Outlook.com and Hotmail block all state govt email after hijacked account sends 8 million spam messages
Oregon state's email domain reputation took a nose dive after an employee clicked on a phishing link.
Oregon state's email domain reputation took a nose dive after an employee clicked on a phishing link.
The Internal Revenue Service, which disclosed this week the breach of 100,000 taxpayer accounts, has been steadily reducing the size of its internal cybersecurity staff as it increases its security spending. This may seem paradoxical, but one observer suggested it could signal a shift to outsourcing.
Patrick Thibodeau | 29 May | Read more
Australian government departments have until September to outline how they will comply with all 36 of the security controls outlined in the Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF) and Information Security Manual (ISM) under the prescriptive first deliverable from the fledgling Digital Transformation Office (DTO).
David Braue | 09 Apr | Read more
A week before former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was sworn into office in January 2009, clintonemail.com was registered as domain. It became Clinton's principal email address as secretary of state, and its use was known by U.S. officials.
Patrick Thibodeau | 09 Mar | Read more
You can count on Republicans in the next Congress to champion less regulation on issues that matter to tech -- particularly, overreaching privacy and cybersecurity rules.
Patrick Thibodeau | 06 Nov | Read more
The Obama Administration has secured a 90-day extension of the National Security Agency's controversial authority to collect phone metadata records on U.S. customers under the Patriot Act.
Jaikumar Vijayan | 02 Apr | Read more
Sen. Dianne Feinstein's (D-Calif.) claim that the CIA violated provisions of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act when it accessed computers used by members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, could be hard to substantiate, according to a leading legal expert.
Jaikumar Vijayan | 13 Mar | Read more
The National Security Agency has reportedly appointed Rebecca Richards, a former deputy privacy official at the Department of Homeland Security, as its first privacy officer.
Jaikumar Vijayan | 29 Jan | Read more
Reports this week that the National Security Agency uses radio signals to collect data from tens of thousands of non-U.S. computers, some not connected to the Internet, is sure to fuel more acrimony towards the U.S. spy agency.
Jaikumar Vijayan | 15 Jan | Read more
An analysis of the NSA's controversial bulk telephone records collection initiative suggests that the cost of running and maintaining the effort may far outweigh any benefits.
Jaikumar Vijayan | 03 Jan | Read more
An Arizona lawmaker is eyeing an unusual way of reigning in the National Security Agency, which has been under fire for questionable surveillance practices: Block it from operating in her state.
Jaikumar Vijayan | 11 Dec | Read more
The browser cookies that online companies use to track Internet customers for targeted advertising are also used by the National Security Agency to track surveillance targets and break into their systems.
Jaikumar Vijayan | 11 Dec | Read more
The National Security Agency on Friday cited a 1981 executive order signed by then-President Ronald Reagan as the authority under which it is collecting location data daily from tens of millions of cell phones around the world.
Jaikumar Vijayan | 06 Dec | Read more
Whoever succeeds Gen. Keith Alexander as the next director of the National Security Agency will be stuck weathering the fallout from the Edward Snowden media leaks for the conceivable future.
Jaikumar Vijayan | 18 Oct | Read more
Two Republican lawmakers Wednesday demanded that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) provide information on security measures used to secure the Federal Data Services Hub that was built to support Obamacare healthcare exchanges.
Jaikumar Vijayan | 16 Oct | Read more