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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday said a controversial new surveillance bill could sweep away “important privacy protections”, a move that bodes ill for the measure’s return to the floor of the Senate this week. The latest in a series of failed attempts to reform cybersecurity, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Cisa) grants broad latitude to tech companies, data brokers and anyone with a web-based data collection to mine user information and then...

The car industry is fast approaching a dangerous crossroads. As automakers embrace the digital age, there is growing evidence that cyber security may have been left behind in the race to incorporate the latest technology into new models. Fiat Chrysler is the latest car manufacturer to own up to a major digital security flaw in its vehicles. It is now recalling 1.4 million vehicles in the wake of a highly-publicised story in the US’s Wired...

The application development process is rampant with security risks due to current business pressures, according to new research released at Black Hat USA 2015 by Prevoty. From competing business pressures to secure code training to scanning false negatives, developers have their backs to the wall when it comes to developing and releasing applications that not only perform the function they are designed to perform, but also do so in a way that protects the company’s...

YouTube is reportedly  full of tutorials on RAT malware designed to spy on you through webcam. Adam Benson uncovered thousands of YouTube videos which are providing online tutorials to wannabe hackers on how to easily gain access to victim’s webcams and computers. Are you aware of the webcam slaving problem or the YouTube’s RAT issue? If no, then you definitely need to read this article. The Digital Citizens Alliance, a United States non-profit organization that focuses on...

Continued and sustained cyberattacks are having a ruinous effect on enterprises and driving up the cost of incident response. With over 900 million reported records exposed in 2014, more companies are seriously starting to consider transferring risks to insurance providers. Despite growing awareness of vulnerability to breaches and risk management strategies however, less than 20% of large enterprises avail themselves of cyber insurance. For small- and medium-sized enterprises, the percentage is even lower, at less...

The NSA spied on Japan's prime minister, central bank, finance ministry and major corporations, such as the natural gas division of Mitsubishi, according to documents released today. The targets of the cyber-spying included stealing secrets on US-Japan relations, trade negotiations and climate change policy. Fruits of the spying, exposed in leaked documents published by WikiLeaks on Friday, were shared with the US's Five Eyes spying partners. The apparently economic and politically-motivated spying started back during...

The US Food and Drug Administration has told healthcare providers to stop using older drug infusion pumps made by medical technology outfit Hospira – because they can be easily hacked over a network. "Hospira and an independent researcher confirmed that Hospira’s Symbiq Infusion System could be accessed remotely through a hospital’s network. This could allow an unauthorized user to control the device and change the dosage the pump delivers, which could lead to over- or...

A secret National Security Agency (NSA) map shows the location of “Victims of Chinese Cyber-Espionage" attacks launched by China against the US over a five-year period, according to NBC News. Red dots mark successful attempts to steal data about American critical infrastructure from public and private sector firms. China was able to steal information including pharmaceutical product formulas, hybrid-car specifications, military intelligence and more. More than 600 cyber-attacks are marked by red dots with large clusters covering major metropolitan areas and industrial...

The U.S. intelligence community is bracing for the possibility that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private email account contains hundreds of revelations of classified information from spy agencies and is taking steps to contain any damage to national security, according to documents and interviews Thursday. The top lawmakers on the House and Senate intelligence committee have been notified in recent days that the extent of classified information on Mrs. Clinton’s private email server was likely...

Moonpig has warned customers that some of their email addresses, passwords, and account balances have been published after what it calls a “security issue”. The company, which sells custom greeting cards, said in a message to users that attackers were not able to get any credit card information, as Moonpig does not store that data. However, the incident prompted Moonpig to reset the passwords for all of the affected users and the company said that...