The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is awarding $10 million in funding for trusted online credential pilot projects.
03 February 2012
Two New York power companies, which have 1.8 million customers, have disclosed that customers' personal information, including social security numbers, dates of birth, and financial account data, may have been compromised by third-party unauthorized access.
24 January 2012
The Jericho Forum, a worldwide independent grouping of CISOs, academics and government institutions within the Open Group, is concerned that all future identity projects should avoid the ‘Big Brother approach’ illustrated by the UK approach to national ID cards.
23 January 2012
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is asking for industry proposals for software-based biometrics to improve information security of US military networks and systems.
17 January 2012
The Peace Officers of California (POC) group is demanding a legislative investigation into the handling of an Anonymous hack of the California State Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) website.
05 January 2012
Hackers have recently posted online personal information of around 90 million subscribers to a Chinese online forum and microblogging sites.
29 December 2011
Siemens expects to issue a patch in January to fix security holes in its supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) products that control industrial automation systems.
28 December 2011
Mobile phone users in Europe and other parts of the world are vulnerable to having their conversations, text messaging, and voice mail hacked because of poor mobile network security, according to German security researcher Karsten Nohl.
28 December 2011
Multi-factor biometric authentication is one of the five innovations that are likely to change the tech landscape within five years, according to IBM’s 5 in 5 annual list of innovations.
22 December 2011
Yahoo has begun offering two-factor authentication for its Yahoo Mail users to help prevent account compromises.
22 December 2011