Cybersecurity
Bitcoin Crashed After Another Crypto Exchange Got Hacked
The alleged attacker appeared to have stolen more than $40 million worth of cryptocurrency.
Cybersecurity
Mozilla Introduces DNS Privacy to Firefox
Updating the Domain Name System for the 21st century.
Cybersecurity
White House: Federal Agencies Remain Highly Vulnerable to Data Breaches Three Years After OPM
Many agencies could not detect if a hacker stole large amounts of sensitive data, the report found.
Cybersecurity
Google Chrome Plug-In Informs You Whenever Hackers Have Your Password
But can they ward off hackers themselves?
Cybersecurity
How Firefox is Moving Beyond Passwords
The browser will now support Web Authentication.
Cybersecurity
Twitter Is Telling All of its Users to Change Their Passwords
The passwords of every account—all 336 million of them—have been exposed in an internal log.
Cybersecurity
It's 2018 And The World Still Sucks at Passwords
But perhaps this World Password Day will inspire improvement.
Digital Government
Despite #deleteFacebook, U.S. Users Are Logging In As Much As Ever
The development is somewhat unexpected.
Cybersecurity
Gmail Unveils Security Features To Protect You From Hackers and Spies
Confidential mode could be popular with those concerned with privacy.
Ideas
How Agencies Can Avoid Breaches from Leaking Cloud Storage Buckets
Don't let human error cause a data breach.
Cybersecurity
Tech Support Scams Ramping Up, Microsoft Warns
If you're not careful, you could lose a lot of money.
Digital Government
Lawmakers Want Answers on FDIC Data Breaches and Stingrays
And a new bill pushes for the naming and shaming of foreign hackers and government officials who attack the U.S.
Cybersecurity
Social Security Numbers Are Unsafe and Outdated. So Why Do Americans Use Them?
The form of identification has become dangerously risky to use in the digital age.
Cybersecurity
Uber Agrees to Expanded Data Breach Settlement With FTC
The ride-sharing company tried to conceal a 2016 data breach through its bug bounty program.
Emerging Tech
Google Is Banning Cryptomining Extensions from Chrome Store
You'll have to figure out a different way to mine for Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Digital Government
How to Find Out If Your Facebook Data Was Used by Cambridge Analytica
More than 70 million Americans were affected.
Digital Government
“Why Am I Seeing This Ad” Explanations on Facebook Are Incomplete and Misleading, a Study Says
Some of the answers are vague at best.
Digital Government