Security News

Security experts explain to US, UK governments why mandated encryption backdoors are a bad idea (Help Net Security)
2015-07-08 12:06

Today, FBI director James Comey and Sally Quillian Yates, the deputy attorney general at the Justice Department, are scheduled to address the US Senate Judiciary Committee about law enforcement's need...

US OPM takes vulnerable background investigation portal offline (Help Net Security)
2015-06-30 12:57

The US Office of Personnel Management announced on Monday that it has temporarily suspended the E-QIP (Electronic Questionnaires for Investigations Processing) system, a web-based platform used to com...

Over $18 million lost to Cryptowall just in the US (Help Net Security)
2015-06-24 08:13

Cryptowall is still "the most current and significant ransomware threat targeting US individuals and businesses," the FBI warned in a public service announcement published on Tuesday. Initial attac...