US health insurer Banner Health has written to 3.7 million customers and healthcare providers to warn that their data may have been stolen, after a cyber-attack. The breach could have targeted data on patients, physicians and health plans. An investigation … Read More
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America’s Electronic Voting Machines Are Scarily Easy Targets
This week, GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump openly speculated that this election would be “rigged.” Last month, Russia decided to take an active role in our election. There’s no basis for questioning the results of a vote that’s still months … Read More
Platform security a hot topic at this week’s hacker conference
With over 12,000 expected participants from more than 100 countries at this week’s Black Hat Briefings convention, one of the world’s premier hacker conferences is anticipating record numbers for its 19th year in Las Vegas. Focused on platform security, which … Read More
Holy bitcoin, they’ve locked up my computer
Nascar race team fell victim Just days before a big race, an up-and-coming Nascar team suddenly found the crew chief’s laptop going haywire and all the team’s critical files locked up. The team was the victim of a ransomware attack, … Read More
U.S. Wrestles With How to Fight Back Against Cyberattacks
ASPEN, Colo. — It has been an open secret throughout the Obama presidency that world powers have escalated their use of cyberpower. But the recent revelations of hacking into Democratic campaign computer systems in an apparent attempt to manipulate the … Read More
SIS goes on the defensive in cyber
ISIS has adapted its approach in the digital space to resist efforts aimed at disrupting and restricting its use of the internet, some experts say. A new report, made public today, details the items in ISIS’s digital toolbox that the group … Read More
How Putin Weaponized Wikileaks to Influence the Election of an American President
Evidence suggests that a Russian intelligence group was the source of the most recent Wikileaks intel dump, which was aimed to influence the U.S. election. Close your eyes and imagine that a hacking group backed by Russian President Vladimir Putin … Read More
DNC Hack: Russia, WikiLeaks, and Lessons for Government
The FBI on Monday said it is investigating the hack involving the Democratic National Committee (DNC) after a cache of emails was leaked in advance of Hillary Clinton’s nomination as the Democratic Party’s nominee for President this week, an incident … Read More
Are U.S. chemical plants ready for cyberattacks?
A top cybersecurity official at the Department of Homeland Security said the coordinated cyberattack on the Ukrainian power grid last year should be a wake-up call for critical infrastructure providers in the U.S. “Every CEO should ask their IT and … Read More
Marines, NSA To Bring Smartphones To Rifle Squad
The Marine Corps and National Security Agency have joined forces to bring cellphones to the battlefield by 2019. Working with the NSA’s new Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC) program should let the Marines acquire cutting-edge civilian technology swiftly without sacrificing security, … Read More