Security News

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

EFF Sues DOJ Over National Security Letter Disclosure Rules (Threatpost)
2017-06-07 21:18

The Electronic Frontier Foundation sued the United States Department of Justice demanding to know whether the agency is complying with rules that mandate a periodic review of National Security...