This Week in Security News: Facebook and Feds

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, Facebook’s chief security officer resigned as Facebook steps up its cybersecurity efforts. Also, Feds indicted three Ukrainians charged with...

After Getting Hacked, Uber Paid Hackers $100,000 to Keep Data Breach Secret

Uber is in headlines once again—this time for concealing last year's data breach that exposed personal data of 57 million customers and drivers. On Tuesday, Uber announced that the company suffered a massive data breach in October 2016 that exposed names, e-mail addresses and phone numbers of 57...

August 29, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “U.S. Open” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! August 29, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Over a quarter of the...

CEOs Resign from Trump's Cybersecurity Commission

Eight members of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council resigned last week, citing inadequate attention by the Trump Administration to address growing cybersecurity threats facing the United States. President Donald Trump’s Administration has “given insufficient attention to the the growing...

An open letter concerning my resignation from the Digital Economy Board of Advisors

Yesterday I resigned from my position as a member of the Department of Commerces Digital Economy Board of Advisors. It has been an honor to serve on the Board; however, I believe it is the responsibility of leaders to unequivocally denounce bigotry, racism, hate, and violence, and to respect...

New Bill Would Grant Lifetime Credit Monitoring to OPM Victims

A group of lawmakers are proposing victims of last month’s expansive Office of Personnel Management hack receive lifetime fraud protection and credit monitoring. Democratic lawmakers on Monday presented the Reducing the Effects of the Cyberattack on OPM Victims Emergency Response, or RECOVER Act...

OPM Hack Expands to Include Data of 21.5M People

UPDATE–The ever-expanding data breach at the Office of Personnel Management has now spread to include the Social Security numbers and other personal data of a total of 21.5 million people, and the toll also now includes the agency’s director, Katherine Archuleta, who resigned Friday morning...

Russian Facebook 'VKontakte' Dramatically Fires Original Founder 'Pavel Durov'

Yesterday reports revealed that Pavel Durov, the 29-year-old founder of Russia’s most popular social networking site VKontakte VK - Russia’s Facebook, had been fired from his post of general director of Vkontakte. On monday, Durov said that the social networking site VK is now under the complete...

Edward Snowden obtained classified NSA documents by stealing Coworker’s Password

We are quite aware of the leaks that the Whistleblower Edward Snowden carried out against the US National Security Agency NSA and after reading every related update, watching every document that he provided to various news websites, you all are left with a question in mind that, How he could carr...

Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple CEO

Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple CEO Steve Jobs has resigned as chief executive officer of Apple AAPL. The company has promoted chief operating officer Tim Cook to the position of CEO and said that Cook will join the company's board of directors. Jobs will become Apple's chairman. Here is a copy of...

Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple CEO

Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple CEO Steve Jobs has resigned as chief executive officer of Apple AAPL. The company has promoted chief operating officer Tim Cook to the position of CEO and said that Cook will join the company's board of directors. Jobs will become Apple's chairman. Here is a copy of...

Legal Threat Pushes Former HBGary Federal CEO Out Of DEFCON

Former HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr says he will withdraw from a planned appearance at the DEFCON conference in the face of threatened legal action over his plans to take part in a panel discussion there. Barr notified DEFCON organizers on Wednesday that he was withdrawing from the Aug. 6 panel...

Anonymous Publishes Bank of America Documents, Alleges Fraud

The hacker collective known as Anonymous published a collection of e-mail messages that allege mortgage fraud at U.S. banking giant Bank of America. The documents – more than two dozen e-mail messages – are from Balboa Insurance Group, a Bank of America subsidiary that provides insurance for auto...

HBGary Federal's Aaron Barr Resigns After being Exposed by Anonymous Hackers !

HBGary Federal's Aaron Barr Resigns After being Exposed by Anonymous Hackers ! Aaron Barr's time in the security industry's spotlight may have finally, mercifully ended. On Monday, the much-tormented chief executive of HBGary Federal announced that he has resigned from his position, three weeks...

HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr Steps Down

Embattled CEO Aaron Barr says he is stepping down from his post at HBGary Federal to allow the company to move on after an embarassing data breach. The announcement comes three weeks after Barr became the target of a coordinated attack by members of the online mischief making group Anonymous, whi...

Mubarak Resigns, Congratulations Egypt : Anonymous Press Release !

Mubarak Resigns, Congratulations Egypt : Anonymous Press Release ! It was 18 days of sometimes violent demonstrations that forced the man who ruled Egypt for nearly 30 years to step down. Friday was the day the demonstrators had been awaiting. The announcement of Mr. Mubarak's resignation drew an...

Nicolas Sarkozy's Facebook hacked !

Over the weekend, but fans of French President Nicolas Sarkozy is an amazing update their Facebook news feed, "Dear compatriots, given the unusual circumstances of our country is going through, I decided in my mind and conscience not to run for office again at the end of my term in 2012, a paper...

Obama is Failing the Cybersecurity Test

That giant sucking sound you hear is the steady stream of talented security people and experienced policy makers getting out of Washington as quickly as possible as the Obama administration continues to be paralyzed by indecision and a lack of direction regarding cybersecurity. The latest chapter...

Hathaway Resigns as Federal Cybersecurity Adviser

Melissa Hathaway has left her post as the country’s top cybersecurity adviser, casting even more doubt on who will take the open job of cybersecurity coordinator created by President Obama in May. Hathaway said she is resigning for personal reasons and has no interest in the coordinator job,...