The Australian Signals Directorate updated its widely-cited cybersecurity guidance with four new policies for improving overall security, helping set the stage for greater government cybersecurity engagement with businesses that are likely to soon face breach-notification laws.
David Braue | 13 Feb | Read more
Last week, the IRS released an updated damage estimate of the hack of the tax transcript request website -- cyberthieves used the transcripts to file fraudulent returns in order to get their hands on as much as $39 million in tax refunds.
Maria Korolov | 13 Jun | Read more
The IRS breach revealed last week will be Topic No. 1 at a hearing today before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, and agency officials are expected to place the blame for the data leak on lawmaker-driven cutbacks in funding.
The IRS breach revealed last week will be Topic No. 1 at a hearing today before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, and agency officials are expected to place the blame for the data leak on lawmaker-driven cutbacks in funding.
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
One seemingly unshakeable truth about the online world since it began is this: The Internet never forgets. Once you post anything online, it is recoverable forever -- the claims of former IRS official Lois Lerner about "lost" emails notwithstanding. Even promises of photos disappearing after a few seconds have been shown to be bogus.
Taylor Armerding | 05 Aug | Read more