NSA Paid Millions for Tech Companies' Compliance with PRISM (August 23, 2013)
Although major US technology companies have denied their knowing participation in the NSA's surveillance program…
How Did Snowden Access All That Data? (August 24 & 26, 2013)
The US government is having difficulty figuring out exactly what data Edward Snowden took while…
Exploit for Unpatched Java 6 Flaw in the Wild (August 26, 2013)
An exploit targeting an unpatched vulnerability in Java 6 has been found in the wild.......
Amazon Cloud Problems Cause Web Services Outages (August 25 & 26, 2013)
A packet loss issue at an Amazon cloud services data center caused outages for several…
DDoS Attack Against China's Top-Level Domain (August 26, 2013)
A Sunday morning distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against the domain servers for the country's top-level…
HITECH Act Compliance Deadline Four Weeks Away (August 26, 2013)
As of September 23, 2013, U.......
New EU Rule Requires Breach Notification Within 24 Hours (August 22, 23, & 26, 2013)
As of August 25, telecommunications operators and Internet service providers (ISPs) in the European Union…
FBI and DHS Concerned About Android Vulnerabilities (August 26, 2013)
According to an unclassified US government document, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security…
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"Awareness Ambassador Programs – Pumping Up The Volume"
A common challenge with awareness programs for large organizations is no one single awareness officer…