Cybersecurity
18 Months in the Slammer for Energy Supercomputer Hacker
Pennsylvania man sold access to Lawrence Livermore Laboratory high-power machines.
Cybersecurity
NSA Spends $1 Billion on Crypto – A Fraction of Total Spy Budget, Researchers Say
Only 23 percent of the black intelligence budget goes to tech for bugging other IT systems worldwide.
Modernization
Secret Service Plans Android Purchase Despite Other Agencies' Troubles
The Samsung smartphones will facilitate communication in the field during crises, documents say.
Digital Government
Congress Grills TSA on Chinese-Made Luggage Scanner Parts
About 250 systems sold by Rapiscan are installed inside U.S. airports nationwide.
Cybersecurity
DARPA Plugs Contest for Watson-like System to Deflect Hackers
Cyber Grand Challenge winners will take home $2 million to create an unmanned hacker-stopper.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Accidentally Auction Secrets, Ruin Relationships and Game Investors
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
Cyber Arms Dealers Peddle 85 Worms a Day
Details on secret flaws in Microsoft and other software, plus the tools to exploit them, now sold to the highest bidder.
Modernization
Pentagon Disconnects iPhone, Android Security Service, Forcing a Return to BlackBerry for Some
The Defense Department's new mobile device management system isn’t yet ready to protect Apple or Android smartphones and tablets.
Emerging Tech
Bitcoin Users Lose $40 Million in Apparent Narcotics Bazaar Heist
Authorities aren't commenting on the shutdown of Sheep Marketplace, where sellers and buyers used the virtual cash to cut deals anonymously.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Redeem Airline Miles, Probe Syrian Regime’s Porn, and Bet the Horses
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Digital Government
Canadian Health System Inadvertantly Exposes 40,000 Medical Marijuana Users
'I’m outright panicked,' says an MS patient concerned she'll be a target for weed-seeking thieves.
Emerging Tech
Drink Up: DHS-funded Liquid Scanner Could Lift Airport Ban on Larger Bottles
The cooler-like box uses magnetic resonance imaging in conjunction with X-rays to quickly detect explosive substances.
Modernization
See Something Say Something Has Aided 2,000 Probes, But How Many Arrests?
Public data sets outlining counterterrorism results could help the program shake off a bad rep, advisers say.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Crack GitHub, Release a Treaty and Listen In On MacRumors
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Digital Government
How to Precognize a Snowden
Since psych evaluations violate privacy rules, the FBI might turn to a whole new science.
Modernization
Say 'Cheese' -- and Happy Birthday! -- to the International Space Station
App alerts citizens and astronauts to the best time for snapping a flyby photo.
Digital Government
New Defense Contracts Will Protect Vendor Trade Secrets From Hackers
New rule covers certain unclassified networks rather than all unclassified data.
Digital Government
Obama Rebuffs Senate’s Security Clearance Overhaul
Computers would regularly search social media and other commercial data sources for signs of a potential rogue employee.
Emerging Tech
Obama Ricin Letter Suspect Linked to Bitcoin Drug Bazaar
The alleged would-be poisoner was a vendor on Silk Road, a black market eBay that only accepted the virtual cash.
Cybersecurity
Inside Job: NYPD Detective Hacks Colleagues' Data
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
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