Cybersecurity
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Federal lawmakers reactivated the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program earlier this month — but the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees it, is in partial shutdown. -
The city currently cannot process some online credit card payments, because of a cyber attack on one of its payment gateway providers. Officials are working to stand up a secure alternative solution.
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From compromised TVs to AI-powered house chores, exploring the evolving global threats and why human-centric security matters more than ever.
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Task Force report recognized that a thorough examination would help policymakers and the private sector find ways to limit the unnecessary uses of SSNs.
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"This kind of attack is particularly stealth-like because nostalgic gamers can actually play the game once they click, giving them no reason to suspect that something more sinister is lurking beneath."
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"I am pleased that despite initial concerns, it has always been the policy of the Department of Financial Services to retain all civil remedy notices, materials included with the initial filings and the final resolutions."
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"We as a state have an important role to play in giving parents, educators, and caregivers the information and tools that empower them to teach children the safe and healthy use of technology and the Internet."
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"We hope it can kick-start awareness of the issue in an effort to teach young adults about the consequences of their online behavior, as well as how to remain safe while on the Internet."
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Illegal Internet store sold $24 million in prescription drugs.
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"These findings may seem surprising because none of these emerging hot spots are high population density areas, and some are even rural."
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"This law recognizes the new risks facing consumers today and puts a number of critical safeguards in place to help the people of Massachusetts protect their credit and their good names."
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"It is the assessment of my office that ATS continues to have strong access controls, including regular auditing and training of personnel and strong information technology security."
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The Diebold, Hart InterCivic and Sequoia optical scan systems were all decertified and recertified, and will be required to adopt increased security and post-election auditing procedures.
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Consumers face a 1 in 4 chance of succumbing to an online threat and becoming a cyber victim.
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"Stories like this become treated as fact, [simply] because they are repeated so often."
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Will bring together consumer advocates, industry representatives, technology experts, and academics to address the consumer protection issues raised by the practice of tracking consumers' activities online to target advertising -- or "behavioral advertising."
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"The scale of this stock pump-and-dump spam campaign is like nothing we've seen before."
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"The Cyber Crime Grant Program will help ensure our law enforcement community has the tools they need to track and apprehend Internet predators before they harm our children."
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The computer attack aimed at Estonia recently shows that the world can't ignore the dangers of cyberterrorism any longer.
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Amends the definition of "ballot" to confirm that votes on a direct-recording electronic device must result in a paper or other tangible ballot.
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"The Home Office still hasn't released any specifications, so its figures are pie in the sky."
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