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Encryption gripes, election security, and mandatory cybersec school: DOJ releases first task force report
2018-07-20 19:12

Sessions debuts report on government's threat landscape The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has released its first report from its Cyber Digital Task Force, which was set up in February to advise...

DOJ Cybersecurity Task Force Outlines Plans for Protecting Elections
2018-07-20 13:55

The U.S. Justice Department’s Cyber-Digital Task Force made public its first report on Thursday, covering the threat to elections, cybercrime schemes, and various other topics. read more

DOJ shocked, SHOCKED to find darknet markets trading drugs
2018-06-27 18:46

Feds bust up group of shady people doing shady things In news that will surprise no one who has had internet access in the last 25 years, police have found criminals using anonymous online markets...

Former FBI boss Comey used private email for official business – DoJ
2018-06-15 14:43

'I did not have an unclassified FBI connection at home that worked' Former FBI director James Comey was using Gmail for FBI business while overseeing the controversial probe into Hillary Clinton's...

DOJ convicts second bloke for helping malware go undetected
2018-05-17 00:25

Scan scam? Scram The US Federal government has got its second conviction in the dismantling of a service that helped malware writers get around security software.…

Did the FBI engineer its iPhone encryption court showdown with Apple to force a precedent? Yes and no, say DoJ auditors
2018-04-01 00:00

Official report blows lid on behind-the-scenes Analysis On December 2, 2015 Syed Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik attended his employer's holiday party in San Bernardino, California – and...

Judge limits DOJ’s search of anti-Trump website data (Help Net Security)
2017-08-25 19:05

After the US Department of Justice demanded from DreamHost data that could identify visitors of anti-Trump website Disruptj20.org and the web host refused to comply with such an unreasonably broad...

DOJ wants to know who visited anti-Trump website (Help Net Security)
2017-08-16 17:42

The US Department of Justice wants DreamHost to hand over IP addresses of some 1.3 million visitors to disruptj20.org, a website that helped organize political protests during President Trump’s...

US DOJ publishes guidelines for setting up a vulnerability disclosure program (Help Net Security)
2017-08-02 21:35

Instituting a vulnerability disclosure program (aka bug bounty program) that won’t blow up in the organization’s face can be a daunting task. Some will prefer to enlist outside experts to advise...

DOJ Helps Organizations Build Vulnerability Disclosure Programs (Security Week)
2017-08-02 08:54

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division’s Cybersecurity Unit has created a framework designed to help organizations develop formal vulnerability disclosure programs. read more