Cybersecurity
Hackers Swindle Yacht Club Members and Tap Supervalu’s Credit Line
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
The Snowden Effect
Public aversion to domestic spying doesn’t seem to be hurting government’s ability to recruit cyber staff.
Cybersecurity
Pro-Russia Ukrainian Hackers Just Replaced Polish Sites with Images From a Holocaust Slaughter
Sites affected include those of the president of Poland and the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
Cybersecurity
Hello, 911? I Stole a Phone and the Victim is Running After Me
Cops arrive at the scene of a mobile-device theft gone sour.
Cybersecurity
What it takes to achieve effective cyber defense
Addressing nontechnical challenges could help overcome slow-moving government policies and a compliance-focused culture, writes FireEye's Travis Rosiek.
Cybersecurity
Ex-employee cribbed surgery center billing information
Healthcare and Public Health // Nevada, United States
Cybersecurity
Russian PM Quits in Hacked Tweet
Medvedev to take up freelance photography after disowning Putin.
Digital Government
IRS Gave Sensitive Data to Convict Sentenced to 21 Years
And failed to do background checks on many other contract workers who handled taxpayer files.
Cybersecurity
For IG, the future is now at USPS
Inspector General David Williams takes a broad view of his role at the perennially cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service, including the development of new technologies and revenue streams.
Cybersecurity
Leaked docs show spyware used to snoop on U.S. computers
ProPublica's report on software created by the controversial U.K.-based Gamma Group International provides yet another reminder of rapidly evolving cyber threats.
Digital Government
The Navy Battles for ‘E*WARFARE’ Brand
Trademark filings for the logo claim the right to use a lightning bolt.
Cybersecurity
Airport innovations, MonsterMind and a $300M Air Force contract
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
The story behind DOT's cyber makeover
CIO Richard McKinney says it started with the realization that staff considered cybersecurity measures to be "inconvenient."
Cybersecurity
Snowden: NSA Caused Massive Internet Blackout in Syria
In a new interview, the fugitive leaker claims the spy agency accidentally took down Syria’s Internet during its prolonged civil war.
Cybersecurity