By AlexOlesker Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The Federal Trade Commission has charged several rent-to-own companies and a software maker over rental computers that illegally used spyware that took “pictures of children, individuals not fully clot...
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) on Friday delayed indefinitely a vote on the Protect IP Act, the proposed anti-piracy legislation that drew a widespread internet revolt Wednesday....
The Senate will debate cybersecurity legislation in early 2012, according to a letter from Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) late Wednesday. “Given the magnitude of the threat and the gaps in the government’s ability to respond, we cannot afford to de...
A computer virus has infected the cockpits of America’s Predator and Reaper drones, logging pilots’ every keystroke as they remotely fly missions over Afghanistan and other warzones. The virus, first detected nearly two weeks ago by the military’s Host-Based Security System, has not prevented...
via InfoSecurity.com Sen. Thomas Carper (D-Del.) introduced a bill, the Data Security Act, that would establish national standards for financial companies, retailers, and federal agencies to safeguard personal information, investigate data breaches, and notify consumers when there is a substantial r...