Security News

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...

What Romeo and Juliet Can Teach Us About security Market Confusion (Security Week)
2017-06-01 12:25

Recently, I was reminded of the well known quote from William Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet”: "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet".  What exactly was I doing that reminded me of...

Shakespeare and Security: What Romeo and Juliet Teach Us About Security Market Confusion (Security Week)
2017-06-01 12:25

Recently, I was reminded of the well known quote from William Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet”: "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet".  What exactly was I doing that reminded me of...

US Says No Laptop Ban on Board Flights From Europe for Now (Security Week)
2017-05-31 16:06

US aviation security officials stepped back Tuesday from imposing a ban on carry-on computers on flights coming from Europe, which had been proposed to guard against possible bomb-laden...

Balancing act: Ensuring compliance with GDPR and US regulations (Help Net Security)
2017-05-31 14:00

The impending GDPR, which will go into effect in a little less than a year from now, is going to have a significant impact on enterprise cybersecurity and data governance policies and practices...

US Defense Contractor left Sensitive Files on Amazon Server Without Password (The Hackers News)
2017-05-31 11:20

Sensitive files linked to the United States intelligence agency were reportedly left on a public Amazon server by one of the nation's top intelligence contractor without a password, according to a...

LinkedIn Hacker, Wanted by US & Russian, Can be Extradited to Either State (The Hackers News)
2017-05-31 02:03

The alleged Russian hacker, who was arrested by the Czech police in Prague last October on suspicion of massive 2012 data breach at LinkedIn, can be extradited to either the United States or...

Czech Court OKs Hacker's Extradition to US or Russia (Security Week)
2017-05-30 16:19

Prague - A Czech court on Tuesday ruled Prague can extradite a Russian citizen sought by the US for alleged cyberattacks on social networks and also by his native Russia on fraud charges. read more