Cybersecurity
How Can a President's E-Mail Get Hacked?
A hacker known as Guccifer got into "at least six separate e-mail accounts" of Bush family members.
Emerging Tech
DNA Backlog Stymies Development of 'CSI'-like Inventions
Obligation to help crime labs relieve bottlenecks of untested samples eats up Justice’s resources.
Cybersecurity
Crooks print $10 million ATM dollars by hacking Visa debit system
Financial Services // At least 12 unidentified countries; India
Cybersecurity
Prospects for Comprehensive Cyber Reform Are Questionable
Nonetheless, there is bipartisan agreement on the need for better information sharing about threats to critical networks.
Cybersecurity
NIST seeks comment on key cyber guide for agencies
Final public draft of 'Security and Privacy Controls' open for comment until March 1.
Cybersecurity
Is our view of cybersecurity too local?
Looking at other countries could provide useful insight to better shape agencies' own cyber strategies, report suggests.
Cybersecurity
Somebody hacked the Fed during the Super Bowl
During the hack, information was obtained by exploiting a temporary vulnerability in a website vendor product.
Cybersecurity
DOE data breach came after warnings
The Energy Department's IG had pointed out vulnerabilities in the agency's cybersecurity program just weeks before a successful cyberattack compromised confidential data.
Digital Government
North Korean video imagines what it would be like to wipe out a U.S. city
The rogue country has produced a propaganda film involving the rocket launch conducted in December.
Cybersecurity
Anons post banker credentials possibly stolen from the Fed's computers
Financial Services // Government (U.S.)
Cybersecurity
Energy Department hack looks like Chinese espionage
Government (U.S.) // Washington, DC, United States
Cybersecurity
Obama is now America’s hacker in chief
As the possibility of destructive cyberwarfare inches towards reality, the government is scrambling to figure out who holds the keys to America's malware arsenal.
Modernization
China may (or may not) be behind the Twitter hack
Twitter revealed that roughly a quarter million accounts have been compromised by hackers.
Modernization
Menu of safety-approved cloud products grows to three
CGI joins Autonomic Resources on the elite FedRAMP-authorized supplier list.
Cybersecurity
Defense positions a military cyber squad on DHS turf
Computer security experts react to Cyber Command proposal with optimism, blunted by reality that attacks are hard to foresee.
Cybersecurity
China hacked the Wall Street Journal, too
Hackers infiltrated the newspaper to monitor its coverage of China.
Cybersecurity