Cybersecurity
Thousands of Weather Satellite Bugs Won’t Be Fixed For Years
IG slams Raytheon and NOAA for failing to fix security holes on ground control system.
Cybersecurity
About 72% of S. Korean Adults Affected by Data Raid
Entertainment // Financial Services
Cybersecurity
Police Accused of Screening Dates Using Law Enforcement Database
Government (U.S.) // California, United States
Cybersecurity
6 Charts That Show Why Utilities, Businesses are Concerned About Cyber
Survey finds organizations are simply not prepared to deal with advanced cyber threats
Cybersecurity
HealthCare.gov's new CEO, NGA's mapping contract and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
DARPA wants smarter ways to measure brain activity
Agency hopes to detect activity in a single neuron, from a distance -- no surgery or tissue-singeing allowed.
Cybersecurity
Behind the Huge Cyberattack Campaign Against Latin American Governments
The Moscow-based cyber-security firm Kaspersky Lab, which claims to have unearthed the campaign, has given it a name: El Machete.
Cybersecurity
Beyond BYOD: Who oversees the apps?
Official "bring your own app" policies are still few and far between, but agencies are adapting to their employees' demands.
Cybersecurity
Will Obama's New Tech Squad Include Cyber Experts?
Digital Service team announcement didn’t mention privacy or security, while snoops continue targeting Internet users.
Cybersecurity
NSA's ICREACH, hackable scanners and the British IT influence
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
After Heartbleed, Is Open Source More Trouble Than It’s Worth?
Technology leaders should take another look at the critical but oft-forgotten infrastructure their agencies are riding on.
Cybersecurity
Hacktivists Swipe Ferguson Officers’ Personal Data
It's unclear how much information was compromised.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Taint the Caribbean, Smuggle Patient Data, and Bring Gaza to Delaware
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
Will Court Move Clear the Way to Mass Government Hacking?
A single warrant could authorize federal officials to inject malware into hundreds of suspects’ -- and victims’ -- computers.
Cybersecurity
25,000 affected by USIS breach
DHS had already suspended work with the contractor in the wake of the breach, first revealed Aug. 6.
Cybersecurity
New role for CIA's ex-CIO, Tor's secret bug-fixers and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
DeLong: NSA security reforms predate Snowden
Compliance director also claims explaining what NSA does is becoming a greater part of the agency's culture.
Cybersecurity
Longtime Nurse Pries into Medical Issues of Colleague’s Family
Healthcare and Public Health
Cybersecurity