A budding bipartisan movement toward establishing a federal data privacy bill began to take shape about two years ago appears to be moving forward, as legislation that was shelved in 2019 has been taken up again.
A court battle is brewing as a collection of states challenges the Census Bureau's use of "differential privacy," a new method for anonymizing and securing census data.
Hackers exploited Pulse Connect Secure VPN vulnerabilities to collect passwords, install web shells, and bypass multi-factor authentication on victims’ networks, including federal agencies.
NERC, a non-profit regulatory authority that oversees utilities, revealed this week that about 25% of the electric utilities on the North American power grid downloaded the SolarWinds backdoor.
The US Senate is now evaluating ad exchanges as a potential threat to national security. The concern stems from digital ad auctions conducted in foreign countries.
After an extended pause due to the coronavirus and the 2020 election, the prospect of a federal privacy law is once again being raised by Congress and the first contender is attempting to bridge the partisan divide.
The DHS has issued a broad warning to all American businesses about potential data theft by partners in China that have connections to the government.
The Trump administration set the internet ablaze when it issued an executive order that sets a firm date for a TikTok ban. That Tencent-owned WeChat would also be included was something of a surprise.
Proposed bill requires American tech companies to put encryption backdoors in their products for law enforcement access which can be potentially exploited by hackers.
New proposed bill on anti-encryption law requires a backdoor to be placed in nearly every electronic device that has at least 1 GB of memory and all encrypted services.
