Cybersecurity

Botnet of 24,000 Devices Targets Russian Banks

Financial Services // Russia

Acquisition

GSA offers feds a hand with contract writing

Federal agencies will be able to sign up with the General Services Administration's contract writing as-a-service in the coming year.

Cybersecurity

Internet giants want Trump to back strong encryption

Forty of the most recognizable internet companies want to make sure their policy priorities -- which include data security, strong encryption and immigration reform -- are considered by the Trump administration from Day One.

Cybersecurity

NIST's new take on IoT security

NIST's new guidance on security for the internet of things is not prescriptive like FIPS but instead offers a foundation for engineering security into connected devices.

Cybersecurity

Cyber Threats as Severe as Terrorism Threats, NIST Official Says

NIST Systems Security Engineering guidance urges putting security in upfront and not relying on cyber hygiene.

Modernization

GSA to Offer Cloud-Based Contract Writing System Next Year

The pay-as-you-go system will offer guidance as well as reduce costs, according to GSA.

Cybersecurity

Warner: No red or blue cybersecurity teams

One of the Senate's most tech-savvy members sees some common ground on cybersecurity in the post-election environment.

Digital Government

Congress appears headed toward short-term funding

The Trump election victory changes the calculation on duration of the next government funding package.

Cybersecurity

Google, Amazon Urge Trump to Support Strong Encryption

The president-elect has generally opposed encryption that keeps out law enforcement.

Cybersecurity

Thousands of Government, Military Addresses in Adult Friend Finder Hookup Site Breach

It’s not clear how many of the addresses are genuine, the site that reported the breach says.

Emerging Tech

Modified Drones Keep an Eye on the World’s Wildlife

The availability of reliable, off-the-shelf UAVs has made standard aerial surveillance far easier than it used to be, but drones don’t come out of the box ready for the kinds of projects conservationists throw at them.

Emerging Tech

FBI Awards Dataminr Contract for Twitter 'Firehose'

Twitter has said the service would not be available to members of the intelligence community.

Cybersecurity

Next Big Hacking Threat is Already Happening—You Just Can’t See It

Malicious hackers are breaking into industrial computer networks all the time.

Artificial Intelligence

Tech That Will Change the Customer Experience Game

Forrester Research expects augmented and virtual reality will be customer experience game-changers.

Cybersecurity

White House tweaks incident reporting in FISMA memo

Agencies get an updated definition of a cyber incident in a recent Federal Information Security Modernization Act memo.