New Bill Proposes NSA Surveillance Reforms
The newly-introduced bill targets the Patriot Act’s Section 215, previously used by the U.S. government to collect telephone data from millions of Americans.
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U.S. Gov Agency Targeted With Malware-Laced Emails
The malicious email campaign included a never-before-seen malware downloader called Carrotball, and may be linked to the Konni Group APT.
Feds Cut Off Access to Billions of Breached Records with Site Takedown
The WeLeakInfo “data breach notification” domain is no more.
The agency changed its policy to provide more timely and actionable information to state and local election officials in the case of a cybersecurity breach to election infrastructure.
Threatpost talks to Venafi about the recently-disclosed Microsoft vulnerability and whether the hype around the flaw was warranted.
Class members have until Jan. 22, next week, to claim benefits.
Legal battle pitting Feds against the tech giant over data privacy and device security in criminal cases seems inevitable.
Refusal to unlock the phones of a Florida shooter could set up another legal battle between Apple and the Feds over data privacy in the case of criminal investigations.
The California Consumer Privacy Act has been adopted, but the largest U.S. privacy regulation fails to address how companies can know where their data is.
The case highlights the rising issue of stalkerware, which has reached epidemic proportions.
