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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Abbot Releases Security Patches for Vulnerable St. Jude Cardiac Devices Following Government Probe

St. Jude Medical on Monday released a set of cybersecurity updates for the Merlin remote monitoring system which is used with implantable pacemakers and...

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...

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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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AT&T Begins Implementation of Robocall Crackdown

AT&T on Tuesday launched AT&T Call Protect, a free network-based service that gives eligible AT&T wireless customers with HD Voice the ability to block...

Netflix’s Twitter Account Compromised by Hacker Group

A hacker group calling itself OurMine managed to hack into Netflix’s Twitter feed on Wednesday, posting a series of tweets. The streaming service moved...

International Operation Targets Users of ‘DDoS for Hire’ Services

An operation involving 13 countries and aimed at users of “DDoS for hire” services led to the arrest of nearly three dozen suspects last...

SoftBank to Invest $1 billion in U.S. Venture OneWeb

U.S. satellite venture OneWeb Ltd., which is building a constellation of satellites to enable global broadband access, and SoftBank Group Corp. announced Monday that...

BMW Partners With IBM to Explore Integration of AI in Vehicle Production

IBM said Thursday it is collaborating with the BMW Group to explore the role of Watson cognitive computing in personalizing the driving experience and...

Yahoo Discloses New Data Breach: More Than 1 Billion User Accounts Hacked

In what is shaping up to be the largest breach yet, Yahoo disclosed on Wednesday that hackers gained unauthorized access to data associated with...

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