Cybersecurity
Brazil Is About To Have an Internet Bill of Rights
This first-of-its-kind bill spells out internet users' rights to access and privacy.
Cybersecurity
Employee accidentally exposes airport passcodes before Obama’s flight lands
Transportation // Tokyo, Japan
Cybersecurity
GSA Has a New Plan for Cloud Providers Navigating Changing Security Standards
Transition plan provides specific FedRAMP guidance to CSPs at varying stages.
Cybersecurity
ATF plans new case management system
Next generation case management systems have bedeviled federal law enforcement agencies, with both ICE and the FBI running into trouble.
Cybersecurity
Increased trust boosts Pentagon-industry info sharing
In the seven years since the creation of the Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Information Assurance program, contractors have become less skittish about what sharing can do to their bottom lines, a Pentagon official says.
Cybersecurity
Beware of the self-inflicted data breach
Verizon report finds more than a quarter of cyber incidents involve internal errors, not outside attacks.
Cybersecurity
Government Employees Cause Nearly 60% of Public Sector Cyber Incidents
Misfired emails and other errors account for most of the compromised data.
Cybersecurity
ID theft at prominent medical center leads to 788 fraud incidents
Healthcare and Public Health // Pennsylvania, United States
Cybersecurity
None of 20,000 patients affected were ever notified of 911 computer breach
Healthcare and Public Health // Ohio, United States
Cybersecurity
Guarding against Heartbleed not so simple
As DHS discusses the ongoing assessment, cybersecurity experts warn that "you never know when you're done."
Cybersecurity
Deltek Breach Raises Questions About Widespread Hacking
Feds won't confirm company assertions about the attack, which affected 80,000 employees of government contractors.
Cybersecurity
Feds warn HealthCare.gov users about Heartbleed
HHS officials reset 8 million user accounts as a precaution, though they said they have found no indication that personal information has been targeted.
Cybersecurity
Free speech activists hack Turkish bank running soccer surveillance system
Financial Services // Turkey
Cybersecurity
Heartbleed Means HealthCare.gov Users Must Reset Passwords
The online marketplace's homepage directs users to change their login information.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Scour Boob Job Records, Identify Anonymous, and Hold Up Nebraska Bank
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
GAO: SEC needs to bolster info security
Auditors say the commission did not adequately oversee the contractor in charge of migrating one of its financial systems to a new production environment.
Cybersecurity
ACLU praises DHS report
The civil liberties group said the department was far more forthcoming than other federal agencies in detailing how it shares and protects individuals' information.
Cybersecurity