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White House Announces Mobile Security Guidelines
U.S. CIO VanRoekel says future for government is one where mobile is the default computing platform; highlights accomplishments of Digital...
Strike Back If China Steals IP, Companies Told
Bipartisan report argues that businesses should be allowed to retrieve stolen intellectual property from attackers' networks.
CloudCheckr Monitors Amazon GovCloud
Amazon cloud performance monitoring system goes a step further than competitors with specialized version that complies with federal security...
Twitter Two-Factor Security Combats Takeovers
Authentication measure comes in wake of Syrian Electronic Army account hacks, further security steps coming.
Dropbox Adopts Single Sign-On Technology
Dropbox says any off-the-shelf or homegrown identity management system that's compatible with the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)...
Google's Wireless Sensors: Big Data Or Big Brother?
Google demonstrated a network of wireless environmental sensors at its I/O conference last week. These sensors, combined with projects like Google...
Data Breaches: 8 Most Common Causes
Why do bad breaches happen to good companies? Here's a look at the most frequent causes.
FBI Arrests NYPD Detective On Hacking Charges
Detective accused of hiring hackers to obtain webmail access credentials for 30 targets, accessing federal crime-information database without...
Google Aurora Hack Was Chinese Counterespionage Operation
Attackers were after U.S. government surveillance requests for undercover Chinese operatives, say former government officials.
Anonymous Threatens Gitmo, U.S. Locks Down Wi-Fi
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base authorities turn off Wi-Fi and social media after Anonymous threatened to shut them down.
Amazon Cloud Gets Federal Stamp Of Approval
FedRAMP compliance means federal agencies can now access Amazon Web Services almost immediately, without spending months on their own...
APT Attacks Trace To India, Researcher Says
Multi-year hacking campaign targeted mining companies, legal firms, Pakistan, Angolan dissidents and others in Pakistan, the U.S., Iran, China and...
Should CIOs Hire Cyber Pinkertons?
If a full-on cyber war breaks out, what will your company do? Avoid the Internet or hire a cyber Pinkerton?
British Cloud Firm Wins Background Check Security Contract
Skyscape Cloud Services will partner with Indian consulting group Tata to provide security for U.K.'s new online criminal background check system.
Yahoo Japan Data Breach: 22M Accounts Exposed
Yahoo breach could have compromised 10% of all Yahoo user credentials. Meanwhile, Syrian Electronic Army targets The Financial Times.
How Password Strength Meters Can Improve Security
Color-coded password-strength meters nudge users to improve the strength of their important passwords, but have little effect on unimportant ones,...
Google, DISA Launch User ID Pilot
Defense Department and Google pilot test seeks more secure ways to authenticate users on commercial cloud services.
Google Glass Alarms Lawmakers
Members of Congress want answers about the device and its privacy implications.
Who Is Syrian Electronic Army: 9 Facts
Syrian hackers claim to battle American imperialism, media bias and Angelina Jolie.
Smartphone Theft: What Is Best Defense?
While mobile network operators are creating a global database to track stolen smartphones, some police say that's not enough. New York's Attorney...
LulzSec Hackers Sentenced In London
Group's 50-day hacking spree compromised websites run by Sony, CIA, Arizona State Police, Westboro Baptist Church and more.
DHS Eyes Sharing Zero-Day Intelligence With Businesses
DHS proposal would give private businesses access to the government's stockpile of zero-day secrets for a fee. But some say the program may...
VMware Fights Android BYOD Headaches
VMware's BYOD ambitions kick into gear through its partnership with Verizon. But is the virtualization heavyweight making its mobile management...
LulzSec Hacker 'Pirates' Face Sentencing
Four members of Anonymous spinoff faced sentencing Wednesday for leaking data and launching distributed denial of service attacks against Sony,...
FBI Briefs Bank Executives On DDoS Attack Campaign
FBI expedited security clearances so it could share classified info on Operation Ababil, a distributed denial of service attack that continues to...
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Europe Weighs New Data Breach Rules For Critical Companies
Mobile networks, banks, energy companies and other critical infrastructure providers could be required to report all breaches to EU authorities.
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