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TRUSTe deceived consumers through its privacy seal program
TRUSTe has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived consumers about its recertification program for company’s privacy practices, as well as …
Best practices for government agencies to secure IT infrastructure
Many government agencies, departments, subcontractors, service providers, and organizations that operate IT systems on behalf of the government must ensure protection of their …
German spy agency wants to buy and use 0-day bugs
The Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) – Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service – has asked a parliamentary oversight committee for big money to buy …
Obama backs net neutrality, asks FCC to reclassify broadband as a utility
The US president has sided with net neutrality advocates and has encouraged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reclassify consumer broadband service from a …
Brazilian, Chinese govt sites host the most phishing pages
Occasionally, cyber crooks compromise websites administered by governments and make them host phishing pages. But how often does that happen? Cyvveillance researchers have …
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. …