In an attempt to secure emails and deploy authentication technologies, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on October 16, 2017, issued a binding operational directive requiring all federal agencies to use DMARC, HTTPS, and STARTTLS.
Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting...
Modern-day connected cars carry million lines of code. In fact, the technology is almost 100 times more powerful than Apollo 11, the first spacecraft that landed on moon. And experts have been stating that “Vehicle data could be the...
As part of the cybersecurity awareness month, the US Congress has reportedly introduced a ‘hack back’ revenge law. As its name suggests, the new bill would allow hacking victims to seek revenge and hack the hackers who hacked them.
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Amid the second malware incident, the credit reporting agency Equifax on October 12, 2017, temporarily lost a fraud prevention contract worth $7.25 million with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that it had received on September 29, 2017. As a...
A subcontractor for Australia's Department of Defense (DoD) became the latest victim of hacking as commercially sensitive information about next generation spy planes and naval warships were reportedly stolen.
The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) reported the data theft as...
Neustar, Inc., a provider of real-time information services, recently released its bi-annual Global DDoS Attacks and Cyber Security Insights Report, affirming DDoS attacks continue to be an effective means to distract and confuse security teams while inflicting serious damage...
The U.S. President Donald Trump nominated 45-year-old Deputy Chief of Staff Kirstjen Nielsen as the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Nielsen will take over from Elaine Duke, the acting DHS secretary.
In the White House, Nielsen was responsible...
Cybersecurity industry leaders and experts have urged U.S. Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) to advance data-centric cybersecurity technology and its capability to protect the sensitive data of both consumers and businesses in the...
Amid rising concerns over IT threats, the energy sector is taking measures to reduce the risk of cybersecurity breach.
Menelaos Ioannidis, Chief Technology Officer at Lightsource Labs said “hackers might target renewable energy companies for the fun of it or...
A bill called the Internet of Medical Things Resilience Partnership Act was introduced on October 5, 2017, by Republican representatives David Trott and Susan Brooks. The bill calls for the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to set up...
