Cyber

Following up on its January guidance to identify gaps in cybersecurity and information technology positions, the Office of Personnel Management wants agencies to designate a contact to measure their progress.

Unable to attract the millions of dollars for which they were hoping to sell their trove of purported government surveillance tools, the hacking group Shadow Brokers released it online for free this week.

Before leaving office, President Obama told Trump that North Korea should be treated as his number one national security priority. In turn, President Trump has clearly stated his administration’s determination to “resolve” North Korea, ideally with China’s help – but alone, if necessary.

A clear and rising danger of large scale digital attacks called for broad international cooperation and observance of the rule of law, with a special role for IT companies.

A new quarterly report on cyber threats from McAfee Labs looks at the challenges and proposed guidance for threat intelligence sharing in the face of an increasing volume of attackers.

Science and technology solutions company Leidos has been awarded a prime contract to operate the Department of Homeland Security’s NextGen Security Operations Center, which provides cybersecurity services to enterprisewide DHS networks.

Czech prosecutors established that both extradition requests are acceptable and Prague’s Municipal Court will decide.

A warning issued during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on Tuesday said the potential for a major cyberattack against the nation’s power grid is “at an all time high.”

Intel Security is no more after McAfee spun off as an independent company once more.

Dubai police have arrested suspected foreign hackers who allegedly targeted five senior White House officials in a blackmail email scam, state-owned media reported Monday.