FireEye, Pillsbury, Thomas Reuters Debut ‘Industry-First’ Cybersecurity Compliance Program
Thomson Reuters, Pillsbury and FireEye have formed what they call an “industry- first” collaboration to help corporations meet new regulations and manage risk related...
San Francisco’s Transit System Hit by Ransomware Attack: Passengers Get Free Rides
This weekend, the San Francisco Municipal Transport Authority (SFMTA) became the target of a cyberattack as hackers infected and took over more than 2,000...
Lawmaker Urges FTC to Investigate Office Depot Over Reports of Unnecessary Computer Repairs
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) sent a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Edith Ramirez urging the agency to investigate allegations that Office...
GSA Publishes Vulnerability Disclosure Policy on GitHub
The General Services Administration’s Technology Transfer Service (TTS) has published a vulnerability disclosure policy which it says which lays out rules of the road...
U.S. Navy Reveals Security Breach: 134,386 Sailors’ Data Accessed by Unknown Actors
The U.S. Navy said Wednesday that unknown actors gained access to the personally identifiable information (PII) of 134,386 current and former U.S sailors.
According to the...
DoD Rolls Out Initiatives to Allow Security Researchers Legally Hack It’s Public Websites
DoD officials have announced two initiatives to help strengthen cybersecurity in the Army and Defense Department.
The Vulnerablity Disclosure Policy is an offshoot of the...
NHTSA Releases Guidelines to Address Driver Distraction Caused by Electronic Devices
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released proposed guidelines on Wednesday to help address driver distraction caused by mobile...
NIST Publishes ‘Groundbreaking’ New Cybersecurity Guidance
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published what it called a “groundbreaking new security guideline that addresses the longstanding problem of...
CSRA Gets $52 Million to Strengthen Cyber Infrastructure for DHS
Virginia-Based CSRA Inc., a provider of information technology services to U.S. government clients in national security, civil government, and health care and public health,...
U.S. Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Stall Implementation of Enhanced Government Hacking Powers
U.S. lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan bill aimed at delaying controversial changes to search and seizure rules that would facilitate certain forms of hacking by law...