Cybersecurity
Cyber information-sharing bill moves forward
The measure would set up a "portal" at DHS that private firms could use to confidentially share threat information without legal liability.
Cybersecurity
Biometric database, software inventory, smallpox and a prescreening milestone
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Security Firm Says Chinese Hackers Targeting U.S. Experts on Iraq
CrowdStrike says hacking began on June 18 —the day the rebel group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant attacked an oil refinery.
Cybersecurity
Snowden Undermines Presidential Panel’s Defense of NSA Spying
Dueling narratives are clouding a debate over a controversial foreign-intelligence program as the Senate readies reform efforts.
Digital Government
The Latest Snowden Leak Is Devastating to NSA Defenders
The agency collected and stored intimate chats, photos, and emails belonging to innocent Americans—and secured them so poorly that reporters can now browse them at will.
Cybersecurity
NSA critics, storm warnings and free books
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Air Force major general tapped for No. 2 spot at Cyber Command
Air Force Maj. Gen. James “Kevin” McLaughlin is now commander of the 24th Air Force, the service’s major cyberspace component.
Cybersecurity
Waterfront Retirement Communities staff subjected to ID theft
Hospitality // United States
Modernization
DEA Anticipates Awarding Contract for Sensitive Justice Cloud
Potential savings are a key motivator for the drug-fighting agency's move.
Cybersecurity
Classification by the numbers, website sprawl, a new DARPA deal and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Management
How to Remember All Your Passwords and Keep Them Safe
For anyone who’s been a web user for a significant amount of time, the number of such accounts that require passwords is high, unmanageable even.
Cybersecurity
Pro-Russian Hackers Mug Key Ukrainian Bank
Cyber Berkut allegedly published customer data from PrivatBank, co-owned by the pro-government Dnipropetrovsk region's governor.
Cybersecurity
Syrian Electronic Army Spreads False Rumors of Israel Nuclear Leak
Pro-Assad hacktivists usurped the Israeli Army’s Twitter feed to post a potentially volatile message.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Log Into DQ, Remember the ‘80s, and Rip Off Poor People
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity