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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New Cyber Bill Proposes Agency Heads be Fired When Breaches Occur
A bill introduced in the House this week by Rep. Ralph Abraham, R-La., proposes that agency heads be demoted, fired or subjected to disciplinary...
Cyber Attacks Against Federal Agencies Increase 1,300 Percent Between 2006 and 2015 – GOA
The United States Government Accountability Office (GOA) has issued a new report in which it outlines the complexity and scope of cyber security threats...
If You Could Give Less Than an F Grade, OPM’s Management Deserves a G Grade Over the Breach – Ntrepid CEO
Ntrepid's Richard Helms explains the reason why browser protection, not identity protection, is the best solution for handling the aftermath of the OPM breach.
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U.S. Judge Rules Bitcoin is Money
A federal judge issued a ruling on Monday, in the case of affirming that Bitcoin qualifies as money. This decision is linked to a...
Security Researchers Demonstrate How to Remotely Hack a Tesla Model S
It goes without saying that the very connectedness of self-driving vehicles is also, without the shadow of any doubt, their biggest flaw. Unlike traditional...
U.S. Government Takes ‘Unprecedented Step’ of Providing Framework for Autonomous Vehicles
The Obama Administration has taken the "unprecedented step" of announcing what it termed a new Federal Automated Vehicles Policy to help facilitate the responsible...
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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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NTIA to Convene Multistakeholder Meetings on IoT Security Upgradability and Patching
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced Monday that it is convening meetings of a multistakeholder process concerning Internet of Things Security Upgradability...
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French multinational bank and financial services company, BNP Paribas Securities Services, said Monday it is expanding its blockchain platform for private stocks to help...
HHS Awards Over $87 Million in Funding to Upgrade Health Centers’ IT
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced on Thursday the award of more than $87 million in funding for 1,310 health...
We Are Outnumbered and Outresourced by Hackers: Bug Bounties are Here to Stay – Bugcrowd CEO
Bug bounty programs are an increasingly popular way of discovering security bugs, with many organizations turning to this cost-effective model of crowdsourcing cybersecurity where...
Press Release: Government Cloud Adopters Plan to Nearly Double Cloud Use in Next Five Years
MERITALK STUDY REVEALS FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL, AND HIGHER EDUCATION CLOUD ADOPTERS PLAN TO NEARLY DOUBLE CLOUD USE IN NEXT FIVE YEARS
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IBM, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ to Use Blockchain Technologies For Projects
IBM announced Friday that it has signed a contract with the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) to examine the design, management and execution of...