US government shutdown: List of .gov websites “not secure” grows to over 130
Government websites with expired certificates grows as US government shutdown enters its 27th day.
Government websites with expired certificates grows as US government shutdown enters its 27th day.
Trump Hotels admitted that hackers stole credit card and other sensitive data about guests who stayed at 14 Trump properties; the third-party reservation booking system was breached.
Observers of this month’s G20 meeting are still scratching their heads over the proposed strategic cybersecurity partnership between the United States and Russia, whose leader Vladimir Putin went into the meeting expecting chastising over alleged Russian interference in the US elections.
David Braue | 10 Jul | Read more
Putin and Trump will create a panel of cyber security experts to figure out how to prevent hackers from meddling with elections.
US president Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban had security executives seriously concerned, even as the new leader prepared and then delayed the signing of a far-reaching order around government cybersecurity.
David Braue | 06 Feb | Read more
Australian consumers are still pretty poor at securing their information but those same consumers are unforgiving of businesses that do the same, a new study suggests. Similarly, breaches of online megalith Yahoo had caused its acquisition by Verizon to be pushed back, reports suggested.
David Braue | 30 Jan | Read more
The sabre-rattling over Russia’s hacking of the US election continued, with president-elect Trump conceding that Russia was probably responsible despite a report that left many questions unanswered.
David Braue | 17 Jan | Read more
Hackers were looking for campaign strategies and policies
Michael Kan | 15 Jun | Read more
The recent massive hack of Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca – and the publication of its trove of confidential information in a publicly-searchable format that has cast suspicions on everyone from David Cameron to Emma Watson to cybercriminals themselves – is the kind of “extinction-level event” that businesses should better prepare for when their viability is entirely based on trust, one security consultant has warned.
David Braue | 12 May | Read more