Insurers have made “dramatic” increases in premiums for cyber-insurance and are considering lowering the ransom amounts they will pay.
- By Haley Samsel
- Jan 24, 2020
Party leaders say they have taken steps to protect cybersecurity and that there will be paper records to verify each vote for the final results.
- By Haley Samsel
- Jan 22, 2020
Lawmakers are trying to deter would-be hackers from carrying out cyber attacks that have paralyzed companies, hospital systems and local governments, including Baltimore’s city government.
- By Haley Samsel
- Jan 21, 2020
Because the technique involves impersonating a trusted employee, the hacking method has the potential to be unusually effective.
- By Haley Samsel
- Jan 17, 2020
The data privacy bill would give consumers the right to access and delete data collected about them, while the facial recognition legislation would regulate government use of the software.
- By Haley Samsel
- Jan 15, 2020
The bipartisan measure would allow parents to delete information collected by companies about their kids and raise the age of parental consent protection from 13 to 16.
- By Haley Samsel
- Jan 13, 2020
The advisory warned businesses about cyber attacks featuring cryptocurrency sites and spam campaigns impersonating government agencies.
- By Haley Samsel
- Jan 08, 2020
The company has faced complaints, and a lawsuit, from customers that hackers were able to take over accounts and speak to children through the doorbell camera’s speaker.
- By Haley Samsel
- Jan 07, 2020
Can we imagine a new decade in which we protect our privacy and security while still maintaining innovation and freedom online?
- By Tyler Reguly
- Dec 30, 2019
New findings by security firm Pen Test Partners reveal that 47 million devices worldwide could be exposed and tracked thanks to a strikingly insecure cloud platform.
- By Haley Samsel
- Dec 20, 2019
As shoppers try to find deals in time to put presents under the tree, phishing campaigns are making it more difficult for consumers to tell if a website is naughty or nice.
- By Tyler Reguly
- Dec 18, 2019
The travel companies were fined for lax data security practices that potentially led to a breach affecting 880,000 payment cards globally.
- By Haley Samsel
- Dec 17, 2019
The cyberattack caused the city to completely shut down its network for several days, but did not affect emergency services.
- By Haley Samsel
- Dec 16, 2019
The ongoing debate over Apple and Facebook’s decision to not build “backdoors” for law enforcement to obtain encrypted messages continued to rage during a Senate hearing on Tuesday.
- By Haley Samsel
- Dec 12, 2019
The influx of temporary workers can often threaten data security for retailers. But it doesn't have to.
- By Mike Betsko
- Dec 04, 2019
The viral app concerned senators due to the amount of data that it collected, including facial scans of users.
- By Haley Samsel
- Dec 04, 2019
The government claims that the new requirement will prevent fraud for citizens, but critics see it as the furthering of invasive surveillance measures.
- By Haley Samsel
- Dec 03, 2019
Officials have seen an increase of counterfeit goods being sold directly to customers as well as a rise in the use of the dark web.
- By Haley Samsel
- Dec 03, 2019
Once upon a time, this was the year when cars could fly, human immune systems healed themselves and cops could stop a crime dead in its tracks. While some of these things are still more of a dream than a reality, the last one is becoming more viable every day.
- By Clayton Brown
- Dec 01, 2019
A cyber attack on an IT services provider has had major consequences for nursing homes, some of which may have to close down if they do not gain access to crucial patient data.
- By Haley Samsel
- Nov 27, 2019