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NSA’s metadata search engine used by US, foreign agencies
The NSA has secretly built a “Google-like” search engine to be used by various US government agencies and intelligence agencies of the Five Eyes countries to sift …
US defense contractors still waiting for breach notification rules
US Department of Defense contractors will have to wait until September 24 to see what specific rules they will be required to follow when it comes to the reporting of computer …
Unified solution for dynamic mitigation of cyberattacks
At Black Hat USA 2014, ForeScout Technologies, provider of pervasive network security solutions for Global 2000 enterprises and government organizations, and ThreatStream, a …
Turla cyber-espionage campaign puzzle solved
Turla, also known as Snake or Uroburos is one of the most sophisticated ongoing cyber-espionage campaigns. When the first research on Turla/Snake/Uroburos was published, it …
Snowden allowed to stay in Russia for three more years
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has been permitted to stay in Russia for another three years, and is free to travel within the country and abroad, Russia Today reports. …
US DHS contractor gets hacked
USIS, the largest commercial provider of background investigations to the US federal government, has announced that it has suffered a breach that might have resulted in the …
US govt is after another secret document leaker
It seems that there is a leaker following in the footsteps of Edward Snowden, and US government officials are trying to discover his or her identity, as they confirmed for the …
NIST asks for comments on security guide for federal information systems
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued for public comment a draft update of its primary guide to assessing the security and privacy controls that …
China bans Symantec, Kaspersky software from govt systems
Symantec and Kaspersky Lab have become the latest victims of Chinese government’s procurement agency’s axe as the two firms have been dropped from the approved …
CIA chief admits agency employees hacked Senate computers
CIA Director John Brennan has confirmed that five CIA employees have, indeed, “improperly accessed” computers of Senate staffers and the computer network that was …
Russian government offers money for Tor-cracking tech
The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) has published a tender offering $111,000 to any Russian company or organization that can provide technology that can …
What influences corporate security strategies?
Sixty eight percent of businesses stated that the NSA breach by Edward Snowden and the number of PoS system breaches in the past year were the most impactful in terms of …