The US Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other groups have standing in challenging the constitutionality of the US government’s warrantless wiretapping of overseas phone calls and emails.
22 May 2012
The University of Maine has admitted to a server breach that may have exposed personal information, including social security and credit card numbers, on around 3,825 individuals.
21 May 2012
Apple has issued two security fixes for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard that targets holes exploited by the Flashback malware.
16 May 2012
Last month, Ars Technica asked the question, ‘Can Apple give police a key to your encrypted iPhone data?’ It concluded that it probably could not for the data on the device; but probably could for data stored in iCloud. Now the question has less relevance, with the latest version of ElcomSoft’s EPPB and the increasing use of iCloud.
15 May 2012
The US Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) is waning about a critical vulnerability in Progea’s Movicon 11, an industrial control product that manages critical infrastructure systems.
14 May 2012
The Pentagon is making permanent the Defense Industrial Base (DBI) Cyber Pilot program that involves sharing cyber intelligence with the US defense industry.
11 May 2012
Security professionals are experiencing an information overload and want better metrics to analyze the data so they can take action, according to a survey conducted by Dimensional Research on behalf of RedSeal Networks.
10 May 2012
Kansas State University (KSU) has received a five-year, $1 million US Air Force (USAF) contract to study "moving target" defense for networks.
10 May 2012
The US public is more concerned about cybersecurity than terrorism, according to a survey by IT firm Unisys.
10 May 2012
A spear-phishing campaign aimed at US natural gas pipeline companies has been underway since December of last year, according to the US Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT).
08 May 2012