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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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...
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...
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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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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...
BITAG Proposes Plan to Secure Internet-Connected Devices
The Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group (BITAG), made up of several major tech and communications firms, has proposed a plan to secure internet-connected devices.
BITAG,...
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Publishes Source Code on Github
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has published source code on Github for a sample application enabling a user to access and track the...
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...