The report, prepared by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, tested a variety of cybersecurity solutions in different IT environments to find out which methods were most effective in fighting ransomware.
- By Haley Samsel
- Jan 29, 2020
New Jersey police are banned from using Clearview AI’s app, and Twitter has demanded that the small company delete any photos collected from its website.
- By Haley Samsel
- Jan 28, 2020
Seventeen companies, including Microsoft and Cloudflare, are offering security assistance to federal campaigns that often cannot afford the services themselves.
- By Haley Samsel
- Jan 27, 2020
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
Some security experts and lawmakers have criticized the Department of Health and Human Services for failing to enforce privacy laws and fine organizations that did not protect patient records.
- By Haley Samsel
- Jan 14, 2020
Weak passwords, insecure network services and a lack of secure update mechanisms top the list of risks for companies utilizing IoT technology.
- By Gilad David Maayan
- Jan 13, 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
Following the disclosure of several security issues, TikTok issued a patch to ensure that user privacy was protected.
- By Haley Samsel
- Jan 09, 2020
The advisory warned businesses about cyber attacks featuring cryptocurrency sites and spam campaigns impersonating government agencies.
- By Haley Samsel
- Jan 08, 2020
Technology advances have made security and access management more efficient.
- By James Barbour
- Jan 08, 2020
The department warned in an alert that Iran has a “robust cyber program” and can carry out attacks to temporarily disrupt critical infrastructure.
- By Haley Samsel
- Jan 07, 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
Native Americans had the highest rates of false positives, while African-American women were most likely to be misidentified in a law enforcement database.
- By Haley Samsel
- Dec 24, 2019
The security camera company owned by Amazon says that there was not a breach of its servers and blame the issue on lax cybersecurity practices by users.
- By Haley Samsel
- Dec 23, 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
The foundation has reported at least 30 incidents that targeted their Twitter account and followers last month with GIFs and videos of harmful strobe lights.
- By Haley Samsel
- Dec 18, 2019