Security News

Most top US higher ed institutions fail to protect students from phishing
2018-03-07 17:00

88.8 percent of the root domains operated by top colleges and universities in the United States are putting their students, staff and other recipients at risk for phishing attacks that spoof the...

Putin Offers Extradition Promise to US: 'Never'
2018-03-07 13:33

Russian Information Warfare Operations Continue Unabated; What Can Be Done?Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued an unequivocal promise about the extradition potential for 13 Russian...

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US Election Interference: White House Response Questioned
2018-03-02 13:03

Leading the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report: President Trump has not authorized the National Security Agency to go after Russian election hackers at the source. Also, 23,000 digital...

Cellebrite Unlocks iPhones for the US Government
2018-02-27 11:58

Forbes reports that the Israeli company Cellebrite can probably unlock all iPhone models: Cellebrite, a Petah Tikva, Israel-based vendor that's become the U.S. government's company of choice when...

Microsoft Data Warrant Case in Top US Court Has Global Implications
2018-02-26 03:22

Microsoft faces off with the US government before the Supreme Court Tuesday over a warrant for data stored abroad that has important ramifications for law enforcement in the age of global...

Czech President Wants Hacker 'Extradited to Russia' Not US
2018-02-24 12:38

The Czech Republic's pro-Moscow president has repeatedly lobbied for a Russian hacker held in Prague and wanted by the US to be extradited to Russia, the justice minister was quoted as saying...

North Korea Cyber Threat 'More Aggressive Than China': US Firm
2018-02-21 15:20

North Korean hackers are becoming more aggressive than their Chinese counterparts, a leading US cybersecurity firm warned Tuesday, as it identified a Pyongyang-linked group as an "advanced...

US sets up dedicated office for energy infrastructure cybersecurity
2018-02-19 19:44

The US government is setting up a new Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) at the US Department of Energy. The CESER office will focus on energy infrastructure...

Is US Computer Crime Justice Draconian?
2018-02-19 17:33

Prosecutors Cry 'Deterrence' to Justify Lengthy Sentences. Who's Deterred?Is U.S. computer crime justice draconian? That's one obvious question following England's Court of Appeal ruling that...

US and UK condemn Russia for NotPetya worm attack
2018-02-19 12:57

When it comes to pointing the finger for last year’s historically-disruptive NotPetya cyberattack, nobody could accuse the US and UK of dodging the issue.