The White House is creating a new agency to help counter cyberthreats, analyzing intelligence from around the government so it is better equipped to deal with attacks.
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A dump of 10 million sanitized usernames and passwords was released online, sparking debate over its legality in light of proposed changes to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
Modern cars are more and more dependent on computer systems. And guess what? They can be hacked.
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A new cybersecurity video from the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has taken an unusual approach to raising awareness, playing dumb in this mock public service announcement aimed at a “non-technical” audience.
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Yesterday the biggest healthcare-related breach to date was announced, as attackers accessed a database containing the records of 80 million Anthem insurance customers, plus current and former employees.
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Anthem Inc. has suffered an attack on its database which is likely to be the biggest data breach ever disclosed by a health insurance company.
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A cat leads to a notorious death threat hacker finally being caught and jailed in Japan.
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President Obama’s budget proposal for the 2016 fiscal year includes a projected 10 percent increase in cybersecurity spend, reports Reuters.
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Use HipChat? Be aware that hackers have accessed the names, usernames, email addresses and encrypted passwords for some users.
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The number of distributed denial-of-service attacks on websites in the final quarter of 2014 was up 90 percent on the previous quarter, according to research from Akamai Technologies.
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