Cybersecurity

USDS additions, Google dorking and more

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

Cybersecurity

Defective by design?

IEEE's Computer Society Center for Secure Design has identified a number of security concerns for software architects to recognize and avoid.

Cybersecurity

President nominates Deyo to DHS management slot

Longtime Johnson & Johnson executive would fill vacancy left by Raphael Borras.

Cybersecurity

Russian Government Might Be Behind New JPMorgan Hack

Infiltration might be a response to U.S. sanctions against Russian banks.

Cybersecurity

PreCheck, Global Entry programs pass milestones

TSA continues to expand traveler programs and work through data hiccups.

Cybersecurity

Russian Government Might Be Behind JPMorgan Hack

Financial Services // New York, United States

Modernization

DHS Official: Create a Governmentwide Seal of Approval for Apps

Gmail and other mobile tools would undergo uniform screening, similar to the FedRAMP cloud certification program.

Cybersecurity

UK Prisons Issued Encrypted Drives to Stop Leaks But Had No Luck

Turns out, disk encryption wasn't turned on.

Cybersecurity

White House fellows, dire debt predictions and more

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

Cybersecurity

Former HHS Cybersecurity Head Guilty of Child Porn Charges

Timothy DeFoggi, the former acting director of cyber security for HHS was one of 20 site users discovered after the F.B.I.'s division in Omaha, Nebraska began investigating the site's creator.

Cybersecurity

NIST seeks feedback on standards to protect critical infrastructure

The agency is previewing an RFI aimed at refining the cybersecurity framework.

Cybersecurity

Police Allegedly Vetted Dates Using Law Enforcement Database

While working at an investigations bureau in California, cops visited dating websites Tinder, eHarmony and Match.com.

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