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Cavoukian slams Supreme Court

Danny Bradbury February 08, 2012

Ann Cavoukian, Ontario's information and privacy commissioner, slammed the Canadian legal system in her opening speech at a symposium on surveillance and privacy late last month.

SDA, McAfee mark Canada's card

Danny Bradbury February 08, 2012

Canada received a mediocre ranking in cyber security, according to a new report ranking countries on their security stance.

U.K. MPs bite the cyber bullet...

David Harley, ESET senior research fellow • February 02, 2012

The Science and Technology Committee seems to be taking malware and cyber crime seriously.

Palin hacker appeal rejected

Greg Masters February 02, 2012

David Kernell, who hacked into Sarah Palin's email account, has lost an appeal against his obstruction of justice charge.

Facebook sues Adscend Media for malware and spam

Stephen Lawton January 30, 2012

Facebook and the state of Washington have filed separate lawsuits against Adscend Media, alleging the company was responsible for spreading malware and for stealing personal information from Facebook users.

Anonymous shutters government, music industry sites

Greg Masters January 20, 2012

In a reprisal for the government's takedown of MegaUpload.com, the hacker group Anonymous has apparently shuttered recording and movie industry websites, as well as the U.S. Department of Justice.

Senators change sides on SOPA/PIPA issue

Greg Masters January 18, 2012

Several senators today abandoned their support of two highly controversial anti-web piracy bills making their way through Congress.

DoD ID cards under attack

Stephen Lawton January 18, 2012

The ID cards that every DoD employee uses to access networks across the entire bureau have fallen victim to malware.

Canadian government officials downloading illegal content

Danny Bradbury January 10, 2012

Representatives from the Pirate Party of Canada highlighted the irony of Canadian government officials using file-sharing sites to infringe on copyright.

Canadian privacy challenge exposes double standard

Danny Bradbury January 10, 2012

Canadian lawyers may have opened a legal can of worms by requesting the public release of heavily censored photographs.

FTC settles with rewards company over security infractions

Dan Kaplan January 09, 2012

Upromise, which helps students save for college, failed to live up to its oath to protect users' security and privacy, and offer encryption.

Symantec: Hackers did steal code, but it's old

Dan Kaplan January 06, 2012

Symantec confirmed late Thursday that hackers did in fact compromise a portion of its source code, but the stolen code is related to two enterprise security products that have been discontinued.

Ascending the ladder, rung by rung: Data breach prevention

Illena Armstrong January 03, 2012

Nearly two-thirds of respondents to our fifth annual "Guarding Against a Data Breach" survey say their budgets related to IT security and data protection will remain the same this year.

Bumper crop: Cyber security legislation

Stephen Lawton January 03, 2012

Data security measures have a long, storied history of meeting their demise on Capitol Hill. But two proposals have the bipartisan support that give them at least a shot at passage in 2012.

FBI wraps up 2011 with 30 more cyber crime indictments

Stephen Cobb, security evangelist at ESET • December 30, 2011

Recent prosecuted cases tackle long-running internet-based scams

FTC to pay millions to consumers duped by scareware

Dan Kaplan December 16, 2011

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will partially recoup some 300,000 people who fell victim to a scam in which they purchased rogue anti-virus products to fix problems that didn't exist.

Yahoo wins $610M spam judgment

Greg Masters December 12, 2011

Digital media company Yahoo has ended a three-year legal battle against a team of spammers, winning a default judgment of $610 million.

Cyber crime aftermath: Beyond the indictment

Stephen Cobb, security evangelist at ESET December 09, 2011

The aftermath of a cyber crime takedown poses new challenges to law enforcement, like what to do about the victims' systems and data

MIT researchers suggest power grid security oversight

Angela Moscaritolo December 06, 2011

While a number of entities have a stake in maintaining the cyber security of the U.S. electric grid, no single organization is currently responsible for overseeing protection across all aspects of grid operations.

Cyberattacks up 50 percent in 2011

James Hale December 06, 2011

Publicly traded Canadian companies experienced 50 percent more cyberattacks in 2011 than in the previous year, study

Reintroduced law would give wide surveillance power over ISPs

James Hale December 06, 2011

The Harper government has announced plans to reintroduce the "lawful internet access" law, which could shutter Canada's small internet service providers.

Copyright issues at stake in court

James Hale December 06, 2011

The Supreme Court of Canada has heard arguments seeking to overturn a lower court ruling on so-called fair dealing of copyrighted material.

Bill to foster threat data sharing draws mixed reactions

Angela Moscaritolo December 01, 2011

The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 would give the federal government authority to share classified cyber threat information with the private sector.

A wild week in cybercrime

Stephen Cobb, security evangelist at ESET • November 22, 2011

New attempts to crack down on cybercrime take different paths, from racketing laws to stiffer penalties, while a curve ball called SOPA seeks to mess with DNS.

Anonymous calls for protests of piracy bill

Angela Moscaritolo November 21, 2011

The Anonymous hacking collective on Sunday called for a "worldwide internet and physical protest" against a controversial bill making its way through Capitol Hill called the Stop Online Piracy Act.

Romanian hacker accused of breaking into NASA server

Angela Moscaritolo November 17, 2011

Robert Butyka was detained Tuesday in Cluj Napoca, Romania's fourth most populated city.

Canadian internet users wary of security and privacy, report

James Hale November 15, 2011

A survey by the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) found reservations about internet use

Alarm raised months before fed breach discovered

James Hale November 15, 2011

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) sounded an alert at least two months before a massive internet intrusion was spotted at the Treasury Board of Canada.

GAO again slams IRS over security weaknesses

Angela Moscaritolo November 14, 2011

Despite repeated warnings from the GAO, the IRS has not done much to improve its security posture, and the tax collector was chastised in yet another federal audit.

Man charged with hacking Hoboken, N.J. mayor's email

Angela Moscaritolo November 10, 2011

Patrick Ricciardi, 45, allegedly abused his access as an information systems specialist to spy on official emails meant for Hoboken, N.J. Mayor Dawn Zimmer.