt. Gen. Michael Basla says IT budget reporting is a "deficiency" that he hopes to begin to address before his retirement in November.
Cybersecurity
Stats Say Home Depot Hackers Likely Looted Nearly All 2,200 US Stores
99.4 percent overlap between ZIP code data on stolen cards and location of Home Depot stores nationwide.
Cybersecurity
Smith named CTO, Holder and Clapper back reforms, and McAfee hails Heartbleed
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Energy Races to Build Quantum Encryption – for Citizens
At the same time, NSA and nation states race to crack conventional secret codes with quantum computers.
Cybersecurity
Army logistics fail, a cyber institute hire, a CIO retirement and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Journalists covering South Korean military are targeted by spies
Media // Seoul, South Korea
Cybersecurity
Apple Blames 'Targeted Attack,' Not iCloud, for Celebrity Photo Hack
The attack targeted specific user names, passwords and security questions.
Cybersecurity
Data Shows Home Depot Hackers Ransacked Nearly All 2,200 U.S. Stores
Financial Services // Manufacturing
Cybersecurity
What Does Alleged iCloud Hack Mean For Federal Agencies?
Federal employees could be uploading sensitive information when they work on their personally owned iPhones.
Ideas
Federal Network Security: 4 Easy Steps to Get the Basics Right
With so many resources focused on preventing the next big security threat, are agencies vulnerable to the rest of the threats out there?
Cybersecurity
McClure to Veris, Microsoft in court, tech transfer at Los Alamos and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Apple Launches Investigation Into Celebrity iCloud Hack
The tech company is scrambling to do damage control.
Digital Government
GSA’s McClure to Lead Cloud Strategy at Private Firm
The new role will put him in familiar territory, working with federal and state agencies to develop cloud computing strategies.
Cybersecurity
NGA's school for agile
A request for training offers more evidence of the federal pivot to agile.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Conceal Spyware in Industrial Software Firm’s Site to Probe Visitors
Infected site attracts companies from automotive, aerospace and manufacturing sectors.
Cybersecurity
Huge Heartbleed data theft logged
An FBI warning says an attacker is targeting personal data and valuable intellectual property, such as information related to the development of medical devices and equipment.
Cybersecurity
Nude photos of Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, Other Female Hotties Emerge Online
Entertainment // Web Services
Cybersecurity
Spyware was injected into an industrial software firm’s website to probe visitors’ computers
Manufacturing // Technology // Transportation
Cybersecurity
Hackers Score IDs of S. Korean Population, Roil New Zealand Election and Drain Norwegian Oil
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Digital Government