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Industry Experts Predict the Top Cyber Security Trends for 2016
The new year is still a month away, but security experts at several companies are already sharing their cyber security predictions for 2016. Samson …
In wake of Paris attacks, legislation aims to extend NSA program
A U.S. senator plans to introduce legislation that would delay the end of the bulk collection of phone metadata by the National Security Agency …
Encyrption ban banished from draft UK surveillance bill
A threatened ban on encryption has been banished from a draft bill on surveillance powers in the U.K. — but the government plans to …
Hackers who targeted Samsung Pay may be looking to track individuals
The security breach at Samsung subsidiary LoopPay was probably more about spying than about gathering consumer data for profit, and the worst could be …
In a first, Chinese hackers are arrested at the behest of the U.S. government
The Chinese government has quietly arrested a handful of hackers at the urging of the U.S. government — an unprecedented step to defuse tensions …
European Central Bank hacked
The European Central Bank (the ECB) announced on Thursday the 24th of July that its website was the victim of a cyber-attack resulting in …
DDoS Attacks Take Down RBS, Ulster Bank, and Natwest Online Systems
The Royal Bank of Scotland group of banks suffered nearly a fifty minute outage to their on-line banking systems today as a result of …
Cisco to buy OpenDNS for $635 million to boost security business
Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO.O) said on Tuesday it would buy OpenDNS, a privately held cloud-based security firm, for $635 million, the latest move to …
How Much Damage Can the OPM Hackers Do With a Million Fingerprints?
The Office of Personnel Management announced last week that the personal data for 21.5 million people had been stolen. But for national security professionals …
Scott McNealy on privacy: You still don’t have any
Scott McNealy is best known for his role as cofounder and long-serving CEO at Sun Microsystems, but some remember him even better for a …