The Internet of Spies: Privacy Groups File Complaint With FTC Against Data-Stealing IoT Toy...
The Electronic Privacy Information Center, The Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood, The Center for Digital Democracy, and Consumers Union have filed a complaint...
ThyssenKrupp Targeted in ‘Massive’ Cyberattack
ThyssenKrupp, one of the world's largest producers of steel, revealed Thursday that it had been targeted by attackers located in Southeast Asia engaged in...
Endgame Lands $19 Million Cybersecurity Deal With U.S. Airforce
Cybersecurity firm Endgame said Wednesday it has won a $18.8 million contract with the U.S. Air Force to safeguard networks for their elite Cyber...
Data of Over 85 Million Dailymotion Users Exposed in Security Breach
The accounts of more than 85 million users of video sharing site Dailymotion have been hacked, according to information from Leakedsource. Dailymotion confirmed the breach...
Raytheon, DARPA Partner on Project to Protect US Power Grid Against Cyberattack
The Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, better known as DARPA, has awarded Raytheon multiple contracts to research and develop technologies that will detect...
Rule 41 Senate Block Fails: US Government Surveillance Powers Now Expanded
A final attempt by a bipartisan group of senators Wednesday to allow a vote to block a new rule that grants federal agents armed...
Variant of Mirai Botnet Infects Internet Routers of 900,000 Deutsche Telekom Customers
A cyberattack involving a variant of the Mirai botnet has interrupted the internet connection of close to a million Deutsche Telekom customers, the company...
Updated US-CERT Federal Incident Notification Guidelines go Into Effect Q2 2017
The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has released new cybersecurity incident notification guidelines, which will go into effect on April 1, 2017.
The document...
Lawmakers Say DOJ ‘Dodged’ Senate Questions About Government Hacking
Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. and Chris Coons, D-Del., said Tuesday they are “deeply disappointed with the Justice Department’s failure to substantively answer” many of...
Department of Justice Defends Controversial Hacking Power Expansion
The Department of Justice is defending controversial changes to Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure which would give law enforcement expanded...