Security News

Report: Nation-State Malware Attack Could Cripple US
2019-02-06 13:18

Government, Industry Need to Work More Closely on Response PlansWithout improved coordination, the U.S. government and private companies could be caught flat-footed if malware or a worm hit a...

'No Material Impact' From Foreign Meddling in 2018 US Vote: Report
2019-02-05 16:54

Foreign meddling and hacking attempts had "no material impact" on the US midterm congressional elections last year, according to a high-level review by the Justice and Homeland Security...

Bug-hunter faces jail for vulnerability reports, DuckDuckPwn (almost), family spied on via Nest gizmo, and more
2019-02-02 13:37

Your rapid-fire guide to all the other infosec news of the week Roundup This was the week we saw GPS grumbles, shady speakers, and Yahoo! Losing! Again!…

Employees report 23,000 phishing incidents annually, costing $4.3 million to investigate
2019-02-01 06:00

Account takeover-based (ATO) attacks now comprise 20 percent of advanced email attacks, according to Agari’s Q1 2019 Email Fraud & Identity Deception Trends report. ATO attacks are dangerous...

Minnesota Department of Human Services Reports Data Breach
2019-01-31 21:55

The Minnesota Department of Human Services says a data breach potentially exposed personal information on up to 3,000 people. read more

Facebook Paid Users to Track Smartphone Use: Report
2019-01-30 16:48

Facebook paid users, including teens, to track their smartphone activity as part of an effort to glean more data that could help the social network's competition efforts, according to a new report...

Report: Facebook's Privacy Lapses May Result in Record Fine
2019-01-21 16:09

Facebook may be facing the biggest fine ever imposed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for privacy violations involving the personal information of its 2.2 billion users. read more

Report: Federal Trade Commission Weighs Facebook Fine
2019-01-21 10:03

Facebook Probed by FTC Over Failures that Enabled Cambridge Analytica ScandalThe U.S. Federal Trade Commission is close to concluding its investigation into Facebook over the Cambridge Analytica...

U.S. in Criminal Probe of China's Huawei: Report
2019-01-17 00:47

US authorities are in the "advanced" stages of a criminal probe that could result in an indictment of Chinese technology giant Huawei, a report said Wednesday. read more

Poland may consider Huawei ban amid 'spy' arrests – reports
2019-01-14 14:30

Chinese hardware biz faces more push-back in Western nations A Polish official has said he couldn’t rule out “legislative changes” to allow the nation to ban the use of a company’s products,...