Cybersecurity
NIST Paid $16,500 for Space at Now-Boycotted RSA Conference
Speakers are backing out in protest of the encryption company’s alleged deal with NSA to weaken its security products.
Cybersecurity
Ex-sheriff sentenced for hacking then-wife’s work computer – at her court office
Government (U.S.) // West Virginia, United States
Cybersecurity
What Mandiant-FireEye merger means for the federal market
FireEye could look to capitalize on Mandiant’s existing relationships with federal agencies and integrators.
Cybersecurity
DHS moves to tighten trusted traveler privacy exemptions
Airline passengers using the PreCheck program would have limited access to background check information.
Cybersecurity
NSA doesn’t deny spying on Congress
In response to a letter from a senator, the spy agency detailed its surveillance efforts without directly addressing whether it was collecting data on lawmakers.
Digital Government
Defense Leaders Say Cyber is Top Terror Threat
Poll echoes growing concerns from Defense leaders and members of Congress.
Cybersecurity
Will the NSA Spying Revelations Hurt America’s Nascent Cyberforensics Industry Abroad?
Exporting this lucrative corner of the American tech scene might not be so easy.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Pickpocket Boston Diners, Expose Snapchat and Hold Up Bank Computers
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
Everyone Needs a Cyber Textbook
Brookings Institution scholar Peter W. Singer co-authored a new book that aims to get the IT Crowd and the rest of us on the same page.
Cybersecurity
Lawsuit Claims Facebook Is Reading Your Private Messages
The practice violates California state law, class action alleges.
Cybersecurity
NSA Leak Spawns Fake Spyware Site
Parody of leaked agency hacking tool catalog generates bizarro codenames for each instrument.
Cybersecurity
Skype’s tweets hijacked to bash parent company Microsoft for spying
Social Media // Web Services
Digital Government
Everything We Learned From Edward Snowden in 2013
Leaks from the fugitive former NSA contractor told us a lot about the scope of America’s Internet and phone surveillance powers. We could learn even more in 2014.
Cybersecurity