Cybersecurity

Thieves suck $400,000 out of Southwest gas pumps

Energy // Financial Services // Oklahoma, Arkansas, United States

Cybersecurity

Introducing ThreatWatch: A New Way to Explore the Evolving World of Cyber Dangers

Index of breaches hitting sectors worldwide provides an ever-changing look at the risks of the digital era.

Cybersecurity

NSA Chief Asks Techies for Help, Not Backbench Criticism

'If you disagree with what we’re doing then you should help us twice as much,' Alexander Says.

Cybersecurity

A Breakthrough in Cryptography Could Thwart a Favorite Attack of Hackers

A team of researchers have created a method for encrypting software and running it in that encrypted state.

Modernization

The Era of iSpying: Court Upholds Warrantless Cell-Phone Tracking

Americans shouldn't have to surrender their privacy in order to carry a smartphone.

Cybersecurity

Is piecemeal the right approach to cyber legislation?

After several failed attempts to move comprehensive cybersecurity legislation, Congress is taking a new approach.

Cybersecurity

CBP debuts the latest result of agile development program

Border agency is using agile software development to incrementally improve its Document Image System.

Cybersecurity

Filched laptop stored 2,000 Washington area student health records

Education // Healthcare and Public Health // Virginia, United States

Cybersecurity

FBI launches cyber threat info-sharing platform

The iGuardian portal builds on older FBI programs, including its Guardian and eGuardian counter-terrorism and collaboration systems.

Cybersecurity

Turkish Group Might Be Behind White House Hacks, Analysts Say

Forensics specialists trace malicious emails to a webpage associated with supporters of the Islamist organization.

Cybersecurity

Move Over Huawei, There’s a New Bogeyman in Town and It’s Called Lenovo

Spy agencies of five different countries have a common policy banning the use of Lenovo machines.

Cybersecurity

CBP needs better ways to estimate wait times

GAO urges the border agency to update its manual methods for estimating the length of time trucks wait in line to cross Mexican borders into the U.S.

Cybersecurity

NIST cybersecurity center moves into high gear

Donna Dodson, who heads the center, describes its mission, priorities and strategy.

Cybersecurity

White House Employees’ Personal Email Hacked

Targeted campaign aims to extract social media team’s Gmail and Twitter logins.

Cybersecurity

White House staffers personal Gmail hacked

Government (U.S.) // Social Media // Web Services

Cybersecurity

BYOD: Bring Your Own Disaster?

As appealing as bringing personal devices to work may be, the downsides are hard to ignore.

Cybersecurity

Cybercrime Costs the US $20 Billion Each Year. Or $70 Billion. Or Maybe $140 Billion

A new report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies has suggested several numbers for the true cost.

Cybersecurity

DHS rolls out Einstein intrusion detection

The new system is the latest iteration of a continuous monitoring program intended to protect agencies.