And you thought SOPA and PIPA were bad. Republican Senator John McCain is sounding the alarm about legislation that would allow the Department of Homeland Security to legally monitor websites. New legislation would allow for DHS to monitor the companies operating cyber security software for the gove...
Some Republican senators and the Chamber of Commerce call for the Senate to slow down its efforts to pass a new bill. Leaders in the US Senate are trying to fast-track new cybersecurity legislation that will create costly new regulations for some businesses, some critics said Thursday. A plan by Sen...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded 13 states nearly $220 million in Affordable Insurance Exchange grants to help them create fully operational online exchanges by 2014 that individuals and small businesses will use to select health insurance plans. The recently announced ...
via The Hill The White House and Pentagon have yet to define what would constitute hostile acts in cyberspace — and how the military would respond, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Tuesday. A Pentagon cyberspace plan released last Thursday and a speech by Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn left ...
via redOrbit The head of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday warned that the technical sophistication of cyber terrorists is inundating the world’s ability to cope, and is calling for an accelerated cross-border campaign to combat cyber security threats. Janet Napolitano, US...
via PCMAG.com LulzSec didn’t invent hacktivism, let alone hacking. But the small crew of publicity-hungry digital pirates may have ushered in a new era for both as they merrily sailed the cyber-seas for 50 days of mayhem that became perhaps the biggest tech story of the first half of 2011. Lul...
via My Company PR Recently, cyber-attack group Lulz Sec released sensitive documents associated with Arizona Department of Public Safety. Experts are investigating the security breach incident and have disabled external access to mitigate vulnerabilities. The latest disclosure comes amidst arrests o...
via Security News Daily Sony, the data-security firm RSA, Lockheed Martin, the email wholesaler Epsilon, the Fox broadcast network, NASA, PBS, the European Space Agency, the FBI, the British and French treasuries — and, just this morning, the banking and insurance giant Citigroup. What do all ...