Cybersecurity
Hotels Appear to Be Latest Victims of Credit Card Data Breach
A 'pattern of fraud' reportedly began appearing in March on hundreds of cards used at Marriott establishments.
Cybersecurity
Hard drive with patient drug data goes MIA
Healthcare and Public Health // Wisconsin, United States
Cybersecurity
FTC: Major search engine indexed medical transcripts containing psychiatric notes
Healthcare and Public Health
Cybersecurity
10th grader who infected school computers named a ‘cyber terrorist’
Education // Pennsylvania, United States
Cybersecurity
Much-hyped mobile payment app hacked before launch
Social Media // Technology // Web Services // California, United States
Cybersecurity
PayPal and GoDaddy tricked into robbing man of $50,000 Twitter handle
Social Media // Web Services
Cybersecurity
Hackers Hit Israeli Defense Ministry, Reprogram Angry Birds, Etc.
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
This Company Says Its Technology Could Have Detected Snowden’s Intrusions
U.K. cyber official forgoes sweet pension to sell what he thinks is a groundbreaking cybersecurity system.
Cybersecurity
Yahoo! Mail Accounts Hacked Through Third-Party
Yahoo! says their servers are still safe, however.
Cybersecurity
Turnover at top DOD, DHS S&T posts
Longtime Pentagon Comptroller Bob Hale is among those heading out the door, to be replaced by Mike McCord, now the principal deputy undersecretary of Defense.
Cybersecurity
Borras leaving DHS for private sector
Undersecretary for management's departure will shift responsibility for Homeland Security's $19 billion annual procurement budget.
Cybersecurity
Three things to watch on information sharing
The ODNI'S Kshemendra Paul offers a guide to the 2014 Information Sharing Environment.
Business
Obama to Nominate Navy Admiral as NSA Director
If confirmed, Navy Vice Adm. Michael Rogers will replace Army Gen. Keith Alexander as NSA director. By Stephanie Gaskell
Cybersecurity
Mobile malware meets BYOD
Infections of malicious software in mobile devices surged by 20 percent in 2013, just as bring-your-own-device strategies are gaining greater acceptance in government.
Digital Government
Colorado Terror Suspect Is First to Challenge Warrantless NSA Surveillance in Court
Muhtorov was accused of aiding an Islamist militant group overseas.
Cybersecurity
Defense, DHS, VA drive rise in federal employment
Three national-security related departments accounted for 77 percent of the total government-wide increase in compensation from 2004 to 2012.
Cybersecurity
Study: Biz data collection a bigger worry than government
Three-quarters of those polled were more concerned about privacy than they were a year ago, and more cited business data collection, rather than government surveillance programs, as the reason.
Cybersecurity