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Government nixes spy agency watchdog

Danny Bradbury May 10, 2012

In a budget move last month, the Canadian government axed a watchdog responsible for keeping tabs on its secret spy agency.

Canadian government helping erase DNSChanger infection

Danny Bradbury May 10, 2012

A website now is available to help the public check for DNSChanger infection.

ID thieves find gold in medical data

Illena Armstrong May 01, 2012

Is health care a last frontier for today's cyber criminals?

Securities fraud hacker charged after $1 million heist

Greg Masters April 18, 2012

A Russian national is in custody in Newark, N.J., facing charges of hacking into the web accounts of several brokerages to initiate sham stock trades that allegedly netted $1 million.

The new e-discovery playing field

Andy Teichholz, senior e-discovery consultant for Daegis April 16, 2012

Risks exist in the e-discovery process, as sensitive information frequently moves and is stored outside a company's firewall.

Number of victims in state of Utah breach significantly rises

Dan Kaplan April 09, 2012

A misconfigured server is to blame for the attack, which impacted roughly 780,000 Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Plan recipients.

Robocall scandal escalates

Danny Bradbury April 02, 2012

The investigation into fraudulent robocalls in Canada escalated this month, as Elections Canada said that 7,000 calls had gone out across the country.

Canadian opposition party targeted in botnet attack

Danny Bradbury April 02, 2012

A malicious attacker deliberately attempted to interfere with a crucial party leadership vote in Canada last month, according to a company commissioned to run the online voting system used.

The global landscape: International cooperation

Greg Masters April 02, 2012

The FBI-led takedown of Hong Kong-based P2P site MegaUpload -- and the arrests in New Zealand of its leaders -- was a big win for law enforcement. But pursuing suspects across borders can be tricky.

Tightening the fed's belt: Government Roundtable

Illena Armstrong April 02, 2012

At a recent SC Magazine Roundtable, gov't security pros bemoaned the difficulty in obtaining resources. But instead of crying over spilled milk, they traded ideas for mitigating risk in a down economy.

Devices lost containing data on 800K users of child support services

Dan Kaplan March 30, 2012

A number of storage devices belonging to the California Department of Child Support Services went missing while in transit.

RockYou to pay FTC $250K after breach of 32M passwords

Dan Kaplan March 27, 2012

The FTC seemed most upset with RockYou's failure to protect the personal information of 179,000 children who registered to use the site.

GAO calls on feds to better address supply chain risk

Greg Masters March 27, 2012

The GAO, which performs audits, evaluations and investigations on behalf of Congress, examined four agencies whose duties involve national security: the Energy, Homeland Security, Justice and Defense departments.

Secure access, authorization among areas still lacking at IRS

Dan Kaplan March 19, 2012

A favorite whipping boy of the Government Accountability Office, the Internal Revenue Service has yet to clean up its security act, though improvements continue, according to a new audit.

White House appoints new federal CTO

Greg Masters March 12, 2012

President Obama named Todd Park as the federal government's new chief technology officer, replacing Aneesh Chopra, who resigned last month.

Chinese hacking may slow, but...

Adam Segal, Ira A. Lipman senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations March 01, 2012

...nevertheless, companies need to do a better job of protecting IP, says Adam Segal.

Prosecutors request more time for trojan removal

Staff Report February 23, 2012

The U.S. government has requested a three-month extension for the operation of temporary DNS servers to give computer users more time to identify and purge the DNSChanger trojan from their systems.

Anonymous says power grid concerns are U.S. gov't spin

Dan Kaplan February 21, 2012

The head of the National Security Agency is warning that Anonymous may be developing capabilities to target the U.S. power grid, but members of the hacktivist collective called such claims nothing more than fear mongering.

Anonymous hacks FTC over Google privacy, ACTA

Dan Kaplan February 17, 2012

The Anonymous collective has again targeted the Federal Trade Commission, bringing down some of its websites and claiming to have rooted hundreds of its servers.

New cyber security bill is bipartisan, but has its critics

Stephen Lawton February 16, 2012

A new version of a federal law designed to protect the nation's critical assets is toned-down from previous cyber security proposals, but business and privacy leaders have concerns.

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.