Cybersecurity

McCormack to be next DHS CIO

Current Justice Department CIO had previously served at DHS' immigration and border protection components.

Cybersecurity

PHP developer site spits out virus

Technology // Web Services

Cybersecurity

NIST framework leaves crucial question unanswered

Latest draft fills in details, but debate continues over voluntary standards versus regulatory mandates.

Cybersecurity

Homeland Security CFO heads to IRS

Peggy Sherry will replace Beth Tucker as the tax agency's deputy commissioner for operations support.

Cybersecurity

Officials Aren’t Counting the Growing Cost of Online Obamacare Fraud

FBI, FTC and HHS say tracking dollars lost to fake exchanges and other sites that prey on insurance applicants isn’t their responsibility.

Cybersecurity

Thief cribs a patient’s ID off fine print on hospital worker’s Facebook photo

Healthcare and Public Health // Arizona, United States

Ideas

A Missed Chance for NATO’s Cybersecurity Future

On the back of NATO’s defense ministerial, member-states still need to address the alliance’s major cybersecurity shortfalls – and there are plenty. By Daniel Pitcairn

Cybersecurity

Assessing the Capabilities of the Syrian Electronic Army

Experts gauge the damage the group could cause.

Cybersecurity

Are cyber workforce woes actually all about the money?

Readers suggest that substandard salaries -- and lack of real empowerment -- are the major obstacles to hiring.

Modernization

This Time, Citizens Collect Feds’ Communications Metadata

A Verizon glitch exposed government officials' text message histories, researchers say.

Cybersecurity

ThreatWatch: Chinese Hotel Guests Bare All

Website exposed confidential details about room bookings throughout the country.

Cybersecurity

Your Last Chance to Comment on Cybersecurity Guidelines for Industry

The final draft of optional guidance may eventually have implications for federal contractors.

Cybersecurity

New cyber framework draft sharpens focus on implementation

NIST's latest iteration adds cybersecurity workforce as an area in particular need of improvement.

Cybersecurity

Chinese hotel guests bare all

Hospitality // Telecommunications // China

Cybersecurity

NIST draft framework expected in a day or two

Shutdown delayed key cybersecurity milestone, but draft will be released well in advance of NIST's next workshop on the guidance.

Digital Government

Cyber Civil Servants Knock on Industry’s Door after Shutdown

Recruiters are taking more calls from feds who could face another furlough in January.

Cybersecurity

Syrian hacktivists plaster Qatar’s Web with pro-Assad propaganda

Government (Foreign) // Media // Social Media // Telecommunications // Web Services // Qatar

Cybersecurity

Ex-hospital employee swipes 1,000 patient records

Healthcare and Public Health // Florida, United States

Cybersecurity

Hacktivists avenge Facebook kisser arrests

Government (Foreign) // Morocco

Cybersecurity

Hackers Blackmail Kids, Rob Cayman Islands, Mimic KFC Clientele

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