Canada Introduces Bill C-28 to Combat Spam with Hefty Fines

Spam is arguably the most irritating aspect of the internet and email for people globally. However, there is hope in Canada for those who have been targeted by spammers. A new law, Bill C-28, aims to facilitate government efforts in prosecuting and fining individuals and companies guilty of sendi...

Banks Lack Cybersecurity Measures: Top Interpol Official Raises Concerns

A top Interpol chief has expressed concerns about the cybersecurity measures in banks across the region. According to Major Ali Qubaisi, the Interpol team leader for the Middle East and North Africa, and head of the Economic Crimes unit of the Qatari Interior Ministry, banks in the region are...

Recent WikiLeaks-Related Cyberattacks Prompt Call for Policy Changes

In New York on Sunday, lawmakers urged President Obama to expand the U.S. State Department’s foreign policy mechanisms to address crime and security on the Internet. They cited recent attacks on companies severing ties with WikiLeaks as a main reason for these changes. At Symantec's New York City...

Interpol Conference Highlights Cyber-Crime Challenges and Solutions

The emergence of cyber-crime, which transcends man-made boundaries, has underscored the urgent need for global cooperation among law enforcement agencies to prevent and solve these crimes, according to a senior Dubai Police official. At the Third International Conference on Interpol for the Middl...

Man Arrested Selling Classified Documents to FBI

The Washington Post is reporting that Petty Officer Bryan Minkyu Martin was arrested sometime last week on suspicion of stealing classified documents from military networks and attempting to sell them to a foreign agent. Martin is a Navy specialist at the Joint Special Operations Command. He has...

New Bill Would Give DHS New Power Over Private Networks

The latest in what has become a long line of legislation introduced in the House and the Senate in 2010 that attempts to address the country’s computer security shortcomings is a new measure brought forward by Rep. Bennie Thompson that would, among other things, allow the to force certain private...

97% of Cyber Crimes in Gurgaon Go Unreported, Say Police

Police in India report that 97 percent of cyber crimes remain unreported in Gurgaon, a city less than 20 miles from New Delhi. Industry representatives are now collaborating with law enforcement to tackle this issue, according to Times of India. Last week, the IT and business process outsourcing...

Senate Listens to Data Breach Testimony

The Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance heard testimony on from several witnesses yesterday regarding the proposed national data breach legislation, including Maneesha Mithal of the Federal Trade Commission FTC and Mark Bregman, CTO of Symantec. Read the full...

Revised Cybersecurity Act Reshapes Federal Compliance, Education

A revised draft of the Rockefeller-Snowe cybersecurity legislation released last week removes the so-called “kill switch” that gives the president the authority to shut down the Internet in the event of a massive cyberattack. Read the full article SearchCompliance.com...

Q&A: Eugene Spafford on Cybercrime, Security Research

Threatpost editor Dennis Fisher talks with Eugene Spafford of Purdue’s CERIAS center about cybercrime, funding for long-term security research projects and whether the federal cybersecurity coordinator position matters. Fisher: Do you see any indications that there will be more funding coming fro...

Battle brewing over cybersecurity in Washington

There is a good old-fashioned backroom brawl shaping up in Washington over the cybersecurity issue, and the forces are aligning in some interesting ways on a variety of different sides of the debate. The latest installment in this long-running drama involves not just the fight over which, if any,...