Trump Terminates DHS Advisory Committee Memberships, Disrupting Cybersecurity Review

The new Trump administration has terminated all memberships of advisory committees that report to the Department of Homeland Security DHS. "In alignment with the Department of Homeland Security's DHS commitment to eliminating the misuse of resources and ensuring that DHS activities prioritize our...

How to Give Your Apple Devices a Cybersecurity Review

By Owais Sultan Online threats like malware and ransomware attacks against Apple devices especially MacBook are surging and require attention like… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How to Give Your Apple Devices a Cybersecurity Review...

This Week in Security News: Tax Scams and Spam Emails

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, learn how criminals can use tax deadlines for social engineering schemes and redirection URLs in spam emails to sidestep spam filters. Read...

Few details likely at RSA on Obama's cybersecurity review

One of the more widely anticipated keynotes at the RSA Conference this week is the talk by Melissa Hathaway, who was in charge of the Obama administration’s recently completed review of the country’s information security standing. However it now looks unlikely that Hathaway will actually reveal a...

Pentagon spent $100 million on cybersecurity fixes

From Cnet Elinor Mills The security of U.S. networks is in such disarray that the Pentagon has spent $100 million in the last six months alone to repair damage done by cyber attacks. That huge number presumably includes cleaning up after external attacks, viruses and internal problems. Experts sa...