Obama will unveil new cybersecurity initiatives this week
President Barack Obama is set to unveil a series of initiatives to bolster U.S. cybersecurity that he will detail in speeches this week.
Elizabeth Heichler | 11 Jan | Read more
Stories by Elizabeth Heichler
Microsoft's top legal gun decries privacy "arms race"
The conflict between snooping governments seeking to defeat encryption and users demanding ever more robust privacy tools has turned into an arms race -- and it's time for arms control talks, Microsoft's general counsel said on Tuesday.
Elizabeth Heichler | 05 Nov | Read more
US federal watchdog calls for end to NSA phone records program
In a report to be released Thursday, the U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties board says the National Security Agency's bulk collection of phone records is illegal and should stop, according to the New York Times and the Washington Post, which received advance copies of the document.
Elizabeth Heichler | 23 Jan | Read more
Malware delivered to thousands via ads on Yahoo.com
Malicious ads served through Yahoo's ad network delivered malware to thousands of site visitors, according to researchers at Fox-IT, but Yahoo subsequently blocked the attack.
Elizabeth Heichler | 05 Jan | Read more
Prism leaker steps forward, cites 'massive surveillance machine'
The person responsible for disclosing details on the growth of U.S. government surveillance programs that exploded into public view last week has identified himself as 29-year-old Edward Snowden, a technology contractor working at the U.S. National Security Agency.
Elizabeth Heichler | 09 Jun | Read more
Cyberwarfare seen evolving ahead of rules of engagement
As the rhetoric heats up over cyberwar -- including warnings that attacks on the U.S. are imminent and alarms that the U.S. has escalated the risk via malware attacks on Iran's nuclear program -- the rules of engagement are missing in action.
Elizabeth Heichler | 12 Nov | Read more