Security News

Congress Approves New DHS Cybersecurity Agency
2018-11-14 20:18

Bill Creating Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Awaits President's SignatureThe United States will soon officially have a single agency that takes the lead role for cybersecurity....

Apple Tells Congress Chinese Spy Chip Story Is False
2018-10-09 13:28

The recent Bloomberg story claiming that Chinese spy chips made it into servers sold by California-based Super Micro is "simply wrong," Apple said in a letter sent on Monday to Congress. read more

Apple to Congress: Chinese spy-chip story is “simply wrong”
2018-10-08 18:25

"Our internal investigations directly contradict every consequential assertion."

Congress wants CVE stability, China wants your LinkedIn details, and Adobe wants you to patch Creative Cloud
2018-09-01 10:01

Also: Belarus barely brushes botnet builder's bankroll Another week has come and gone. This one included some Fortnite flaws, a nasty Intel bug, and a voting machine maker whining about hacking contests.…

Amazon AI misidentifies Congress as criminals, proves it's not ready for enterprise
2018-07-27 14:16

Amazon's face recognition falsely identified 28 members of Congress as criminals. Perhaps AI isn't quite ready for business.

Apple and Google questioned by Congress over user tracking
2018-07-11 10:29

Inquiring lawmakers' minds want to know, for one thing, whether our mobile phones are actually listening to our conversations.

Facebook to Congress: We Shared More Data Than We Said
2018-07-02 13:18

Social Network Responds to Data Scandal Questions With 747 Pages of AnswersFacebook has responded to more than 2,000 questions posed by U.S. Senate and House committees with 747 pages of answers,...

Congress Considers Ways to Beef Up Healthcare Cybersecurity
2018-06-06 21:48

At Hearing, and in Letter, Concerns Raised About Confusion Over HHS's RoleCongress is considering how to help beef up the healthcare sector's preparedness and response to cyber threats. But why is...

Congress chews up Zuckerberg, day two: A far more thorough mastication
2018-04-12 11:23

"What's the difference between Facebook and J. Edgar Hoover?"

Congress grills Zuckerberg, day one: How does this online stuff work?
2018-04-11 10:30

On Tuesday, senators began their questioning of the virgin-to-Congressional-grilling, Mark Zuckerberg.