Cybersecurity

A group of the world's top cybersecurity experts recommend against giving government agencies like the FBI and the National Security Agency backdoor access to the encrypted information stored by tech giants like Google and Facebook, saying it would put sensitive data at risk of being compromised by…

Updated | Hacking Team, a cybersecurity company that sells hacking software to law enforcement in dozens of countries, just got hacked itself. The Italian outfit’s security services use malware and vulnerabilities to tap into target computers and phones.... Read more

In yesterday’s world of enterprise security, there were a few well-known points of weakness for the bad guys to target in their attacks, which made defending against threats, well, much simpler. But today’s mobile and cloud-enabled world offers thousands, if not millions, of touch points for…

UC Irvine Medical Center said 4,859 patients are being notified of a data breach involving their sensitive medical information. The hospital said it discovered in March that an employee improperly accessed information including patient names, dates of birth, addresses, diagnoses, medical tests…

Take it from someone who has spent 41 years of his career as a mathematician, cryptographer and technical director at the U.S. National Security Agency: Healthcare is hugely vulnerable to cybercrime. And this is a reality health organizations need to quickly come to terms with so they can better…

The hacking of the health records of as many as 1 in 3 Americans has awoken the health care industry to an unpleasant reality: After spending billions to install computerized documents in hospitals and networks, it now must spend billions more to make them secure.... Read more

The National Security Agency shut off its massive collection of U.S. telephone records at 11:59 p.m. EDT Sunday, shortly after a rare weekend session in the Senate failed to craft a measure to extend the program. Senators moved forward with a House-passed bill that would reform the NSA's…

It’s a brave new world when hackers step in to protect citizens because regulators are not getting the job done. Two years after President Obama signed an executive order setting voluntary guidelines that companies could follow to prevent cyberattacks — especially on critical infrastructure like…

Germany's top public prosecutor will look into accusations that the country's BND foreign intelligence agency violated laws by helping the United States spy on officials and firms in Europe, including Airbus group, the federal prosecutors office said.... Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — The Pentagon on Thursday took a major step designed to instill a measure of fear in potential cyberadversaries, releasing a new strategy that for the first time explicitly discusses the circumstances under which cyberweapons could be used against an attacker, and naming the countries…

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter is due to unveil an updated cyber strategy on Thursday that will stress the military's ability to retaliate with cyber weapons, a capability he hopes will help deter attacks... Read more

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