Whoever succeeds Gen. Keith Alexander as the next director of the National Security Agency will be stuck weathering the fallout from the Edward Snowden media leaks for the conceivable future.
Jaikumar Vijayan |
18 Oct |
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Two Republican lawmakers Wednesday demanded that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) provide information on security measures used to secure the Federal Data Services Hub that was built to support Obamacare healthcare exchanges.
Jaikumar Vijayan |
16 Oct |
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For the third year in a row, California Gov. Jerry Brown has killed a bill that would have required state law enforcement authorities to get a warrant to search email and other electronic communications of criminal suspects.
Jaikumar Vijayan |
15 Oct |
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Edward Snowden got a job with top-level clearance at National Security Agency contractor after he had been dismissed by a previous employer -- the CIA -- on suspicion of breaking into computers without authorized access.
Jaikumar Vijayan |
11 Oct |
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Critical infrastructure companies could face new liability risks if they fail to meet voluntary cybersecurity standards being developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Jaikumar Vijayan |
11 Oct |
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The ongoing government shutdown could leave desktop and server systems in many federal agencies vulnerable to new threats disclosed Tuesday by Microsoft in its latest round of security updates.
Jaikumar Vijayan |
09 Oct |
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Security researchers Tuesday said reports of the arrest of the hacker behind Blackhole, one of the most widely used exploit kits on the Internet, is good news for IT operations and users.
Jaikumar Vijayan |
08 Oct |
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The FBI arrested Ross Ulbricht, the owner and operator of "Silk Road," an underground website that allegedly generated close to $1.2 billion in revenue in the past 30 months by trafficking in illegal drugs, malware tools, hacking services and other illicit items.
Jaikumar Vijayan |
02 Oct |
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A government shutdown that lasts more than a few days could test the ability of federal agencies to protect their information systems against security threats.
Jaikumar Vijayan |
01 Oct |
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About 100 public advocacy and other groups plan to stage what they hope will be a big rally in Washington D.C. to protest the the controversial National Security Agency surveillance programs disclosed by document-leaker Edward Snowden in June.
Jaikumar Vijayan |
27 Sep |
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Pay-as-you-drive insurance plans, where premiums are based on an individual's actual driving habits, pose a potential privacy risk for motorists, a recent study has found.
Jaikumar Vijayan |
27 Sep |
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In what has become a familiar pattern in countries in crisis, the government in Sudan appears to have pulled the plug on Internet services there.
Jaikumar Vijayan |
25 Sep |
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A Virginia Tech official Tuesday blamed human error for a data breach that may have exposed sensitive data on about 145,000 people who applied online for jobs at the school over the past 10 years.
Jaikumar Vijayan |
24 Sep |
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Though the NSA has apparently cracked widely used encryption algorithms, security experts maintain that, properly implemented, encryption is still the best way to secure data.
Jaikumar Vijayan |
23 Sep |
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A U.S. lawmaker wants to know whether the Touch ID fingerprint reader in Apple's iPhone 5S has adequate controls to protect the personal data of users.
Jaikumar Vijayan |
20 Sep |
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