Cybersecurity

NSA Contractor Charged with Stealing Classified Materials

A Maryland man has been charged with unauthorized removal and retention of top secret/SCI materials.

Cybersecurity

Yahoo Responds to Email Scanning Program

Calls the report that it built a program to scan all its users' incoming email "misleading"

Cybersecurity

Election Systems Are Vulnerable But Not How You Think

Undermining citizens’ confidence in the election outcome has been a side effect of conspiracy theorists, campaigns and recent headlines, Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp told lawmakers.

Cybersecurity

FBI Looks into Democratic Officials’ Mobile Phones Hack

Investigators have yet to determine whether this is linked to the Democratic National Committee breach.

Cybersecurity

Senator Wants SEC to Investigate Yahoo Hack Disclosure

Sen. Mark Warner wants to know what and when Yahoo executives knew about the security breach.

Cybersecurity

7 Takeaways from GAO's Information Security Assessment

The federal government needs to fully implement its information security programs, GAO said.

Cybersecurity

Your Personal Information Was Hacked. Now What?

The Federal Trade Commission released a new video to guide data-breach victims through what to do next.

Cybersecurity

Lawmakers: How Secure Are Voting Machines?

After campaign and voter database hacks, a House committee wants to know if voters can trust the process.

Cybersecurity

Will NSA and CYBERCOM Split?

Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper both support a proposal to separate NSA from CYBERCOM.

Cybersecurity

2 of 'Crackas With Attitude' Arrested for Hacking into Senior Officials' Accounts

The hackers allegedly used social engineering techniques and impersonated victims to gain access to senior U.S. government officials, their families, and several U.S. government computer systems.

Cybersecurity

Hacker ‘Guccifer’ Sentenced to 52 Months

Marcel Lehel Lazar, 44, will serve time for unauthorized access to a protected computer and aggravated identity theft.

Emerging Tech

FAA Announces First Drone Advisory Council Meeting

The agency's long-term advisory board for unmanned aircraft systems will meet later this month.

Cybersecurity

Video: What to Know About Ransomware and Agile Development

Nextgov’s Mohana Ravindrinath shares the FBI's ransomware education efforts.

Cybersecurity

FBI: Hackers Target 2 State Election Databases

An FBI bulletin warns of possibly linked attacks on two states' election databases.

Cybersecurity

DHS Investigates Leslie Jones Hack

DHS is looking into who published Jones' private information, including her license and passport, on her website.

Cybersecurity

What Vendors Need to Know About GSA’s New Cyber Offerings

Companies that want to provide services for the new SINs will need to explain their way through a variety of scenarios.

Digital Government

Video: Goodbye, Chrome Apps

The Chrome Web Store will go away for users on non-Chrome operating systems.