Cybersecurity
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A new toolkit known as \"SpyEye\" allows hackers to issue commands to networks of thousands of bot computers to deliver scam and conduct hack attacks. And the price on the cyber black market is going down, meaning the tool could be in a lot more nefarious hands soon.
August 22, 2011 -
On today\'s Federal Drive: a new framework for the Senior Executive Service, the Pentagon\'s inspector general investigates the department\'s personnel chief over allegations of mismanagement and abuse of power, and a proposed OPM rule would allow federal employees to run for local office.
August 22, 2011 -
Ernest McDuffie, who oversees NIST\'s National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education program, joined the Federal Drive to discuss the initiative and the next steps for the program.
August 19, 2011 -
On today\'s Federal Drive: OMB\'s budget guidance calls for cuts to agency spending, the SEC is hit by allegations of destroying documents and the USPS begins negotiating with two postal unions.
August 19, 2011 -
Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn said a new pilot program that allows for more cybersecurity information sharing between the Pentagon and contractors appears to be working well.
August 18, 2011 -
Today on the Federal Drive: The Defense Intelligence Agency wants to ease the revolving door so it\'s younger workforce can return if they depart and the GAO rates a Federal Protective Service project poorly.
August 18, 2011 -
Alan Paller is the Vice President for Research at the Sans Institute.
August 17, 2011 -
Weak information security controls have put financial systems at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation at risk, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
August 17, 2011 -
Rod Beckstrom, ICANN\'s president and CEO, announced that after he finishes his current term, which ends in July 2012, he\'ll step down. The low-profile nonprofit organization is tasked with managing top-level Internet domains.
August 17, 2011 -
Kerry O\'Connor, program manager of the State Department\'s Sounding Board, joins host John Gilroy to talk about security and crowdsourcing. August 16, 2011
August 16, 2011 -
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) has introduced a new piece of cybersecurity legislation that would strengthen data breach laws.
August 16, 2011 -
The Federal Trade Commission has fined a software developer $50,000 for an application that collected private information from children using an online character.
August 16, 2011 -
The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln has become the first Navy vessel to undergo a cybersecurity inspection while at sea. The ship passed with a score that surpassed what the Navy has been able to accomplish even at its shore-based units.
August 15, 2011 -
Dickie George, the technical director of the Information Assurance Directorate at the National Security Agency, joined the Federal Drive to discuss the agency\'s robust hiring efforts, including in the cyber realm.
August 15, 2011 -
The National Institute of Standards and Technology unveiled a plan for cybersecurity education. The agency will take public comments on the draft plan through Sept. 12.
August 15, 2011
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