Cybersecurity
Hackers Focus on Money By Spreading Adware and Porting Cellphone Numbers
Turns out two-factor authentication only works when you control your phone number.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Spy on Hotel Guests and Target North Korean Organizations
It's never a dull week in ThreatWatch.
Digital Government
How Could a Bill to Stop Sex Trafficking Be Controversial?
A bill designed to punish websites that facilitate sex trafficking could open up other online companies to lawsuits, critics say.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Spy on Mac Users, Get Italian Bank Info and Swedish State Secrets
Sometimes a hacker's best friend is a misconfigured system.
Digital Government
A Fake Cyber Stat Lives On in Congress
Some numbers are too convincing to go away.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Can Take Over iPhones, Steal Cryptocurrency Funding and Find Dow Jones Data
Another week in ThreatWatch, another cryptocurrency theft.
Digital Government
The Tech of Homeland Security
This Nextgov ebook highlights some of solutions DHS is working on to address cyber and physical threats.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Take Aim at Trump Hotels and Hard Rock Hotels and Casinos
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Digital Government
House Boosts CYBERCOM Budget But Cuts NIST Funds
The House version of the defense authorization bill requires a Pentagon and State Department cyber strategy.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Plunder Cryptocurrency Exchange and Car Insurance Data
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Take Aim at County Website, Europe and U.K. Parliament
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Digital Government
Kaspersky: Stop Russian to Judgment on Our Products
Congress seems to approve of a proposed federal pay raise, loosening retirement fund rules and wants to get rid of agency that focuses on elections.
Cybersecurity
Ransomware Stops Car Factory, Phones Spy on Activists and 198M Voters' Info Leak
WannaCry continues to cause problems while some question the ethics of selling spyware to governments.
Digital Government
Lawmakers: How Many Cyber Threat Centers Does the Government Need?
Congress questions HHS' cyber threat center and other things they did under the shadow of the American Health Care Act.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Steal Info on 1M Survey Participants, Target Microsoft Operating Systems and Online Shoppers
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Digital Government
Lawmakers Question Cuts to Federal Retirement Plans and Allowing Ringless Voicemails
Who checks voicemail, anyway?
Cybersecurity
Hackers Attack Al Jazeera and Find Ways into Subaru's Connected Car App
It's another week in Threatwatch.
Digital Government
Lawmakers Ponder New Oversight Chairman, Russian Compounds and Texas-less SXSW
The week was only mostly about Comey.
Digital Government