Security News

Build the wall... around your DNS settings, US govt IT staff urged by Homeland Security amid domain hijackings
2019-01-23 04:05

Anyone still at their posts, please stop these address takeovers... please, helloo? Anyone there? America's Homeland Security has urged US government departments and federal agencies to shore up...

Homeland Security Head: Colorado Tops US in Vote Security
2018-09-07 14:00

Colorado, whose election systems are ranked among the nation's safest, held a cyber-security and disaster exercise Thursday for dozens of state, county and federal elections officials to reinforce...

US Homeland Security warns of latest hacker craze – ERP pwnage
2018-07-25 19:25

Attacks on SAP, Oracle platforms incoming Hackers are increasingly looking to target enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to disrupt and steal data from large companies.…

Senate Confirms New US Homeland Security Chief
2017-12-06 15:47

The US Senate confirmed White House deputy chief of staff Kirstjen Nielsen as Secretary of Homeland Security on Tuesday, putting her in charge of implementing the Trump administration's...

Department of Homeland Security to Collect Social Media of Immigrants and Citizens
2017-09-28 12:43

New rules give the DHS permission to collect "social media handles, aliases, associated identifiable information, and search results" as part of people's immigration file. The Federal Register has...

Hack Department of Homeland Security Act Would Bring Bug Bounty Program to DHS (Threatpost)
2017-05-31 20:25

Senators introduced a bill last week to establish a bug bounty pilot program within the Department of Homeland Security.