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- Anytime, Anywhere: Mobile applications are the new way to extend government information and services to on-the-go citizens and employees.
- Big Changes For U.S. Intelligence: New initiative aims to shift the 17-member Intelligence Community from agency-specific IT silos to an enterprise environment of shared systems and services.
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- Strategy: Heading Off Advanced Social Engineering Attacks
- Strategy: Building and Maintaining Database Access Control Permissions
- Strategy: Passwords Don't Work. Now What?
- Strategy: How to Conduct an Effective IT Security Risk Assessment
- Strategy: Smartphone Smackdown: Galaxy Note II vs. Lumia 920 vs. iPhone 5
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- Quick Tips for Managing Mobile Users
FBI Arrests NYPD Detective On Hacking Charges
May 22, 2013
Detective accused of hiring hackers to obtain webmail access credentials for 30 targets, accessing federal crime-information database without authorization.
Google Aurora Hack Was Chinese Counterespionage Operation
May 21, 2013
Attackers were after U.S. government surveillance requests for undercover Chinese operatives, say former government officials.
Anonymous Threatens Gitmo, U.S. Locks Down Wi-Fi
May 21, 2013
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base authorities turn off Wi-Fi and social media after Anonymous threatened to shut them down.
APT Attacks Trace To India, Researcher Says
May 21, 2013
Multi-year hacking campaign targeted mining companies, legal firms, Pakistan, Angolan dissidents and others in Pakistan, the U.S., Iran, China and Germany.
Yahoo Japan Data Breach: 22M Accounts Exposed
May 20, 2013
Yahoo breach could have compromised 10% of all Yahoo user credentials. Meanwhile, Syrian Electronic Army targets The Financial Times.
How Password Strength Meters Can Improve Security
May 20, 2013
Color-coded password-strength meters nudge users to improve the strength of their important passwords, but have little effect on unimportant ones, researchers say.
Who Is Syrian Electronic Army: 9 Facts
May 17, 2013
Syrian hackers claim to battle American imperialism, media bias and Angelina Jolie.
Smartphone Theft: What Is Best Defense?
May 17, 2013
While mobile network operators are creating a global database to track stolen smartphones, some police say that's not enough. New York's Attorney General wants more from smartphone makers.
LulzSec Hackers Sentenced In London
May 16, 2013
Group's 50-day hacking spree compromised websites run by Sony, CIA, Arizona State Police, Westboro Baptist Church and more.
DHS Eyes Sharing Zero-Day Intelligence With Businesses
May 16, 2013
DHS proposal would give private businesses access to the government's stockpile of zero-day secrets for a fee. But some say the program may actually fuel the bug vulnerability marketplace.
LulzSec Hacker 'Pirates' Face Sentencing
May 15, 2013
Four members of Anonymous spinoff faced sentencing Wednesday for leaking data and launching distributed denial of service attacks against Sony, the Pentagon and other major sites.
FBI Briefs Bank Executives On DDoS Attack Campaign
May 14, 2013
FBI expedited security clearances so it could share classified info on Operation Ababil, a distributed denial of service attack that continues to disrupt U.S. financial websites.
Apple iPhone Decryption Backlog Stymies Police
May 14, 2013
Apple's waiting list to bypass security controls on latest-generation iPhone and iPad devices means months-long delays for law enforcement investigators.
Microsoft Tech Support Scams: Why They Thrive
May 13, 2013
Readers detail "frozen DNS Trojan" cold calls and "repairs" that lead to $882 in unauthorized wire transfers.
Huawei CEO Dismisses Security, Spying Concerns
May 10, 2013
Company founder denies that Huawei employees would ever be forced to spy for China.
Washington State Courts Reveal Security Breach
May 10, 2013
State officials don't know when attackers accessed up to 160,000 Social Security and 1 million driver's license numbers stored in unencrypted format.
McAfee, AV's King Of Crazy, Resurfaces
May 09, 2013
Antivirus pioneer and former fugitive from justice in Belize John McAfee shares more about his code-slinging and drug-smuggling past.
How Syrian Electronic Army Unpeeled The Onion
May 09, 2013
Satire site The Onion details multi-pronged Twitter account takeover strategies used by hacktivists.
Nginx Patches Critical Web Server Software Vulnerability
May 08, 2013
Meanwhile, hackers behind Cdorked malware that targets Apache servers now have extended it to infect open-source Nginx and Lighttpd server software.
Syria Back Online After Internet Blackout
May 08, 2013
All Internet traffic from the war-torn country -- via overland and submarine connections -- went offline Tuesday.
Anonymous OpUSA Hackathon: Mostly Bluster
May 07, 2013
DHS predicts Tuesday's hackathon will involve little more than nuisance exploits. Meanwhile, Syrian Electronic Army hacks Twitter feeds of satire site The Onion.
Sweet Password Security Strategy: Honeywords
May 07, 2013
To improve detection of database breaches, businesses should store multiple fake passwords and monitor attempts to use them, according to researchers at security firm RSA.
China Tied To 3-Year Hack Of Defense Contractor
May 02, 2013
U.S. defense contractor QinetiQ ignored persistent attack warning signs, lost terabytes of secret information, say investigators.
Twitter To News Outlets: More Takeovers Ahead
May 02, 2013
Twitter memo warns of ongoing account takeover attempts, urges media businesses to prepare. Should Twitter be doing more?
FBI Seeks Real-Time Facebook, Google Wiretaps
May 01, 2013
Government proposal would expand wiretap laws to cover not just service providers, but also the likes of Facebook and Google, backed by escalating fines for noncompliance.