How Hackers Are Harvesting PI and How to Protect Identity Info
Many legacy access control systems require the use of back-end portal accounts. For hackers, these portals can become rich, easy-to-access caches of personal end-user data. Keep Reading
ISIS Cybersecurity Magazine Warns of ‘Nightmare’ Windows in ‘Fierce War’ Online
Jihadists walked through step-by-step security for smartphones while encouraged to use a computer for terror instead. Keep Reading
Zoom and New York’s Attorney General Agree on Security Improvements
The agreement includes Zoom naming a head of security to run an operation that’s “reasonably designed” to keep user information secure and confidential. Keep Reading
To Zoom or WhatsApp? NSA Lays Out Security Details of Videoconferencing Services for Teleworkers
National Security Agency guide details whether popular collaboration services offer security features such as multi-factor authentication, transparency on which users are joining sessions, and end-to-end encryption. Keep Reading
DARPA Launches DPRIVE
The safety and security of critical information – whether it is sensitive intellectual property (IP), financial information, personally identifiable information (PII), intelligence insight, or beyond – is of vital importance. Keep Reading
Investigation Opened into Swiss Encryption Firm Linked to CIA
The government confirmed on Tuesday that it had opened an investigation into the reports that Crypto, a Zug-based communications encryption firm, was secretly owned by the CIA and West German intelligence services for decades. Keep Reading
Apple, Facebook Defend Encryption During Senate Grilling
While the tech industry has fought bitterly with Washington for years over the issue, it’s gained new urgency as Facebook works to encrypt its megapopular messaging services. Keep Reading
Don’t Rush Quantum-Proof Encryption, Warns NSA Research Director
A quarter-century and many research dollars later, the world still hasn’t created a quantum computer capable of breaking public-key encryption. Keep Reading
Cybersecurity Awareness Month
FBI Asks Technology Companies for Support in Fighting Encryption
“We’ve put some of the brightest minds in the country on the issue,” said Wray. “We’ve learned that it can, responsibly, be done.” Keep Reading
IARPA Launches Homomorphic Encryption Computing Techniques with Overhead Reduction (HECTOR) Program
The HECTOR program seeks to develop a set of tools and programming languages that will allow data to be processed while remaining in an encrypted state. Keep Reading
FBI Tells Lawmakers It Can’t Access Dayton Gunman’s Phone
The agency is in possession of what’s believed to be Connor Betts’s primary phone but can’t open it because it requires a passcode. Keep Reading
Barr Renews Fight with Tech Companies Over ‘Dangerous’ Use of Encryption
Attorney General William Barr renewed the longstanding feud between law enforcement and tech companies over the issue of encryption. Keep Reading
Audit Adds 14 More Deficiencies to IRS’ Cybersecurity Woes
The Government Accountability Office has identified 14 new information system security control deficiencies at the Internal Revenue Service. Eight of these deficiencies relate to access controls, four to configuration management, one to segregation of duties, and one to contingency planning. Keep Reading
ISIS-Linked Group Compiles Weekly Cybersecurity Bulletin for Followers
The Electronic Horizon Foundation launched in January 2016 as an IT help desk of sorts to walk ISIS supporters through how to encrypt their communications. Keep Reading
Secure Comms Solution Protecting Healthcare from Cyber Attack
It is designed to enable the regions to securely communicate sensitive or classified information within their organizations and with central government authorities. Sectra Tiger/R will be used by key individuals in the security organizations to communicate sensitive information, such as crisis preparedness, information security or incident response capability. Keep Reading
Rice University Unveils Unclonable Tech for Internet of Things Security
Unsecured IoT devices are what three young computer savants assembled by the hundreds of thousands to mount the October 2016 distributed denial-of-service attack that crippled the internet on the East Coast for most of a day. Experts expect Earth to pass the threshold of 1 trillion internet-connected sensors within five years. Keep Reading
DigiCert Labs Collaborates with Industry, Academia to Innovate New technologies that Address Emerging Threats
“In collaboration with leading researchers and industry leaders, we plan to gain data-based insights into solving some of the most pressing security challenges related to our core competencies of encryption, authentication, identity and data integrity.” Keep Reading
PERSPECTIVE: Evolution of the Zero Trust Model for Cybersecurity
The partial trust model has driven enterprise security for three decades, but has severe drawbacks. Keep Reading
#RealDeal Interview: Tor Project Should Block Worst Offenders, Says Dark-Web Researcher
"Overall, a big chunk of it appears to be shocking crimes," Owenson says after in-depth study of content on anonymous browser. Keep Reading
#RealDeal Interview: Dealing with Dark Web Excesses Becoming ‘Increasingly Important’
"This is an inherently dynamic space -- the players, the technologies, what works, what doesn’t work changes over time," explains Eric Jardine a visiting professor of political science at Virginia Tech. Keep Reading