Tag: information security
DHS issues directive for federal agencies to use DMARC, HTTPS, and STARTTL
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...
Auto industry finally serious about cybersecurity: Jeep Hackers
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...
New US revenge law allows you to “hack the hackers who hacked you”
As part of the cybersecurity awareness month, the US Congress has reportedly introduced a ‘hack back’ revenge law. As its name suggests, the new...
Equifax temporarily loses contract worth $7.25 million with IRS
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...
Sensitive data about Australian defense projects hacked: Reports
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...
92 percent of organizations attacked with DDoS just once suffer theft: Survey
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...