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CISA data-sharing bill passes Senate with no privacy protections

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A controversial draft law, which one senator called a "surveillance bill by another name," has passed the Senate. CISA, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (S. 754), will allow private companies to share cyber-threat data with the federal government, including personal user data, in an effort to prevent cyberattacks, such as those on the scale of Target, Home Depot, and Sony.

Alex
Oct 28, 2015

How the NSA can break trillions of encrypted Web and VPN connections

For years, privacy advocates have pushed developers of websites, virtual private network apps, and other cryptographic software to adopt the Diffie-Hellman cryptographic key exchange as a defense against surveillance from the US National Security Agency and other state-sponsored spies. Now, researchers are renewing their warning that a serious flaw in the way the key exchange is implemented is allowing the NSA to break and eavesdrop on trillions of encrypted connections.

Dave Wreski
Oct 16, 2015

FBI and UK cops smash Dridex high-stakes bank-raiding botnet

Joint efforts by law-enforcement agencies in the US and UK have crippled an eastern European gang behind the bank credential-stealing botnet known as Dridex.

Dave Wreski
Oct 14, 2015

California Now Has the Nation

California continued its long-standing tradition for forward-thinking privacy laws today when Governor Jerry Brown signed a sweeping law protecting digital privacy rights.

Alex
Oct 13, 2015

Australian data breach notification laws will not be passed in 2015: Brandis

Despite the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Intelligence and Security recommending that Australia have data breach notification laws in place before the end of 2015, Australian Attorney-General George Brandis told the Senate on Tuesday that laws would not be passed this year.

Anthony Pell
Oct 13, 2015

WikiLeaks: ISPs to hand over copyright infringer details under TPP

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will force internet service providers (ISPs) to give up the details of copyright infringers so that rights holders can protect and enforce their copyright through criminal and civil means with few limitations, according to the intellectual property chapter released by WikiLeaks over the weekend.

Alex
Oct 12, 2015

China Cyberspying on U.S.

Three days after Obama and Xi Jinping signed a historic agreement to curb online economic espionage, the FBI issued a fresh warning about Chinese spies in U.S. corporate networks.

Dave Wreski
Oct 08, 2015

Who will take the fall for Pirate Bay piracy? Case heads back to court

The Swedish government is having another crack at pinning responsibility for piracy on Sweden's top-level domain registry for .se, IIS. This spring a Swedish district court ordered two Pirate Bay domains at .se addresses to be handed over to the state, marking a major victory for long-time pirate-hunting prosecutor Fredrik Inblad.

Alex
Oct 07, 2015

Hey FCC, Don

On the coastal edge of Tunisia, a signal bounces between 11 rooftops and 12 routers, forming an invisible net that covers 70 percent of the city of Sayada. Strategically placed, the routers link together community centers

Dave Wreski
Sep 25, 2015

Pentagon working on anti-hacker system to crack down on its own security flaws

After a damning report from the Pentagon's chief weapons tester about cyber threats earlier this year, the US Defense Department is stepping up efforts to protect its networks with a new system to help spot flaws.

Anthony Pell
Sep 18, 2015

Obama advisers: Encryption backdoors would hurt cybersecurity, net infrastructure vendors

Making encryption backdoors available to law enforcement would be bad for cybersecurity in general and hurt vendors that make encryption gear, a presidential advisory group says.

Anthony Pell
Sep 17, 2015

US and China officials talk cybersecurity after Obama's warning about attacks

Senior US and Chinese officials have met to discuss cybersecurity and other issues ahead of Chinese president Xi Jinping

Alex
Sep 16, 2015

Government Releases Policy on Vulnerability Discovery and Disclosure

After more than a year of legal wrangling, the federal government has agreed to hand over its policy on vulnerability use and disclosure. The government had said that the policy was classified and too sensitive to release, but relented late last week and sent the document to the EFF, albeit a heavily redacted version.

Anthony Pell
Sep 10, 2015

California assembly passes digital privacy bill

The California state assembly has passed a digital privacy bill that aims to prevent government access without warrant to private electronic communications. The bill would provide some exceptions for law enforcement in emergencies or for other public safety requirements.

Alex
Sep 09, 2015

Coder pleads guilty to writing Gozi banking trojan

A man credited with helping to create the infamous Gozi banking malware has pleaded guilty in a US court. Deniss Calovskis, 30, of Latvia was arrested in November 2012 and spent 10 months in the Baltic state's cooler before being extradited to the USA, where he's been behind bars ever since.

Alex
Sep 07, 2015

Victims of US gov't mega-breach still haven't been notified

Nearly three months after the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) discovered its databases had been compromised by Chinese hackers, the government still hasn't notified the employees and contractors affected by the breach. On Tuesday, the OPM said it planned to start the process of informing victims "later this month," and that reaching everyone is expected to take several weeks.

Anthony Pell
Sep 02, 2015

Oh Good, the Weaponized Police Drones Are Here

Alex
Aug 31, 2015

FTC can bring down the hammer on companies with sloppy cybersecurity, court rules

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has the authority to take action against companies that fail to protect customer data, an appeals court ruled Monday.

Anthony Pell
Aug 25, 2015

Court Says the FTC Can Slap Companies for Getting Hacked

For companies like the dating site Ashley Madison or the health insurer Anthem, financial loss, customer anger and professional embarrassment aren

Anthony Pell
Aug 25, 2015

Busting the Biggest Myth of CISA

When the U.S. Senate returns in September, one of its priorities will be to pass so-called

Dave Wreski
Aug 19, 2015

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