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Web giants collaborating to ensure emails stay encrypted
Companies like Google, Yahoo, Comcast and Microsoft want to fix an email security loophole to prevent the downgrade of encrypted connections to insecure ones.
By Justine Brown • March 21, 2016 -
Former Amazon exec to serve as Apple's new corporate security chief
George Stathakopoulos, the former vice president of information security at Amazon, will become Apple's new head of corporate information security.
By Justine Brown • March 20, 2016 -
Report documents highly successful phishing attacks on Russian banks
A criminal group has reportedly stolen more than $27.4M USD from Russian banks over the last year.
By Justine Brown • March 18, 2016 -
Deep Dive
Why are phishing scams still so successful?
Some old-school methods continue to succeed. What can be done to stop them?
By Justine Brown • March 17, 2016 -
Stolen digital certificates are hackers' latest weapon of choice
Businesses should ensure they protect their digital certificates to avoid theft.
By Justine Brown • March 17, 2016 -
DOJ files charges in alleged iCloud phishing scheme
The department confirmed that the attack, which involved several high-profile female celebrities, was not a hack into Apple’s databases.
By Justine Brown • March 17, 2016 -
Crypto ransomware infected ads hit major websites
The New York Times, the BBC, MSN, and AOL are all websites that have inadvertently served malware ads infected with ransomware.
By David Kirkpatrick , Naomi Eide • March 16, 2016 -
Report: Federal cyberthreat data-sharing initiative insufficient when it comes to security
The new assessment raises further concerns about whether companies can trust the federal government to protect the information it receives and shares.
By Justine Brown • March 15, 2016 -
Microsoft closing in on requirements to offer US government cloud services
The company is vying to become a cloud service provider for the U.S. government, which requires additional certifications and security measures.
By Justine Brown • March 15, 2016 -
#movingtoHTTPS: Google is now grading itself on encryption
More than 75% of requests to its servers use encrypted connections, the company said.
By Justine Brown • March 15, 2016 -
Google doubles bounty for successful hack of ChromeOS
The company hopes a higher reward will help it get ahead of potentially malicious exploits.
By Justine Brown • March 14, 2016 -
Facebook, Google and Snapchat want to protect user privacy through encryption
Silicon Valley tech companies are exploring new ways to integrate encryption into their products, bolstered by Apple's ongoing battle with the FBI.
By Justine Brown • March 14, 2016 -
At SXSW, Obama calls on tech industry to help government solve 'big problems'
President Barack Obama’s appearance at the festival was the first by a sitting president.
By Justine Brown • March 14, 2016 -
Industry group warns of potentially 'disruptive' new federal CISO role, calls for clear position definitions
Success of the new position would depend on top-down support and a clearly defined role, according to the committee.
By Justine Brown • March 13, 2016 -
Hackers take DDoS defense firm Staminus' systems offline, expose data
The hackers released stolen customer data online and provided California-based Staminus Communications Inc. "tips for running a security company."
By Justine Brown • March 13, 2016 -
Spelling error prevents hackers from stealing almost $1B
The U.S. government is helping investigate how hackers, in an online bank heist, stole funds from a Bangladesh central bank account at the New York Fed.
By Justine Brown • March 11, 2016 -
Organization issues 1 million free online security certificates to promote encryption
Growing amounts of cyber crime and data breaches has pushed more companies to implement encryption protocols.
By Justine Brown • March 9, 2016 -
Deep Dive
2016 could be the year of cyber insurance
As cyberattacks increase in frequency, cyber insurance may become a mandatory investment for many businesses this year.
By Justine Brown • March 9, 2016 -
Home Depot to pay $19.5M in settlement with data breach victims
Before the settlement, Home Depot said the breach had already cost them $152 million.
By Justine Brown • March 8, 2016 -
Seagate provided several thousand employee tax documents in phishing scam
An employee released the 2015 W-2 forms of all current and former employees in the scam.
By Naomi Eide • March 8, 2016 -
Amazon to restore encryption on Fire devices following backlash
The company said it removed the option to encrypt devices last fall because people weren’t using it.
By Justine Brown • March 6, 2016 -
Allies rally to help Apple fight 'GovtOS'
About 40 companies and organizations, as well as a few dozen individuals, have submitted briefs in federal court supporting Apple in the ongoing encryption battle.
By Justine Brown • March 4, 2016 -
Report: UK businesses reluctant to disclose cyberattacks to police
A new study also found businesses in the United Kingdom are generally under-prepared for an attack and need to take threats more seriously.
By Justine Brown • March 3, 2016 -
Former Google CEO to help make Pentagon more tech-savvy
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said a new advisory board will help the Department of Defense become more streamlined and innovative with technology.
By Justine Brown • March 3, 2016 -
Walmart 'coding error' exposes customer data
Fewer than 5,000 online pharmacy users were potentially affected during a 72-hour period, the company said.
By Justine Brown • March 3, 2016
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