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Android, Mac malware on rise, and beware mom-and-pop websites

PCs are still the biggest target for cyber criminals, and legitimate but small-time, seldom-updated websites are becoming a common vector, McAfee’s threat report says.

Greg Crowe

Play Navy video game, save the world

The Navy is using a computer game to crowdsource ideas to help make our fighting forces more efficient -- and less costly.

USASpending takes big data to the cloud

The General Services Administration's USASpending.gov website is using the GCE Big Data and Analytics Cloud for storing and managing large volumes of data.

City's mobile method: Central management, full-disk encryption and no BYOD (yet)

Fresno, Calif., automates the task of tracking and controlling its network endpoints, both stationary and mobile.

Marine Corps Exchanges using analytics to improve merchandise planning

The MCX will use SAS to perform cluster analyses, which will help it gain better insight into the unique and changing needs of the local population.

Android malware growing at 'staggering' pace, report states

Families of Android malware quadrupled in the past year, while the files used to distribute the malware skyrocketed from 139 to 3,063, according to a report from F-Secure.

DOD develops Web apps to fight pirates (the real kind)

An international effort by the Defense Department and the U.S. Navy is developing Web-based applications that will let allied navies share data in the fight against piracy on the high seas.

Georgia fights tax fraud with identity-based filters

Georgia is using the LexisNexis Tax Refund Investigative Solution in a pilot program to mitigate identity fraud and has awarded the company a contract to continue the effort.

Can better software make cyberattacks a losing proposition?

A conference on secure software development aims to raise the bar for attackers trying to compromise IT systems.

William Jackson

Surprise: 57 percent admit to using pirated software

Is it just coincidence that unmanaged and unpatched software continues to be a major security problem?

New Red Hat Linux 5 version meets federal security standards

A new security certification allows federal agencies to use Red Hat's Enterprise Linux 5 with the KVM hypervisor on IBM systems for a variety of command and control and secure operations.

Utah portal integrates social media

Utah.gov has a new infrastructure that dynamically integrates data and information into a portal and delivers it in real time without the need for a Web content management system

The best mobile apps: Simple, easy to use, ready to reuse

CIOs describe what works with mobile application development at NASCIO's Mid-year Conference.

Partnership develops encryption for federal mobile devices

Verizon and Cellcrypt will offer voice encryption for smart phones and tablets running the Android, BlackBerry and iOS operating systems.

Windows 8 a step forward in security, researcher says

A researcher examining early releases of Microsoft's new operating system says Windows 8 makes it harder to exploit vulnerabilities.

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