Cybersecurity
Old-school fax defaces security firm website
Web Services // Other Critical Infrastructure
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
Cybersecurity
Pro-Palestinian group worms inside WhatsApp and antivirus firms
Technology // Web Services
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
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