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

Former NSA Chief Clashes With ACLU Head in Debate

Keith Alexander and Anthony Romero each led a team of panelists who argued about government surveillance and civil liberties.

Cybersecurity

NIST goes global with cyber framework

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has sent delegations to Tel Aviv and Tokyo, carrying a message of collaboration between government and industry.

Cybersecurity

Government Privacy Board Endorses NSA's Internet Spying

The surveillance is legal and effective, according to the panel.

Cybersecurity

ICS-CERT sounds alarm on critical infrastructure attacks

The warnings come as DHS' Quadrennial Homeland Security Review highlights the dangers of "cyber-physical convergence."

Cybersecurity

Cyber shapes defense spending, privacy board reports on surveillance

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

Cybersecurity

Snoops Allegedly Accessed Astros Inside Trade Data

The Houston baseball team claims hackers compromised servers and posted online months of internal trade talks.

Cybersecurity

DHS Raises Alarms over Malware Targeting Power Operations

Hackers compromised vendors that sell systems to companies running energy industrial machines.