Virtru is Like a Spell Check for Security: We Take Privacy Very Seriously –...
John Ackerly is the cofounder, CEO of Virtru Corporation. He spent the earlier part of his career working as the lead policy adviser on...
In New Report, FINRA Sees Potential Implications of Blockchain
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) on Wednesday issued a report that discusses the use and implications of DLT in the securities industry. The...
ProtonMail Encrypted Email Service Now Connecting Through Tor to Fight Censorship
ProtonMail, the encrypted email service created in 2013 by a group of engineers who met at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), said Thursday it...
NIST Updates Cybersecurity Framework
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a draft update to the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity—also known as the...
Open Whisper Systems: There is no WhatsApp Backdoor
Following widespread reports last week describing a “vulnerability” in WhatsApp, also referenced as a “backdoor,” Open Whisper Systems, the firm largely behind WhatsApps’s security...
SWIFT Explores Use of Blockchain Tech to Improve Database Reconciliation
Global interbank messaging organization SWIFT said Thursday it is launching of a Proof of Concept (PoC) to explore whether distributed ledger technology (DLT) can...
Sen. Warner Questions D.C.’s Metro on Cyberattack Preparedness
U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) on Monday grilled the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) on three areas related to systems communication –...
Popular Phone Hacking Firm Hacked by Hackers
Cellebrite, a firm hired by military groups and government to harvest data from mobile devices, has been hacked. The Israeli company confirmed on Thursday...
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...
IBM Watson Partners With FDA to Study Use of Blockchain Tech for Secure Exchange...
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,...