The House Committee on Homeland Security Passes Three Cybersecurity Bills
Posted on: 29 Jul 2014
The House Committee on Homeland Security passed three cybersecurity bills with broad bipartisan support on Monday. The Critical Infrastructure Research and Development Advancement Act of 2013 amends the Homeland Security…
Six Indictments in $1.6M StubHub Cybertheft Case
Posted on: 23 Jul 2014
Six people were indicted on Wednesday as part of an international ring of cyber-criminals that hijacked over 1,000 StubHub accounts and defrauded the ticketing service of approximately $1.6 million, the Manhattan…
Cybercriminals Successfully Bypass Two-factor Authentication at some European Banks
Posted on: 22 Jul 2014
Cybercriminals are successfully bypassing two-factor authentication systems at some European banks and transferring funds out of victim accounts, Trend Micro said. The sophisticated attack campaign uses malicious email attachments, phishing…
Treasury Secretary Says Financial Firms Need to Do More to Fight Cybersecurity Threats
Posted on: 16 Jul 2014
Financial firms need to do more to fight cybersecurity threats, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew told attendees at a financial conference on Tuesday. Lew spoke at the 2014 Delivering Alpha conference…
Attackers Target Hotel Business Center Computers
Posted on: 15 Jul 2014
Attackers are increasingly targeting computers in hotel business centers to steal sensitive information, the US Secret Service has warned. A law enforcement task force arrested members of a criminal gang…
Senate Intelligence Committee Approves Cybersecurity Bill
Posted on: 09 Jul 2014
The Senate Intelligence Committee approved a cybersecurity bill on Tuesday which is intended to help companies and government agencies defend against cyber-attackers. The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act would make it…
Google Blocks Access to Confidential Goldman Sachs Email Mistakenly Sent to Gmail
Posted on: 03 Jul 2014
Google has blocked access to a confidential Goldman Sachs email that was sent by mistake to a Gmail address. The financial company is now seeking a second court order to…
FISMA Reform Bill Heads to Senate
Posted on: 01 Jul 2014
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee approved a new bill intended to strengthen the Federal Information Security Management Act on June 25. The bill heads to the Senate…
Florida Governor Signs Nation’s Toughest Data Breach Law
Posted on: 26 Jun 2014
Florida Governor Rick Scott signed into a law what may be the nation’s broadest and stringent data breach law. The Florida Information Protection of 2014, which was signed last week,…
Microsoft Releases Preview of Interflow Info Exchange Platform
Posted on: 23 Jun 2014
Microsoft launched a preview of a new security and threat information exchange platform to allow security professionals to share information about ongoing threats. Called Interflow, Microsoft’s threat sharing platform will…