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Defense Department developing tech to track, identify hackers
Today, hackers can easily cover their tracks and avoid punishment. But the Pentagon is working on a tool that could reveal hackers' obscured identities.
By Justine Brown • May 4, 2016 -
Identity thieves steal W-2 data from ADP
The payroll, tax and benefits administration company provides resources for more than 640,000 businesses, but the company said only a small number of clients were impacted by the fraud.
By Justine Brown • May 4, 2016 -
W-2 related phishing scams see huge growth so far in 2016
Since January, more than 60 organizations said they have been victims of such incidents.
By Justine Brown • May 3, 2016 -
Report: Third parties increasingly pose data security risk
As a result of "negligent or malicious" third parties, organizations have spent an average of $10 million responding to security incidents.
By Justine Brown • May 2, 2016 -
Defense Department's bug bounty program draws more than 500 hackers
Security researchers and hackers alike have undergone background checks and are actively searching for bugs on the agency’s websites.
By Justine Brown • May 2, 2016 -
Symantec CEO departs as security company struggles to evolve
In addition to announcing the leadership change, the company also lowered its revenue guidance.
By Justine Brown • April 28, 2016 -
Internal chats, files at risk after developers from hundreds of companies leave Slack access tokens on Github
The tokens can provide access to a wide array of sensitive data shared inside Slack teams, from files and passwords to database credentials.
By Justine Brown • April 28, 2016 -
German nuclear plant infected with plethora of computer viruses
The viruses were reportedly kept offline and cannot impact the plant’s operations.
By Justine Brown • April 28, 2016 -
New federal cybersecurity rules moving too slow, senators say
Sens. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Tom Carper, D-Del., sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget this week voicing their frustrations that the lack of a new policy is preventing federal agencies from better protecting their networks.
By Justine Brown • April 28, 2016 -
House passes Email Privacy Act, 419-0
Though the legislation was unanimously passed in the House, it faces an uncertain future in the Senate.
By Justine Brown • April 28, 2016 -
Report: Human error, weak passwords among common traits in cybersecurity breaches
In its annual Data Breach Digest, Verizon released themes across the more than 500 cybersecurity incidents it investigated last year.
By Justine Brown • April 27, 2016 -
Fake DDoS attacks are leading to real extortion
Several VPN service providers were recently hit with empty threats—and paid up.
By Justine Brown • April 27, 2016 -
Deep Dive
Cryptoworms are coming, but is your company ready?
The latest trend in the security threat landscape could be self-propagating ransomware.
By Justine Brown • April 26, 2016 -
Investigators: Bangladesh Bank heist included SWIFT system hack
Security weaknesses reportedly enabled attackers to modify a SWIFT software program installed on bank servers.
By Justine Brown • April 26, 2016 -
Defense Department wants its own encrypted messaging platform
The DoD wants to create a new messaging app based on blockchain technology, which would make communications more secure.
By Justine Brown • April 26, 2016 -
Spotify user data appears online, but company vows no new hack occurred
The company said it has not been hacked and that its user records are secure, which has led some to conclude that the available account details are from a previous data breach.
By Justine Brown • April 26, 2016 -
Bug hunter finds backdoor in Facebook's servers left behind by hackers
But a member of the company's security team was quick to downplay the vulnerability on the third-party software and said hackers were unable to use the backdoor to breach other parts of Facebook's infrastructure.
By Justine Brown • April 25, 2016 -
Personal information of every voter in Mexico left unsecured
The data was available on an Amazon Web Services server that was not password protected, but the company says on its website that security in the cloud is up to the customers, while it manages security of the cloud.
By Justine Brown • April 25, 2016 -
MIT premieres bug bounty program
One of the first at a major U.S. university, the "experimental" bug bounty program will reward accredited affiliates who locate vulnerabilities on MIT’s internal domains.
By Justine Brown • April 25, 2016 -
SecureWorks launches first tech IPO of 2016, but results disappoint
The cybersecurity company raised $112 million, significantly less the $181 million it had originally hoped for.
By Justine Brown • April 25, 2016 -
Report: Bangladesh Bank subject to cyber heist had cheap, dated security
An investigator discovered the bank had no firewall and used second-hand switches to network computers.
By Justine Brown • April 21, 2016 -
NASA's defenses weakened from revolving door of security leadership, inspector general says
Over the past year and a half, NASA has had three "acting" senior security officers in the CIO's department.
By Justine Brown • April 21, 2016 -
Tech companies rally to fight 'unworkable' encryption bill
Companies like Apple, Facebook and Google, along with privacy proponents, say the proposed legislation would weaken defenses rather than strengthen them.
By Justine Brown • April 21, 2016 -
Google temporarily finds Google.com 'partially dangerous'
The company’s Safe Browsing program warns users about its own website.
By Justine Brown • April 21, 2016 -
Apple, FBI again fight over encryption at Congressional hearing
Congress is examining the issue again in light of recent draft encryption legislation.
By Justine Brown • April 20, 2016
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