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Silk Road 2.0 shut down, operator arrested, charged
The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York has announced today the arrest of Blake Benthall, a.k.a. “Defcon,” in connection with his …
White House network breach was likely nation-sponsored
The White House has confirmed that the unclassified Executive Office of the President network has been breached by unknown hackers. People in the know speculate that the …
Russian-based cyber spies going after military, intelligence targets
FireEye today released a comprehensive intelligence report that assesses that an advanced persistent threat (APT) group may be sponsored by the Russian government. The report …
Belgacom shares more details about alleged GCHQ breach
Late last year, documents from Edward Snowden’s NSA trove have revealed that Britain’s GCHQ has allegedly mounted a successful attack against primarily state-owned …
Cyber security coalition reports on Chinese state-sponsored espionage
Novetta Solutions released multiple reports, the main one being titled “Operation SMN: Axiom Threat Actor Group Report”, which details the characteristics of a …
Code Red: A global initiative for fighting government surveillance
Well known and widely respected privacy expert and advocate Simon Davies has announced the creation of a new global initiative that’s aimed at supporting the world-wide …
The Software Assurance Marketplace: A response to a challenging problem
With the steady proliferation of wearable devices and the emergence of the Internet of Things, everyone and everything will eventually be connected by some piece of software. …
Local US cops distributing questionable, unsafe spyware to families
A few days after the creator of the StealthGenie application has been indicted in what is the first-ever criminal case concerning the advertisement and sale of a mobile device …
California toughens breach notification law
California Governor Edmund Brown has signed on Tuesday new legislation that will strengthen privacy and consumer protections in the state. The new set of bills will, among …
FBI will share its Malware Investigator portal with businesses
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has announced that its internal Malware Investigator portal – previously available only to law enforcement and government entities …
The Crime-as-a-Service business model
A service-based criminal industry is developing, in which specialists in the virtual underground economy develop products and services for use by other criminals. This …
Federal regulations on cyber security lead to revenue loss
Even though 87 percent those surveyed in the financial service industry agree that current regulatory changes are very important or critical to keeping their companies and …