The president's proposal would provide stronger privacy protections than legislation passed by the House in the last Congress, and furnish targeted liability protections to businesses that share cyberthreat information.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was set to star in a satirical video game, in which he battled the forces of imperialist oppression with the help of unicorns and narwals - until hackers apparently disrupted game development.
Information security experts are calling on Google to rethink its patch priorities after it declines to fix a critical component that runs on Android 4.3 "Jelly Bean" and older devices, leaving an estimated 930 million mobile devices at risk.
ATM vendors are working together to enhance threat information sharing and ensure hardware and software compatibility. In part two of an exclusive three-part interview, three leading ATM manufacturers explain why collaboration has become so important.
U.S. Central Command's Twitter and YouTube accounts were hacked Jan. 12, reportedly by ISIS sympathizers. The account compromises came the same day President Obama proposed new cybersecurity measures, including a national breach notification law.
Following the Paris attacks, Britain's prime minister hopes to reintroduce a controversial surveillance bill known as the "Snooper's Charter." Meanwhile, many European countries - and the U.S. - plan to increase anti-terrorism collaboration.
Bankers are criticizing one federal regulatory agency for how it has responded to a breach of unencrypted consumer data that occurred during a routine banking exam. They're saying regulators should focus more on their internal security practices.
The subject of privacy has been debated ever since the release of the AP Shah Committee report on the subject. Kamlesh Bajaj, CEO of the Data Security Council of India, shares insights on how the nation's Data Privacy Act may finally be taking shape.
The FBI has attributed the Sony hack to North Korea, in part by analyzing the messages left by the "G.O.P." attackers. But linguistics expert Shlomo Engelson Argamon says the messages appear to have been written by native Russian speakers.
India is expected to see more than a 100 percent rise in cybercrime this year, according to a new study. What, then, can security leaders and their organizations do to create a more secure cyber-ecosystem?
In the wake of the Paris massacre, the head of Britain's MI5 domestic intelligence agency has called for new powers to fight extremism, warning that as terror plots increase, communications-interception capabilities are decreasing.
While the terms "cybersecurity" and "information security" are used interchangeably, we may be fast approaching a point where a clear distinction is required to properly address emerging challenges.
FBI Director James Comey's Jan. 7 defense of the bureau's attribution of the Sony Pictures hack to North Korea hasn't silenced many information security experts, who argue that the scant evidence divulged to date proves nothing.
Online shoe and clothing retailer Zappos has reached a settlement with nine state attorneys general over a 2012 data breach that exposed the personal details of more than 24 million customers.
French authorities continue to investigate the Jan. 7 attack in Paris that claimed the lives of a dozen, including journalists and police officers. Information security experts say that cyber-forensic skills are crucial for finding the perpetrators.
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