The 5 most impactful cybersecurity guidelines (and 3 that fell flat)

The best cybersecurity guidelines have made a huge difference in protecting data from theft and compromise, both in the United States and around the world. These guidelines are comprehensive sets of recommended practices, procedures and principles designed to help organizations and individual people safeguard their digital assets, systems and data from malicious attacks. They can […]

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U.S. Army Soldier Arrested in AT&T, Verizon Extortions

Brian Krebs reports: Federal authorities have arrested and indicted a 20-year-old U.S. Army soldier on suspicion of being Kiberphant0m, a cybercriminal who has been selling and leaking sensitive customer call records stolen earlier this year from AT&#3… Continue reading U.S. Army Soldier Arrested in AT&T, Verizon Extortions

Chinese hackers breached Treasury Department workstations, documents in ‘major cybersecurity incident’

Ryan Knappenberger reports:  The U.S. Department of the Treasury said on Monday that Chinese-backed hackers had breached its workstations and gained access to unclassified documents earlier this month in what it described as a “major cybersecurity inci… Continue reading Chinese hackers breached Treasury Department workstations, documents in ‘major cybersecurity incident’