How the Feds prevent cyber attacks against the Federal Reserve

Very interesting article about some of the internals of the people responsible for constantly monitoring the Federal Reserve's networks for data being exfiltrated or computers on their network being compromised. They will detect if you plug in an unauthorized USB device and your computer can be instantly shunted in to a walled garden until it can be seized and searched for badness.

Amazing job these people do. This article originally appeared on the Foreign Policy web site under a really ridiculous registration system.

http://foreign-policy6.blogspot.com/2014/04/exclusive-meet-secret-fed-cyber.html

The tax return fraud gang that was targeting healthcare professionals?

As I suspected, there was a single point of failure, one company offering healthcare providers both payroll and HR services. They apparently were compromised. It's amazing how many people don't realize that once you surrender your company's information to a cloud or a third-party service provider that you no longer have any control over it.

I realize that the margins on clinics can be pretty thin and their cash flow can vary wildly, but they really need to reconsider out-sourcing basic practices. One or two people could handle payroll and HR for most clinics, too many people buy in to the buzzwords of the cloud etc.

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/04/tax-fraud-gang-targeted-healthcare-firms/