Cybersecurity

VA telehealth savings, Internet of Things security, and making at the White House

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

Cybersecurity

A U.S.-China high-tech trade war?

Steve Kelman worries that mutual suspicions could lead to much bigger problems.

Modernization

FBI Orders 26,500 Licenses for Software to Guard Samsung Galaxy S5s

The bureau seeks vendor who can provide Samsung Knox licenses for use on Samsung Galaxy S5.

Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity a key bilateral issue for White House, and not just with China

The Obama administration is trying to build international norms in the wake of the China hacker indictments.

Cybersecurity

Malware methodology, drone launchers and a health IT departure

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

Cybersecurity

Hackers Hit Tweetdeck, Eat Chinese Food and Expose an STD

Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.

Digital Government

Facebook Is Expanding the Way It Tracks You and Your Data

The social giant is digging into information from your smartphone and tracking the other websites you visit.

Cybersecurity

CBP biometric test center set to open

The Maryland facility will test devices that record biometric data from travelers exiting the country.

Cybersecurity

Diners at P.F. Chang’s Should Check Their Credit Card Statements

Financial Services // Food and Beverage

Cybersecurity

Fake Dot-Gov Webmail Used in Phishing Scam to Hack EPA and Census Staff

Nigerian admits breaching employee email accounts to order agency office products that he then sold on the black market.

Cybersecurity

House Intel chairman upbeat on cyber legislation

Rep. Mike Rogers says a better public understanding of cyber issues in the wake of the Snowden leaks would help push information-sharing proposals forward.

Cybersecurity

New NIST guidance planned as part of federal info policy

The National Archives and Records Administration is leading a plan to create new standards for controlled unclassified government information that includes new NIST guidance and changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

Cybersecurity

CIA Live: Spy Agency Holds Public Summit

Intelligence chief defends cyberthreat monitoring, but questions the extent to which powerful tracking capabilities should be applied.

Cybersecurity

Who Needs Heartbleed When Many Dot-Govs Don't Even Encrypt Communications?

26 percent of federal websites lack the proper configuration to thwart attackers from intercepting data entered by citizens, study finds.

Cybersecurity

Tweetdeck hack snares Oval Office staff

Government (U.S.) // Social Media