TransUnion Data Breach Exposes Personal Information of 4.4 Million U.S. Consumers in Salesforce Attack
TransUnion, one of the three major U.S. credit reporting agencies, has confirmed a data breach impacting over 4.4 million people in the United States....
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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
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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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TransUnion Data Breach Exposes Personal Information of 4.4 Million U.S. Consumers in Salesforce Attack
TransUnion, one of the three major U.S. credit reporting agencies, has confirmed a data breach impacting over 4.4 million people in the United States....
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EU Begins Enforcement of Landmark AI Law, Imposing Tough Restrictions and Fines
The European Union has officially begun enforcing its groundbreaking artificial intelligence (AI) law, marking a major step in global AI regulation. As of Sunday,...
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Bipartisan Bill Would Bolster Security Defenses Against Open-Source Software Vulnerabilities
Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Rob Portman, R-Ohio, have proposed a bill to help protect federal and critical infrastructure systems by strengthening the security...
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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...