Security News

Russia struck at election systems and data of 39 US states (ArsTechnica)
2017-06-13 14:51

Investigators find evidence attackers tried to modify voter data, reports Bloomberg.

Russia struck at election systems and data of 39 US states (ArsTechnica)
2017-06-13 14:51

Investigators find evidence attackers tried to modify voter data, reports Bloomberg.

Differences in personal security behaviors of US and UK workers (Help Net Security)
2017-06-13 14:00

Wombat surveyed more than 2,000 working adults — 1,000 in the US and 1,000 in the UK — about cyber security topics and best practices that are fundamental to network and data security, including...

Leaked Documents Show US Vote Hacking Risks (Security Week)
2017-06-06 20:01

Security experts have warned for years that hackers could penetrate electronic voting systems, and now, leaked national security documents suggest a concerted effort to do just that in the 2016 US...

US Contractor Arrested in Leak of NSA Top-Secret File (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-06 13:33

Document Describes Suspected Election Meddling by Russia's Intelligence AgencyA 25-year-old federal contractor has been arrested and charged with leaking a top-secret NSA document that describes...

Kremlin 'Resolutely' Denies Russia Hacked US Vote (Security Week)
2017-06-06 12:18

The Kremlin on Tuesday strongly denied a leaked US report that Russian military intelligence hackers tried to infiltrate into US voting systems before last year's presidential election. read more

Russia Tried to Hack US Voting Systems for Months: Report (Security Week)
2017-06-05 22:20

A top secret National Security Agency document shows that hackers from Russian military intelligence tried repeatedly to break into US voting systems before last year's presidential election, The...

US visa applicants will have to provide social media handles (Help Net Security)
2017-06-02 16:16

US consular officials have been provided with a new questionnaire that they can give selected visa applicants to complete. Among other things, Form DS-5535 requires applicants to share all social...

Putin: “Patriotic” Russian hackers may have interfered in US election (ArsTechnica)
2017-06-01 21:06

Comparing hackers to artists, Putin says they may have been inspired by patriotism.

Half of US firms don’t have cybersecurity insurance (Help Net Security)
2017-06-01 12:30

A full 50 percent of US firms do not have cybersecurity insurance, despite the fact that 61 percent of US firms expect the volume of cyber breaches to increase in the next year. These findings...