Cyber

Was it some fallout from the alleged Russian hacking of the U.S. presidential election? Were they part of a hunt for a possible mole who tipped off American intelligence agencies? Was it a power struggle within Russia’s security services?

Hackers compromised the Washington, D.C., police’s closed-circuit TV system for public spaces for several days in advance of the Jan. 20, 2017, inauguration, according to a city officials spoken to by The Washington Post.

Hoteliers take retro approach – “as in times of our grandfathers” – after ransomware attack.

The FBI on Monday defended its decision to withhold documents on how it unlocked an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino, California, shooters, saying the information could be exploited by “hostile entities” if released to the public.

Paul Tortora, director of the U.S. Naval Academy’s Center for Cyber Security Studies, discusses cyber education.

In matters of cybersecurity, these professionals offer expertise and resources that could directly help agencies from becoming the latest victim.

Defense ISR company Polaris Alpha has acquired Intelesys Corporation, which provides technology for the U.S. intelligence community. “Since it was founded in 2004 by Geoffrey Bloom, John Szakmeister and Chris Lewis, Intelesys has played a critical role for the United States Intelligence Community’s mission critical cyber operations,” a Polaris Alpha news release said. “The company…

The draft executive order provides a three-pronged approach toward addressing cyberspace in the form of reviews, plus an additional report on how to encourage cybersecurity in the private sector.

Social Security numbers and tax documents for 1,400 employees at a Gillette hospital have been released through an email scam.

Multiple Twitter accounts for the Trump administration, including the official @POTUS, @VP and @FLOTUS accounts, recently exhibited various ill-managed basic security settings needing to be updated, according to a hacker able to recover email addresses associated with the accounts.