Cybersecurity
Video: What to Know About Ransomware and Agile Development
Nextgov’s Mohana Ravindrinath shares the FBI's ransomware education efforts.
Cybersecurity
Ransomware 101: FBI's Education Effort
The bureau has seen an uptick in this type of cyberthreat over the last couple months.
Modernization
DHS Looks for Ways to Protect Mobile Devices
The agency is thinking harder about securing its own smartphones and tablets, including from apps that might activate the microphone or camera to eavesdrop, or pull users' call logs and messages without their consent.
Modernization
3 Steps to Breaking Through the Federal Security Status Quo
Big data solutions, machine learning and advanced analytics may seem like a bridge too far for some public sector agencies, but time is not on their side to maintain the status quo.
Cybersecurity
The New Economics of Cybercrime
Digital thieves’ most crucial adaptation in recent years has little to do with their technical tools and everything to do with their business model.
Cybersecurity
Video: A Few Ways to Defend Yourself Against Ransomware
Protect your data before an attack happens.
Cybersecurity
The Computer Virus That Haunted Early AIDS Researchers
The first-ever ransomware attack was delivered on a floppy disk.
Cybersecurity
The Internet of Things Means Hospitals Are More Hackable Than Ever. The VA is Prepared.
With construction manuals tailored to smart buildings, the Veterans Affairs Department seems prepared for the day when bugs infect its hospitals.
Cybersecurity
DHS: Agencies Reported 321 Cases of Potential Ransomware
In all cases, the "ransomware" infections were neutralized without agencies having to pay up.
Cybersecurity
CORRECTED: The Ransomware Threat to Agencies
Ransomware is running rampant across systems in state and local government, businesses and homes across the country.
Cybersecurity
What Happens if Ransomware Takes Over Your Internet-Connected Smart House?
Modern hackers can do much more than steal.
Ideas
5 Cyber Risk Trends for 2016
These are the top themes CIOs and CISOs should have on their radar in the new year.
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