Cybersecurity
OPM: ‘There’s No Way’ to Isolate Background Check Systems from the Internet
"Air-gapped" computers are used by defense organizations, nuclear power plants and other environments that require the tightest security.
Cybersecurity
Could Dell Go Too Far on Cybersecurity under EMC Mega-Merger?
Under the $67 billion tech acquisition, Dell's SecureWorks and EMC's RSA Security would both belong to the company Michael Dell started in 1984.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Peruse Dow Jones Subscribers, Breach Samsung Pay’s Tech Provider and Slurp 11,000 Outlook Passwords
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
OPM to Fully Do Away with Passwords for Network Access – In 2 Years
Today, all OPM employees need a smart card for network access, but not for all users outside of the agency.
Cybersecurity
Breach Patrol: The Surprisingly ‘Not Sexy’ Life of 24/7 White Hat Hackers
I set out to find a squad of code breakers who use their skills for good. But I didn't see too many wall-length display screens or cyber geniuses sprinting around with thumb drives in hand to neutralize infected airplanes.
Cybersecurity
How to Boost DHS Cyber Division Morale? Change Its Name.
The title -- National Protection and Programs Directorate -- does not jive with the division's purpose, explains Suzanne Spaulding, undersecretary of the ill-named directorate.
Cybersecurity
After USPS Phishing Hack, Audit Shows Postal Workers Still Click on Links
Aquarter of agency employees fell for a simulated email scheme, according to an internal watchdog.
Cybersecurity
House Expected to Green-light Bipartisan Bill Barring DHS from Reshuffling
The bipartisan measure was approved Sept. 30 by the Committee on Homeland Security and is expected to easily pass, as is, this evening.
Cybersecurity
$460 Million CYBERCOM Contract Coming this Month; ‘Cyber Joint Munitions’ Help Wanted
The first job under the forthcoming contract to outsource all mission support involves a lot of digital munitions-making.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Prey on Scottrade Clients, Penetrate Bank Lobbying Giant and Steal from T-Mobile Customers
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
OPM Finally Begins Notifying Hacked Feds -- Via Snail Mail This Time
The letters will include a unique PIN the victim will need to register for the protections
Cybersecurity
Feds Call Cyber Information Sharing ‘Ineffective,’ Study Finds
This finding is one of several grim conclusions in an independently conducted study on the state of cybersecurity at all levels of government.
Cybersecurity
Nationwide ‘Suspicious Activity’ Files Now Document Sketchy Online Activity
The post-9/11 counterterrorism surveillance program is now collecting reports of suspicious activity across the Internet.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon Hires Investigators to Find Hacked Feds
A tool for determining why mail notifications are returned must be running by Oct. 9 and a website for individuals to check if they're affected by the breach must be running by Nov. 17.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Stay at Hilton & Trick Lunch Lady into Exposing Students, While Workers Lose Child Mental Health Records
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon Small Biz Office Didn’t Know About Cyber Training
Even as the Pentagon was imposing data breach regulations on the $55.5 billion sector, the office essentially had other priorities than advocating information security awareness.
Cybersecurity
Tax Collectors Want 'Selfies' to Prove You Are Who You Say You Are
States receive federal funds to verify the smartphone self-portraits of citizens, as a means of preventing refund fraud.
Artificial Intelligence
DHS Wants Boeing to Test a Brain Chip in Firm’s Self-Destructing 'Black' Spyphone
The secret sauce of the mobile device is a so-called neuromorphic computer chip that imitates human learning,
Cybersecurity
Pentagon Races to Boost Cyber Troop Size
But do the code warriors have the right stuff?
Cybersecurity
Hackers Fool Bitpay Execs and Expose Lloyds Premier Account Holders, While Insiders Accidentally Leak Patient Records on Amazon Cloud
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
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