Malware version of Angry Birds Space appears
Sophos has identified a Trojan horse masquerading as a Android version of the game on some unofficial apps stores.
DHS to track video-game consoles
DHS and the U.S. Navy are interested in extracting data from video game consoles purchased overseas, in order to catch terrorists and pedophiles.
FedRAMP still has some hurdles to clear, GSA's McClure says
Throughout government, security officers will have different interpretations of what security controls are acceptable, says GSA's Dave McClure.
Exercise provides strategies for new federal cyber center
A cyber exercise at Los Alamos National Laboratory is helping to lay the mission foundations and priorities for a new federal cyber coordination center.
NYC to try replacing pay phones with touch-screen kiosks
An upcoming pilot program in New York City will test the feasibility of replacing pay phones with interactive information kiosks.
China's government is latest Anonymous victim
The hacker collective Anonymous is going after the Chinese government, posting messages on several local government websites protesting Internet restrictions in China.
FOSE 2012 serves up 5 courses of hot tech
FOSE offers five conferences in one: program slices on cloud computing, cybersecurity, mobile computing, defense innovation and records management.
Got an old cell phone? Bring it to FOSE and support the troops.
You can recycle used phones at the trade show while contributing to the care packages Operation Gratitude sends overseas.
The next big tech? It's on the floor at FOSE.
The show floor will feature the latest technology from nearly 200 vendors displaying products aimed at government computing.
Army, FBI training about to get Epic
Epic Games has licensed its Unreal Engine 3, which powers such multiplayer games as "Gears of War" and "Mass Effect," to several of the U.S. government's intelligence and defense agencies.
Big Apple in .nyc state of mind with plans for its own TLD
New York City is set to take advantage of ICANN's new rules allowing an expanded number of top-level domains.
Malware Madness: Stuxnet, Nimda into the Final 4; who's next?
Half of the Final Four is set. Will the LoveBug and Zeus fill out the rest of the dance card, or can MyDoom and Conficker pull off the upsets?
Malware Madness: Conficker, Zeus ascend -- on to the Elite Eight
The mid-major malware is gone; it's time for Round Two.
Army opens an app store for iOS devices
The Army Software Marketplace prototype is a first step toward developing and delivering mobile apps to soldiers quickly.
Social media falls short in DARPA's CLIQR challenge
Nobody claimed the grand prize in the quest to test the potential effectiveness of social media during a disaster.
LoveBug shows no love in Malware Madness massacre
The virus that infected tens of millions of computers in 2000 still has it.
The Madness: Nimda ninjas Anna Kournikova; Code Red escapes
Code Red and Nimda survive the second bracket of the Malware Madness 2012 tournament. Voting is on for the next round.
White House e-mail was down 23 percent of Obama's first 40 days
The new administration walked into a White House of ancient IT and crumbling systems, CIO says.
Malware Madness: Stuxnet torches Christmas Tree; Melissa surprises
It's just the first bracket of Malware Madness 2012, and we already have our first upset.
DARPA challenge: Program satellites to salvage space tech
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency challenged programmers to help harvest valuable components from retired satellites still orbiting the Earth.
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