FBI Background Checks: How Are They Conducted for Cabinet Posts and Do They Matter?
President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to skip FBI background checks for some federal appointees is concerning some national ...
T-Mobile hacked by Chinese cyber espionage in major attack on US telecoms
Tech expert Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson talks about T-Mobile being hacked in broad cyberattack on global phone and internet ...
Top American mortgage lender AnnieMac says thousands of customers have had data stolen in breach
AnnieMac Home Mortgage has revealed suffering a data breach in which the sensitive data on hundreds of thousands of customers was exposed. The mortgage company confirmed the information in a filing ...
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300 Drinking Water Systems in US Exposed to Disruptive, Damaging Hacker Attacks
EPA flags security vulnerabilities in more than 300 drinking water systems that serve roughly 110 million individuals.
How Smart Appliances Could Expose You to Hacking Risks
Smart appliances may keep running for years after they stop receiving software updates. That can expose home WiFi networks to ...
How are security cameras used in Boston schools? City councilors want to know more
In a July report, the city of Boston detailed, for the first time, how its various departments used surveillance technology, ...
Samsung TVs Hit Ground-Breaking Security Standard With New Encryption Certification
If it’s secure enough for the National Institute Of Standards and Technology, it’s secure enough for even the most online TV ...
US and Philippines sign a pact to secure shared military intelligence and weapons technology
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Philippine counterpart, Gilberto Teodoro, signed the legally binding General Security ...
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So, you don’t have a chief information security officer? 9 signs your company needs one
Many companies have yet to embrace the role of CISO, but with the ever-expanding threat landscape there are growing reasons ...
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Adding Value with Risk-Based Information Security
More details and considerations on pros and cons are described in my recent ISACA Journal article, “Adding Value With ...
T-Mobile confirms it was hacked in recent wave of telecom breaches
T-Mobile confirms it was hacked in the wave of recently reported telecom breaches conducted by Chinese threat actors to gain access to private communications, call records, and law enforcement ...