Cybersecurity
GSA Took 800 Days to Notify Some Data Breach Victims
The agency also changed its rules in ways that could make notifications for breach victims less timely, an agency auditor found.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Breach Healthcare.gov
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services acknowledged 75,000 people's records were accessed but haven’t disclosed who might be behind it.
Cybersecurity
Report: Facebook Is Shopping for a Cybersecurity Company
They won't be able to find one on Facebook marketplace, however.
Cybersecurity
The State of Cybersecurity
Federal agencies surge to combat ever-growing threats—but is it enough?
Cybersecurity
Los Angeles to Expand Cyber Lab with Federal Grant
The lab, established last summer, is a public-private partnership aimed at protecting the city from hacker attacks.
Cybersecurity
Repeating Kanye West’s Phone Password Is Not a Federal Crime
Unless you’re Ye himself, you’ve got little cause for concern.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers Call for Investigation Into Google+ Data Exposure
Google's decision not to immediately disclose the breach has ruffled some feathers.
Cybersecurity
Cyber Researchers Propose a ‘Smart’ Social Security Card
Instead of ditching the SSN as an identifier, the government could take steps to modernize it.
Cybersecurity
It's Been a Bad Week for Facebook
In addition to a massive data breach, Facebook is in trouble for targeting ads using security information.
Cybersecurity
State Department Confirms Email Data Breach
The breach may have compromised employee personal information in less than 1 percent of email inboxes.
Ideas
Get Your Federal Team In Sync With Zero Trust Security
Adopting a Zero Trust architecture solves the “flat network” problem that helps attackers move undetected inside corporate networks so they can find and exfiltrate sensitive data.
Cybersecurity
Half of Government and Military Employees Used Awful Passwords for LinkedIn, Report Finds
Yes, one of them was “password”—and even in 2012 there was no excuse for that.
Cybersecurity
A Popular App Has Been Stealing Everyone's Browser History
The rogue Mac app sent the stolen data to China.
Cybersecurity
A Year After the Equifax Breach, There Are Consequences—For Consumers
The breach affected 147 million people.
Cybersecurity
Google Chrome Update Helps You Stop Reusing Passwords
It's time to stop committing one of the deadliest security sins.
Cybersecurity
VA Stopped Publishing Breach Reports About Vets’ Data for Nine Months
The department posted the intervening reports after a Nextgov query.
Cybersecurity