Pennsylvania Cyber Attack Causes Disruption to State Courts Website

On Sunday, the official website of Pennsylvania's state courts agency was hit by a cyberattack, causing temporary disruptions to several online systems. Despite the attack, officials have reassured the public that there is no evidence of compromised data, and...

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Hacker Group Shadow Brokers Dump More Stolen NSA Cyberweapons in Apparent Farewell

TheShadowBrokers, the hacking group suspected of stealing cyberweapons from the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) on Thursday released more from their arsenal of stolen...

Fiat Chrysler Failed to Disclose Engine Management Software – EPA

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday issued a notice of violation to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. and FCA US LLC (collectively FCA)...

OPM Launches New Cyber Careers Website, CyberCareers.gov

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on Tuesday launched the CyberCareers.gov website, which it called “a critical piece” of the Federal Cybersecurity Workforce...

IBM Watson Partners With FDA to Study Use of Blockchain Tech for Secure Exchange of Healthcare Data

IBM Watson Health said Wednesday it has signed a research initiative with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) aimed at defining a secure,...

DHS Designates Election Infrastructure as a Critical Infrastructure Subsector

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Friday that the nation’s election infrastructure will be designated as a subsector of the existing Government Facilities...

EU Proposes Updated Legislation to Ensure Stronger Privacy Rules in Electronic Communications

A proposal presented by the European Union executive on Tuesday will implement new rules to make it tougher for online messaging and email services...

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We Are at The Edge of Realizing the Potentials of Bug Bounties and Crowdsourced Security – Hackerone

More organizations are taking advantage of bug bounty programs to strengthen their security postures. It simply makes sense – crowdsource the best cyber talent at scale to find those security gaps before the bad actors find them, and exploit...

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Virtru is Like a Spell Check for Security: We Take Privacy Very Seriously – Virtru CEO

John Ackerly is the cofounder, CEO of Virtru Corporation. He spent the earlier part of his career working as the lead policy adviser on technology issues at the White House, and Policy Director at the Department of Commerce. Ackerly...

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Email Privacy Bill Reintroduced to Fix Loophole in Privacy Law

Representatives Kevin Yoder (R-KS) and Jared Polis (D-CO) on Monday reintroduced the Email Privacy Act, legislation that modernizes America’s digital privacy laws by establishing...

DTCC Collaborates With IBM, AXIONI and R3 on Distributed Ledger Project

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, said Monday that it has selected...

Apteligent Open-Sources Its Xamarin SDK to Enable .NET Developers Build Native Apps

Apteligent, a provider of analytics and mobile business insights, said Thursday it has decided to open source its Xamarin component. Xamarin, which was purchased...

FTC Launches Public Challenge for Tool to Protect Against Security Vulnerabilities in IoT Systems

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Wednesday announced a prize competition that challenges the public to create a tool that consumers can deploy to...

ZigBee Alliance Debuts Universal Language for IoT

  The zigbee alliance announced Tuesday that from CES 2017 this week it will be showcasing the path to what it called “a unified Internet...

BNP Paribas Processes Its First Real-Time Blockchain Payments

France's BNP Paribas said Wednesday it has processed several live payments for two of its longstanding corporate clients, Amcor, a provider of packaging solutions and...

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