Cybersecurity
Hackers Successfully Baited Foreign Diplomats With Nude Carla Bruni Pics
China is likely behind the attacks, researchers say.
Cybersecurity
L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center clients hit up for money
Financial Services // Healthcare and Public Health // California, United States
Cybersecurity
Eight Tech Giants Urge Obama and Congress to Curb NSA
Open letter says electronic surveillance needs to be restricted by law.
Cybersecurity
Leading tech firms seek stronger surveillance rules
Open letter urges Congress and the president to ensure U.S. surveillance efforts are "restricted by law, proportionate to the risks, transparent and subject to independent oversight."
Cybersecurity
Data on 465,000 tax refund and benefits debit cardholders hacked
Financial Services // Government (U.S.)
Cybersecurity
Web traffic from U.S., Germany, South Korea and Iran intercepted by Iceland?
Government (U.S.) // Government (Foreign) // U.S., Germany, South Korea and Iran
Cybersecurity
DARPA Plugs Contest for Watson-like System to Deflect Hackers
Cyber Grand Challenge winners will take home $2 million to create an unmanned hacker-stopper.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon exploring methods to mitigate insider threats
The Defense Department wants contractors to offer up ideas on combatting espionage, sabotage, treason and terrorism.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Accidentally Auction Secrets, Ruin Relationships and Game Investors
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
Congress still awaiting IT security answers from VA
Hill sources say the House Veterans' Affairs Committee has received only a single response to its multitude of inquiries.
Cybersecurity
DARPA gears up for Cyber Grand Challenge
The challenge is a chess-like competition that pits teams of researchers against each other in a contest to develop unmanned cybersecurity systems.
Cybersecurity
Looking beyond the cyber framework
With final comments on the NIST plan due Dec. 13, industry and agency experts are contemplating what comes next.
Cybersecurity
Is Cyber Command ready to stand on its own?
Alexander's planned retirement offers a chance to reorganize, but the changes required are anything but simple.
Cybersecurity
Facebook, Google, Twitter Users Among Nearly 2 Million Accounts Hacked by Botnets
Compromised users are mostly in the Netherlands.
Cybersecurity
Cyber Arms Dealers Peddle 85 Worms a Day
Details on secret flaws in Microsoft and other software, plus the tools to exploit them, now sold to the highest bidder.
Cybersecurity
Lab seeks partners for Network Mapping System
Better mapping can give more detailed information to IT managers tasked with protecting networks.
Cybersecurity
NSA Connection Creates Credibility Problems for NIST Encryption Standards
New Commerce secretary discusses need to 'restore trust.'
Cybersecurity
IG dings DHS on internal cybersecurity
A Republican critic claims gaps in the department's defenses "would be obvious to a 13-year-old with a laptop."
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