“As a key part of a campaign to embed encryption software that it could crack into widely used computer products, the U.S. National Security Agency arranged a secret $10 million contract with RSA, one of the most influential firms in the computer security industry, Reuters has learned. Documents l...
“Privacy International, which has done a very thorough job digging into the backgrounds of the many private companies involved in the surveillance ‘industry’ around the world, has just released a promotional document from the American-Israeli Verint, a security company that provides NSA-level ...
“The Secret Service is investigating a reported credit card data breach at discount retailer Target. Secret Service spokesman Brian Leary confirmed the investigation Wednesday evening. He declined to comment further.” Source: Potential credit card breach at Target investigated – Dec. 18, 2013...
“An Arab hacking group with ties to the Iranian government claims to have seized classified information from servers belonging to the Israeli and Saudi governments, as well as the Saudi Binladen Group, a construction conglomerate run by the family of terror mastermind Osama bin Laden.” Source: I...
“In the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act passed by House lawmakers last week, Congress required the Defense Department appoint a high level Principal Cyber Advisor with a broad oversight portfolio that includes offensive and defensive cyber missions, resources, personnel, acquisition and te...
“According to a report published by ‘Hurriyet News’, Researchers from KONDA Security firm revealed that the hackers have stolen data from a political party’s vulnerable system that include Name, ID numbers and address of 54 million voters across the Nation. “ Source:Russian hackers ...
“A Department of Energy network breach earlier this year that allowed hackers to download sensitive personal information for 104,000 people was the result of a decade-old patchwork of systems, some that hadn’t installed critical security updates in years, according to a federal watchdog. July’...
“The White House has some big positions to fill in the Defense Department and at the National Security Agency (NSA) this coming spring. But as The Washington Post reports, they’ll be looking for just a single person to fill them all. Since the creation of the US Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM), the D...