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European Parliament rejects ACTA

Following recent recommendations by a number of European committees, the infamous Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement has been shot down today by the European Parliament in …

US federal commission breach endangers employees

Employees of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission – an independent agency of the United States government that regulates futures and option markets – have …

Democratic govts not immune to censorship attempts, says Google

Judging by the numbers contained in Google’s latest bi-annual Transparency Report, governments and government officials around the world have lately been approaching the …

The dangers of NOT passing cybersecurity legislation in 2012

According to the U.S. Government, cyber-security protection of critical infrastructure is a national priority. With 85 percent of the nation’s critical infrastructure …

Programmer pleads guilty to US govt software source code theft

A Chinese computer programmer that was charged with stealing the source code of software developed by the US Treasury Department pleaded guilty to the charge on Tuesday. The …

Romanian hackers arrested for hitting government websites

Twelve individuals have been arrested across Romania for having allegedly compromised and defaced 29 websites of Romanian public institutions, and having stolen and leaked …

NSA launches cyber security program for college students

The US National Security Agency has launched a National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations Program to ultimately yield a larger pool of professionals with …

Will the new EU privacy legislation secure Europe’s digital economy?

At the start of 2012, the European Commission announced it is to undertake a comprehensive review of the EU’s 1995 data protection rules. Its aim is to strengthen online …

Panasonic delivers secure video evidence capture

Panasonic introduced its Wearable Video Camera system. The new solution, designed for law enforcement officers in the field, will provide agencies with a comprehensive system …

Mistakes that led to the massive Utah data breach

A little over a month ago, the largest data breach in Utah history resulted in the compromise of Social Security numbers of some 280,000 Medicaid and Children’s Health …

FBI wants social networks and IM services to be wiretap-friendly

Worried that technology advances will leave its agents incapable of conducting surveillance of online communications of potential criminals, the FBI is quietly lobbying top …

US House of Representatives passes CISPA

In a move that took the opponents of the proposed Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) by surprise, the US House of Representatives has voted on the bill a …

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