Access Now Is Looking for a Chief Security Officer

The international digital human rights organization Access Now I am on the board is looking to hire a Chief Security Officer. I believe that, somewhere, there is a highly qualified security person who has had enough of corporate life and wants instead to make a difference in the world. If that's...

Julian Assange will no longer be the editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks

Julian Assange, the founder of popular whistleblower website WikiLeaks, is stepping down from the position of editor-in-chief of the organisation under "extraordinary circumstances." Assange, the 47-year-old Australian hacker, founded WikiLeaks in 2006 and has since made many high-profile leaks,...

For 2nd Time in 3 Years, Mobile Spyware Maker mSpy Leaks Millions of Sensitive Records

mSpy, the makers of a software-as-a-service product that claims to help more than a million paying customers spy on the mobile devices of their kids and partners, has leaked millions of sensitive records online, including passwords, call logs, text messages, contacts, notes and location data...

British teen who hacked CIA chief gets two years in prison

By Waqas Kane Gamble, the founding member of Crackas with Attitude CWA This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: British teen who hacked CIA chief gets two years in prison...

Carbon Black’s Victor Baez Recognized as a 2018 CRN Channel Chief

CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Victor Baez, Vice President, WW Channels of Carbon Black, to its prestigious list of 2018 Channel Chiefs. The executives on this annual list represent top leaders in the IT channel who excel at driving growth and revenue in their organization throug...

Micheal McCollough Recognized as 2018 CRN® Channel Chief

This week, Micheal McCollough, Vice President, Global Channels, of Akamai was recognized and named as 2018 Channel Chief by CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company. The executives on this annual list represent top leaders in the IT channel who excel at driving growth and revenue in their organizatio...

Developing an effective cyber strategy

The word strategy has its origins in the Roman Empire and was used to describe the leading of troops in battle. From a military perspective, strategy is a top-level plan designed to achieve one or more high-order goals. A clear strategy is especially important in times of uncertainty as it provid...

Crackas with Attitude’ hacker posed as CIA Chief to access secret data

By Carolina Remember the infamous Crackas with Attitude CWA hacking group? If This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Crackas with Attitude hacker posed as CIA Chief to access secret data...

#CbChats: 3 Questions with Carbon Black’s Chief People Officer Amy Robinson

Amy Robinson is Carbon Black's Chief People Officer. She is also taking over Boston tech, according to Rev3, a list comprising the top 20 female tech executives in Boston. Amy is the third Carbon Black honoree on the Rev Boston list. Both Di Hall and Sandra O' Sullivan were named to the list in...

Cybersecurity in the Workplace is Everybody’s Business

What can individual users do to preserve cybersecurity at work? Your organization is spending on cybersecurity tools, you have an awareness program, and if you look you will find that there are standards and procedures for choosing and maintaining products to help keep information secure. But wha...

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly's Cell Phone was Tapped

Politico reports that White House Chief of Staff John Kelly's cell phone was compromised back in December. I know this is news because of who he is, but I hope every major government official of any country assumes that their commercial off-the-shelf cell phone is compromised. Even allies spy on...

White House Hires First Federal CISO

The White House announced yesterday it has hired retired Brigadier General Gregory J. Touhill, right, to serve as the first federal chief information security officer. Touhill will be responsible for setting policies, strategies and practices across federal agencies. According to a White House bl...

Katie Moussouris on the Latest Wassenaar Arrangement Rules

Threatpost editor Mike Mimoso talks to HackerOne chief policy officer Katie Moussouris about the U.S. implementation of the Wassenaar Arrangement rules and where things stand close to seven months after the initial draft was pulled off the table for a rewrite...

Uber to Quadruple Security Staff by 2016

Ride-sharing company Uber, which has already battled a database compromise and hackers selling stolen user accounts this year, announced over the weekend that it will bulk up its security division. Uber will quadruple the number of employees that currently oversee security at the San...

WordPress Chief Editor 3.6.1 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Exploit for php platform in category web applications Title: WordPress 'Chief Editor' Plugin Version: 3.6.1 Author: Morten Nørtoft, Kenneth Jepsen & Mikkel Vej Date: 2015-06-17 Download: - https://wordpress.org/plugins/chief-editor/ - https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/chief-editor/ Notified...

WordPress Chief Editor 3.6.1 Cross Site Scripting

Title: WordPress 'Chief Editor' Plugin Version: 3.6.1 Author: Morten Nørtoft, Kenneth Jepsen & Mikkel Vej Date: 2015-06-17 Download: - https://wordpress.org/plugins/chief-editor/ - https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/chief-editor/ Notified Vendor/WordPress: 2015-06-21...

FTC Hires Privacy Researcher Ashkan Soltani as Chief Technologist

The FTC has hired Ashkan Soltani, a highly regarded and respected technologist and privacy researcher, as its chief technologist. The move is the latest in a string of interesting hires by the Federal Trade Commission. In 2009 the agency hired Chris Soghoian, a privacy and security researcher, as...

Carrier IQ Hires a Chief Privacy Officer

Carrier IQ, a startup heavily bruised last fall by harsh criticism of its handset diagnostic software, today announced it’s hired a high-profile lawyer as its Chief Privacy Officer. According to a news release, Magnolia Mansourkia Mobley, a CIPP and former Verizon executive, will be tasked with...

Elections 2012 and DDoS attacks in Russia

Vitaly Kamluk As Eugene Kaspersky had written earlier, we were expecting new DDoS attacks on resources covering the Russian presidential election. So, as the country went to the polls on 4 March, we were on the lookout for new DDoS attacks. We were surprised to hear a news report from one mass...

Latest Security Flaw in Skype Enables IP address & Location Tracking

Latest Security Flaw in Skype Enables IP address & Location Tracking The serious breach in the widely-used, internet video chat program means that any evil computer nerd could easily hunt down users' whereabouts, according to a study co-authored by an NYU-Poly professor. The flaw in Skype could...