The bill, introduced by Democratic legislators on Tuesday, would direct a committee to create security benchmarks and then give labels to products who meet those standards.
- By Haley Samsel
- Oct 24, 2019
Different generations approach technology at work in vastly different ways, the report found.
- By Haley Samsel
- Oct 23, 2019
A group of security researchers found that applications for Google Home and Alexa could be used to obtain passwords and overhear conversations from unsuspecting users.
- By Haley Samsel
- Oct 22, 2019
Sen. Ron Wyden, a staunch advocate of increased cybersecurity regulations, introduced the legislation as part of an effort to track how companies collect and share customer data.
- By Haley Samsel
- Oct 21, 2019
When companies don’t follow basic security practices, they leave themselves vulnerable.
- By Gilad David Maayan
- Oct 18, 2019
The company, which serves over 1.5 million clients, has been able to get some services back online but is still working to address the damage.
- By Haley Samsel
- Oct 16, 2019
How security teams can improve their defense strategy by integrating bots
- By Gilad David Maayan
- Oct 16, 2019
The health organization realized during an investigation of an August breach that its systems had been breached several times prior to the known attack.
- By Haley Samsel
- Oct 14, 2019
For the third year in a row, SMBs are reporting big increases in the frequency of cybersecurity attacks.
- By Haley Samsel
- Oct 11, 2019
Law enforcement are increasingly worried about the possibility of end-to-end encryption, which does not provide police with a way to access communications between potential suspects.
- By Haley Samsel
- Oct 08, 2019
At a legislative hearing Friday, court administrators answered questions about their decision to hire “penetration testers” who were arrested for burglary last month.
- By Haley Samsel
- Oct 08, 2019
Over 200 accounts were targeted by the group of hackers, but only four were compromised, according to Microsoft.
- By Haley Samsel
- Oct 07, 2019
Even if an organization decides to pay a ransom against the FBI’s advice, they should report the crime to law enforcement, according to the FBI alert.
- By Haley Samsel
- Oct 07, 2019
In the latest ransomware attack scourge, three hospitals in Alabama were able to continue serving existing patients but said they could not take new cases.
- By Haley Samsel
- Oct 04, 2019
The French government plans to introduce a program called Alicem that will require residents to take a selfie video to compare to their passport photo.
- By Haley Samsel
- Oct 04, 2019
Security researchers found 11 significant vulnerabilities in devices that use the IPnet software, though there are no confirmed incidents involving takeovers of the devices.
- By Haley Samsel
- Oct 03, 2019
The Department of Homeland Security is refocusing its efforts on cyber threats to aircraft, and the Air Force is sponsoring “hacking villages” to discover hacking vulnerabilities.
- By Haley Samsel
- Oct 02, 2019
Two of the biggest trends today, particularly in the security surveillance and IoT realms, are border security and the emergence of local governments transforming their communities into smart cities.
- By Kevin Taylor
- Oct 01, 2019
Contractors will face big changes and tight timelines next year when the Defense Department institutes its new Cyber Maturity Model Certification framework
- By Derek B. Johnson
- Oct 01, 2019
Under GDPR, companies can be fined for not having their records in order, not notifying the supervising authority and those affected by a breach, or not conducting an impact assessment.
- By Richard Kanadjian
- Oct 01, 2019