Regulatory agencies in the U.S. are increasingly concerned by ransomware attacks against financial institutions. The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) published a statement warning financial institutions of an uptick in the "frequency and severity of cyber attacks involving extortion."
Demonstrating that financial gain can be a motivator for nefarious activity, 35 percent of employees were willing to sell their firm's intellectual property if the price was right.
The teen hackers who infiltrated the email account of CIA Director John Brennan said they are prying into the accounts of other government officials, most recently claiming to hack an email account of FBI Deputy Director Mark Giuliano.
The results of the first FITARA scorecard are in, and it doesn't look good. The Government Accountability Office reviewed 24 government agencies on their progress implementing federal IT reforms.
The privacy framework proposed by the Office of Management and Budget is a "big, bold statement" by an influential government body, that Trevor Hughes, president and CEO of IAPP, said will hold federal agencies to some very specific and critical requirements to safeguard privacy.
Signal made its way into the Google Play Store Monday bringing encrypted text and calling to Android users in a single free app already available to iPhone users.
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