White House announces federal cyber strategy, vows to go on offensive

The White House on Thursday announced a new governmentwide cybersecurity strategy in an effort to raise federal network defenses but also go on the offensive more when U.S. interests are threatened.

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Government

NIST estimates $250 billion economic impact from its encryption standard

The standards agency commissioned a study of how much the Advanced Encryption Standard meant to government and industry since the late '90s.

Financial

Equifax fined maximum penalty under 1998 UK data protection law

The fine amounts to $664,000.

Financial

Magecart strikes again, this time at electronics retailer Newegg

Researchers say the hacking group is getting better at finding ways to leverage faults in Javascript to hide and carry out breaches of credit card...

Government

Wyden: Tech company has told multiple senators of foreign hacking attempts

A major tech company has informed “a number of senators and Senate staff members” that hackers have targeted their personal email accounts,...

CyberScoop Radio

Securiosity: The uncertainty principle

On this week's episode: Quantum encryption, space travel, and bad apps.

Government

Sen. Rubio wants answers from Apple on privacy-violating app

On Wednesday, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., wrote to Apple demanding answers on why it reportedly took the tech giant weeks to address security issues in...

Technology

NSS Labs files antitrust suit against multiple cybersecurity vendors

The company alleges that CrowdStrike, Symantec and ESET as well as the Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization conspired to restrict testing of...