FTC sets $25,000 prize for automatic IoT patching
The tool, at minimum, will “help protect consumers from security vulnerabilities caused by out-of-date software,” said the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
Patrick Thibodeau | 04 Jan | Read more
The tool, at minimum, will “help protect consumers from security vulnerabilities caused by out-of-date software,” said the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
Patrick Thibodeau | 04 Jan | Read more
The cybersecurity attack that relied on connected devices, or the Internet of Things, was serious, unusual and historic.
Patrick Thibodeau | 25 Oct | Read more
Gates, also a former U.S. Secretary of Defense, also regaled the IT audience at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo with tales of old tech, including helicopter pilots having to grab film capsules before they hit the ground.
Patrick Thibodeau | 20 Oct | Read more
President Barack Obama on Tuesday officially put the FBI in charge of cyberattack responses.
Patrick Thibodeau | 27 Jul | Read more
Law firms and other professional services providers, such as financial investment advisors, are seen to be at high risk.
Patrick Thibodeau | 08 Apr | Read more
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) says it needs input from as many technical people, in as wide a range of specialties, as possible.
Patrick Thibodeau | 16 Mar | Read more
The pejorative that IT is the "department of "no" may no longer be true -- if it ever really was.
Patrick Thibodeau | 09 Jul | Read more
The White House has ordered federal agencies to take immediate steps to make some basic cybersecurity fixes. The move follows a massive breach of government employee records.
Patrick Thibodeau | 16 Jun | Read more
If cybercrime is visualized as a river, its headwaters may be in a doctor's office in places such as South Florida. It's here where a cellphone photograph of a medical form filled out by a patient can be sold for a minimum of $10.
Patrick Thibodeau | 02 Jun | Read more
The Internal Revenue Service, which disclosed this week the breach of 100,000 taxpayer accounts, has been steadily reducing the size of its internal cybersecurity staff as it increases its security spending. This may seem paradoxical, but one observer suggested it could signal a shift to outsourcing.
Patrick Thibodeau | 29 May | Read more
A U.S. House bill that will set the nation's basic research agenda for the next two years increases funding for computer science, but at the expense of other areas important to cybersecurity.
Patrick Thibodeau | 23 Apr | Read more
A week before former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was sworn into office in January 2009, clintonemail.com was registered as domain. It became Clinton's principal email address as secretary of state, and its use was known by U.S. officials.
Patrick Thibodeau | 09 Mar | Read more
In IT security, worst case scenarios became commonplace in 2014, and there's no end in sight. Headline-making data breaches will likely continue into this year, as businesses, governments and regulators play catch-up to this threat.
Patrick Thibodeau | 12 Feb | Read more
It has been an exceptional year for IT security breaches, which have become part of an escalating trend in destructive attacks. And they're going to get worse.
Patrick Thibodeau | 19 Dec | Read more
You can count on Republicans in the next Congress to champion less regulation on issues that matter to tech -- particularly, overreaching privacy and cybersecurity rules.
Patrick Thibodeau | 06 Nov | Read more