From how we now understand the celebrity nude selfie hacks to have taken place, we can start to take away certain lessons about our own vulnerability — and think about how… Read more »
A State Department official has warned against the likes of Russia using NSA revelations as the basis for forcing web services to store citizens’ data locally. Read more »
If true, this would make the Community Health Systems hack, which saw attackers steal 4.5 million people’s records, the first of its scale to exploit the OpenSSL bug. Read more »
Dmitry Medvedev’s Twitter account was taken over by an anti-Kremlin wag on Thursday morning, but it appears to be back in the hands of his team. Read more »
Days after China removed foreign security vendors from its procurement lists for government departments, it has reportedly done the same with Apple(s aapl) products. According to anonymous sources quoted by Bloomberg,… Read more »
Roman Seleznev was apparently picked up by U.S. agents in the Maldives, then sent to Guam for his first court appearance. He is alleged to have been involved in the theft… Read more »
Yet another blow for U.S. technology companies selling into China: the government there is reviewing whether Chinese banks should stop using IBM(s ibm) servers due to security fears, Bloomberg reports. Looks… Read more »
The online auction house says credit card data was not taken and the passwords stored in the hacked database were encrypted, but an awful lot of apparently unencrypted information was in… Read more »
China has suspended a joint cybersecurity working group with the U.S. following the latter’s indictment of 5 Chinese army officials over hacking operations that allegedly sought to steal trade secrets and… Read more »