IBM to acquire endpoint security company Trusteer
IBM has signed an agreement to acquire security company Trusteer, and plans to set up a cybersecurity software lab in Israel.
John Ribeiro | 15 Aug | Read more
IBM has signed an agreement to acquire security company Trusteer, and plans to set up a cybersecurity software lab in Israel.
John Ribeiro | 15 Aug | Read more
The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday launched a review of whether the country uses optimally advancements in technology to protect its national security while preventing unauthorized disclosure and maintaining public trust.
John Ribeiro | 13 Aug | Read more
Bitcoin wallets on Android are vulnerable to theft because of problems in a component that generates secure random numbers, developers said.
John Ribeiro | 12 Aug | Read more
Silent Circle also shuttered its encrypted email service a few hours after Lavabit shut down citing an ongoing legal battle.
John Ribeiro | 09 Aug | Read more
Warrants are not required by the U.S. government to access historical cell site information, an appeals court ruled in an order.
John Ribeiro | 31 Jul | Read more
The White House is opposed to an amendment to a defense spending bill that would limit spending on mass surveillance by the National Security Agency.
John Ribeiro | 24 Jul | Read more
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has renewed permission to the U.S. government for a controversial program to collect telephone metadata in bulk.
John Ribeiro | 22 Jul | Read more
Tumblr, the blogging site recently acquired by Yahoo, has released a security update for its iPhone and iPad apps that it said addresses an issue that allowed passwords to be compromised in certain circumstances.
John Ribeiro | 17 Jul | Read more
Yahoo wants the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to order the public release of a secret order in a 2008 surveillance dispute, as it will demonstrate that the Internet company "objected strenuously" to government directives.
John Ribeiro | 11 Jul | Read more
A privacy group has filed legal action against the U.K. government for conducting mass surveillance on citizens across the U.K., including accessing data about people located in the U.K. that is collected and passed on by the U.S. National Security Agency.
John Ribeiro | 09 Jul | Read more
Venezuela's president Nicolas Maduro has offered to give asylum to Edward Snowden, the former contractor of the National Security Agency who leaked documents about the agency's surveillance programs.
John Ribeiro | 06 Jul | Read more
Applications for asylum or asylum assistance were submitted on behalf of former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden to a number of countries including China, Russia, and India, whistle-blower site WikiLeaks said Tuesday.
John Ribeiro | 02 Jul | Read more
Edward Snowden, the former U.S. National Security Agency contractor who leaked information about the country's surveillance programs, left Hong Kong Sunday to a third country.
John Ribeiro | 23 Jun | Read more
Web content filtering company Netsweeper has supplied its products to Pakistan, even as some top IT companies have refused to supply gear for a controversial filtering project, a Canadian research group has disclosed.
John Ribeiro | 20 Jun | Read more
Yahoo has received between 12,000 to 13,000 requests for user data from law enforcement agencies in the U.S. between Dec. 1 and May 31 this year, the company said Monday.
John Ribeiro | 18 Jun | Read more