ProtonMail: Subscriptions to Encrypted Mail Client Increase 200 Percent Amidst Privacy Concerns
Encrypted email service ProtonMail says its platform has witnessed a sudden flurry of activity post-election, as people switch to encrypted communication platforms to protect...
Data of 412 Million Thrill-Seekers Exposed in FriendFinder Networks Hack
A data breach involving the accounts of more than 412 million users of adult dating company FriendFinder Networks has exposed more than two decades’...
OMB Updates Policies for Federal Agency Public Websites and Digital Services
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memo on Tuesday to heads of Executive departments and agencies informing them of updates to...
ONC’s Report to Congress Focuses on Interoperability and Future of Health IT
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), a staff division of the Office of the Secretary, within the U.S. Department...
House Committees to Probe Cyberattack Against Dyn
The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) and the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael...
U.S. Cyber Insurance Market Booms Following Data Breach Worries: Report
Most traditional commercial general liability policies do not cover cyberrisks, but cyber incidents were ranked as the third-highest global business risk in 2016, Allianz's...
NIST Releases Cybersecurity Guide for Securing Manufacturing Industrial Control Systems
NIST’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released a new draft project description, Capabilities Assessment for Securing Manufacturing Industrial Control Systems.
It addresses businesses’...
DOE Awards Funding to RTI to Research Smart Grid Security Utilizing DDS Standard
Real-Time Innovations (RTI), an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) connectivity platform company, said Monday it received funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)...
Lawmakers Urge FTC to ‘Use all Tools at its Disposal’ to Compel IoT Manufacturers...
Reps. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., and Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., wrote a letter on Thursday to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Edith Ramirez urging the agency...
IoT Security 101: Researchers Demonstrate How to Launch a Citywide Bricking Attack
How to launch a citywide bricking attack? Too easy, thanks to the proliferation of IoT devices that have blanketed the landscape in recent times....