US lawmakers propose bill to stop warrantless phone searches at US border
Four US Congressmen have introduced on Tuesday a new law aimed at protecting Americans from warrantless searches of their digital devices when they cross the US border. The …
Trump signs into law repeal of US consumers’ online privacy protections
It’s official: US Internet service providers and mobile data carriers will be able to to sell or share its customers’ Web browsing and app usage history and other …
US Congress votes for ISPs to be able to sell customers’ info and browsing history
After the US Senate, the US House of Representatives has voted on whether the privacy rules imposed late last year by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Internet …
US to ban electronic devices from airplane cabins on some US-bound flights
With a (now deleted) tweet, Royal Jordanian Airlines has jumped the gun on a new ban by the US government expected to be announced on Tuesday: air travellers to the US from …
Even a cybersecurity firm can fall for a W-2 phishing scam
US Tax Day (April 18) is quickly approaching, and scammers are hard at work to get what they can before the set tax season deadline. The US IRS is warning about last-minute …
U.S. charges Russian FSB officers for hacking Yahoo, millions email accounts
A grand jury in the Northern District of California has indicted four defendants, including two officers of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), for computer hacking, …
Leaked: Personal info on 33+ million employees across the US
Personal and contact information on over 33 million employees of various US-based corporations and federal agencies like the Department of Defense has been leaked. The …
Sensitive US Air Force data found exposed online
A misconfigured, unsecured backup drive containing a huge amount of sensitive (but not classified) data on US Air Force officers has been sitting online, accessible to anyone, …
Clever spear-phishing emails hit employees involved in SEC filings
FireEye has flagged a sophisticated spear-phishing campaign hitting US-based businesses with emails purportedly coming from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). …
Twitter reactions to the WikiLeaks CIA data dump
Here are some interesting Twitter reactions regarding the WikiLeaks release of 8,761 documents and files they claim originate from an isolated, high-security network situated …
Connected home solutions adoption remains limited
Adoption of newer connected home solutions is still at the early adopter phase, according to Gartner. The survey, of nearly 10,000 online respondents in the U.S., the U.K. and …
Leaked: Docs cataloguing CIA’s frightening hacking capabilities
WikiLeaks has released 8,761 documents and files they claim originate from the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) – more specifically, from an “isolated, …
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