GEDmatch, a small, free genealogy website operated by two men in their 60s and 70s has become a go-to tool for police after it was revealed to be the tool used to capture California’s “Golden State Killer.” Its use has also set off a series of discussions and legal questions...
By Shannon Perry The American media has never paid more attention to data breaches and cybersecurity than it does today. Major breaches in the last year – at large companies like Target and eBay – have made information security discussions more worrying and more widespread, albeit still not univ...
By Bob Gourley The Silver Tail software platform provides a well engineered means of monitoring cyber threat activity- including threat activity hidden in normal Internet traffic. By performing behavior analysis to rapidly ID malicious behavior enterprises are given far more warning of mischief, pot...
By InfoSec Institute The number of annual security incidents caused by insider threats continues to increase. In The CERT Guide to Insider Threats, Capelli et al writes, “Insider threats are an intriguing and complex problem. Some assert that they are the most significant threat faced by organiz...
Recently, I had the opportunity to participate in The Atlantic Council’s Young Professionals in Cyber Policy discussion with thinkers from industry, academia, think tanks, and policy. After speaking with Karl Grindal of the Cyber Conflict Studies Association, I realized that part of the reason f...
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is backing a controversial component of an existing computer fraud law that makes it a crime to use a fake name on Facebook or embellish your weight on an online dating profile such as eHarmony. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), a 25-year-old law that main...
A security expert has claimed that the UK is devoting most of its cyber crime fighting efforts to cyber attack, leaving limited resources for defence. Speaking exclusively to Computing, Ross Anderson, professor of security engineering at the Cambridge University computer laboratory, stated that 90 p...
via WBNS-10Tv The FBI said that cyber crime is the agency’s No. 3 priority but it will likely rise to No. 1 in a few years. FBI Supervisory Special Agent Robert White said that criminals always find new ways to exploit victims and businesses, which keeps the U.S. at risk. “Given our conn...