Cybersecurity

Old-school fax defaces security firm website

Web Services // Other Critical Infrastructure

Cybersecurity

Google suggests Malaysians search Canada

Web Services // Malaysia

Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity's secret sauce: audits?

While a 'checklist' approach to cybersecurity is not effective, audits and compliance can be a tool for improvement.

Cybersecurity

Bill would rein in NSA's bulk data collection

Proposed restrictions are expressly intended to cramp the NSA's practice of assembling and analyzing metadata on Americans.

Cybersecurity

H-1B visa holders could be snared by shutdown

Foreign tech workers who need to extend or modify an H-1B visa while the shutdown is in effect will find some needed agency services unavailable.

Cybersecurity

Azerbaijan leaks election results – before election

Government (Foreign) // Azerbaijan

Cybersecurity

Gamblers and Hackers Alike Flock to Macau, the World's Casino Capital

Criminal theft or a heavy-handed spying? It's not clear.

Cybersecurity

Former trading house staff accused of source-code-lifting

Financial Services // New York, United States

Modernization

Amazon Prevails in CIA Cloud Suit

IBM, which argued Amazon unfairly won the cloud contract, plans to appeal.

Cybersecurity

Frequency, cost of cyberattacks on the rise

The cost of cybercrime averaged more than $11 million as reported across 60 organizations in a recent survey.

Cybersecurity

PureVPN admits hackers got in, not the feds though

Web Services // Hong Kong, China

Cybersecurity

Many Coast Guard furloughs could end

A law that puts DOD employees back to work despite the shutdown also applies to the Coast Guard, says DHS head.

Cybersecurity

Biometrics go mobile

The iPhone's fingerprint scanner could usher in a new era of authentication for mobile devices, but agencies are a long way from abandoning pass codes.

Cybersecurity

Bitcoin community site penetrated by mischief-makers

Financial Services // Web Services

Cybersecurity

How NSA Uses Attack Servers Shows How It Thinks About Secrecy and Risk

First, the FOXACID basics.

Cybersecurity

300 TSA ID card enrollment centers ready to go

System will become the foundation of a unified platform supporting other TSA identification efforts.

Cybersecurity

Hackers Steal News, Berate Prime Minister and Crack Adobe Code

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

Cybersecurity

The Adobe Breach This Week Should Get Your Attention

The software company's revelation was barely noted in a day crowded with shutdown politics.