Cybersecurity
No thawing of cyber tensions on Kerry’s Beijing trip
A "frank exchange" of views between the U.S. and China yielded no concrete results on the cyber-attack front.
Modernization
Beijing Thinks the <span>i</span>Phone is a Threat to China’s National Security
The phone's Frequent Locations function, which tracks the exact places you have been and the amount of time you spent there, is capturing "extremely sensitive data," says Chinese government TV.
Cybersecurity
Hackers track where shipments go with tainted inventory scanners
Manufacturing // Other Critical Infrastructure // United States
Cybersecurity
OPM breach, de facto debarment, system on a chip and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Modernization
Android's Factory Reset Doesn't Delete Everything. Here's How to Really Wipe Your Data
Security firm Avast purchased twenty used Android phones on eBay. Through extraction methods, they were able to recover old emails, texts, and even photos.
Cybersecurity
97 Percent of Key Industries Doubt Security Compliance Can Defy Hackers
Utilities and energy companies are more focused on preventing downtime than thwarting breaches.
Digital Government
Why It Costs $1.7 Billion to Computerize Immigration Forms
USCIS awards new contract to turn around long-delayed digital casework system.
Cybersecurity
Isolate and conquer: Getting past a reliance on layered security
It's time to throw cyberattackers into solitary before they strike, writes Bromium's Simon Crosby.
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