Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: Federal agencies are currently investigating months of cyber attacks against the computer networks managing major natural gas pipelines. More here. The Department of Defense is funding research on a “novel device to perform surveillance on adult insect disease vectors.” More here. Researchers have intercepted new ransomwareRead… Read more »
Scott Cosby is a friend I’ve known professionally through his work as VP of Products and Operations at Invincea. I recently watched a video which featured Scott demonstrating a typical Spear Phishing attack and how Invincea mitigates that challenge. Invincea cannot prevent attacks, in fact, it was produced with an understanding that crafty bad guysRead… Read more »
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The State Department‘s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs plans to provide the Mexican Public Security Secretariat with the Mexico Technical Surveillance System to intercept and analyze communications. More here. In the National Preparedness Report released by the Federal Emergency Management Agency found thatRead… Read more »
Notcompatible Android Security Buzz: This week a new malware package for Android managed to spark the internet intrest in the security of the Android mobile computing platform. The new malware, dubbed “Notcompatible” is limited in scope and vector — it is installed via user interaction and can only be installed on those phones which theRead… Read more »
The HTC One X comes in Black Tie or White Tails, your pick HTC recently released their flagship device, the One X, internationally, with a US release soon to follow. The device has a 4.7″ Super LCD 2 display at 720p, Tegra 3 innards, HSDPA+ modems and 32GB ROM (1GB RAM). The US version replacesRead… Read more »
All of these are for sale, but only some are worth buying Tuesday, Gizmodo released a well-thought out (and well researched) piece on when to buy iDevices based on price. Unfortunately, in my mind, this is the absolutely worst way to buy Apple products. One of the facts of life is that Apple releases devicesRead… Read more »
You may recall the incredible story by Arthur C. Clarke titled “Superiority” (available in the collection: The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke). This short story, written in 1951, is such a great read because it captures some key, apparently enduring qualities of militaries that become seduced by their technological superiority. The result: Even thoughRead… Read more »
Today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news round-up: Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is preparing to recommend elevating U.S. Cyber Command to a full combatant command. More here. Mozilla became the first major player in the industry to come down firmly against the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. MoreRead… Read more »
There is no excuse for the abuses we are learning about at GSA. We should all be bothered by the waste, fraud and abuse and I hope the government moves fast to correct the failures of leadership here. Something else should bother us. The bad apples at GSA who either conducted these crimes or allowedRead… Read more »
Today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news round-up: The proposed Social Networking Online Protection Act (SNOPA) would make it illegal for employers to demand access rto social media accounts. More here. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has requested proposals for automated tracking and identification solutions for satellites More here. The full report on theRead… Read more »