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Google turns email encryption effort over to GitHub
As part of a community-driven open source end-to-end encryption research effort, Google is hoping developers can help make E2E more user-friendly
By Justine Brown • Feb. 28, 2017 -
Microsoft adds option to prevent Windows 10 installation of 'bloatware'
Windows 10 users will soon be able to restrict the installation of software from any source other than the Windows Store.
By Justine Brown • Feb. 28, 2017 -
Cloudflare admits bug leaked customer data for months
About one in every 3.3 million HTTP requests to Cloudflare sites may have exposed data with the "Cloudbleed" leak.
By Justine Brown • Feb. 27, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Why third-party risk is worth the reward
With the transition to service providers and cloud offerings, security concerns began to fall outside the purview of the enterprise and instead to workloads and relationship processes.
By Naomi Eide • Feb. 27, 2017 -
Cybercriminals offer 'customer support' to help victims pay ransomware
Transcripts of "customer support" chat reveal how creative criminals can be in order to get paid.
By Justine Brown • Feb. 24, 2017 -
Why Adobe is rolling out digital signatures for any device
Instead of waiting until they return to the office to print and sign a document, users can now review, sign and send documents securely via any mobile device.
By Justine Brown • Feb. 23, 2017 -
Elite federal tech team in hot water over shadow IT
The General Services Administration’s internal watchdog found 18F, an organization established by the Obama administration, created its own security assessment and authorization process.
By Justine Brown • Feb. 23, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Who really owns security in the enterprise?
As an increase in large-scale breaches and embarrassing cybersecurity shortcomings have illustrated security's bottom-line impact, different parties have become invested, from the general council to the CEO.
By Naomi Eide • Feb. 23, 2017 -
Netflix 'Stethoscope' finds the beat of employees' security habits
The streaming giant believes a user-focused approach to improving security can enable better results, so now it's open-sourcing its internal tool.
By Justine Brown • Feb. 22, 2017 -
DHS wants to stop the rise of large-scale DDoS attacks
The use of botnets to launch DDoS attacks made such attacks bigger and more lethal, so much so that DHS is dedicating time and money to address the issue.
By Justine Brown • Feb. 21, 2017 -
Deep Dive
7 experts share their personal cybersecurity habits
Speaking at RSA 2017 in San Francisco, experts outlined their personal cybersecurity habits, from using password managers to paying attention to the merging of physical and digital security.
By Naomi Eide • Feb. 21, 2017 -
Naomi Eide/CIO Dive
Deep DiveTechnobabble: The 5 best booths at RSA 2017
It's not always about the flashiness of a booth that can gain a viewer's attention. Rather, cleverness can go a long way and so can promising "swag."
By Naomi Eide • Feb. 17, 2017 -
Tech groups want lawmakers to add privacy protections to FISA
Section 702 gives the National Security Agency authority to view communications, including internet traffic, of people living outside the U.S.
By Justine Brown • Feb. 17, 2017 -
Verizon, Yahoo could discount deal by $300M
The deal could be announced this week, though it may not close until the summer.
By Justine Brown • Feb. 15, 2017 -
RSA 2017: Nation state cybercrime has created the need for a 'digital Geneva convention'
Speaking Tuesday at RSA in San Francisco, Brad Smith, the president and chief legal officer of Microsoft, called on countries to form an international agreement to better protect the private sector from nation state cyberthreats.
By Naomi Eide • Feb. 15, 2017 -
Hackers infiltrated 5,000 devices on a college campus
The nightmarish situation is used as a case study for network security across academe.
By Jarrett Carter • Feb. 14, 2017 -
Opinion
Businesses need to prepare as ransomware emerges as one of the most dangerous cyberthreats
The blackmail threat is faceless, with plenty of modern day raiders hacking into computers and accounts and then demanding money to return the victim's data.
By Mark Crosbie • Feb. 14, 2017 -
Why your next hire could be a hacker
To stop a hacker, you need to think like a hacker.
By Justine Brown • Feb. 14, 2017 -
Hackers beware, IBM puts Watson AI on cybersecurity case
Big Blue says 50 of its customers have tested the new software.
By Justine Brown • Feb. 14, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Cybersecurity — What CIOs need to know
As it turns out, organizations are still trying to construct larger "castle walls," failing to realize that aggressors' methods are far more advanced and lack rule-based limitations.
By Naomi Eide • Feb. 13, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Privacy Shield: Where are we now?
What's changed? It has been a year since E.U. and U.S. officials agreed to form a new pact for data exchange, and seven months since that pact was officially adopted.
By Justine Brown • Feb. 13, 2017 -
Senators push Yahoo CEO for answers
Senators say so far the company has been unable to provide answers to many basic questions. Yahoo has yet to respond.
By Justine Brown • Feb. 13, 2017 -
Snap signs up for AWS cloud too, just in case
In the name of redundancy, the social media company has signed on for its second enormous investment in cloud services.
By Justine Brown • Feb. 10, 2017 -
With bug bounties going mainstream, HackerOne gets $40M funding boost
The bug bounty company says its hacker community tripled to nearly 100,000 in 2016.
By Justine Brown • Feb. 9, 2017 -
'Net neutrality,' 'botnet' make it into the dictionary
As technology permeates all areas of life and business, tech terms naturally have become more commonplace.
By Justine Brown • Feb. 8, 2017
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