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

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.