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Google shakes up antivirus industryFor more than a decade, Google's VirusTotal has given antivirus companies the ability to detect malware and share information about new viruses. But in a sweeping change meant end 'abuse' of the system, it is limiting access to the widely used database.
Turning information security pros into cybersecurity change agentsThe backbone of the information security industry can be unleashed to help solve cybersecurity鈥檚 toughest problems.
Opinion: Why we shouldn't reward cybercriminalsPaying ransoms to cybercriminals who hijack computers only encourages the scourge of ransomware, which organizations and individuals can prevent by simply backing up their data.
Max Schrems: Privacy Shield won't protect Europeans from surveillanceThe European activist whose case against Facebook led to a transatlantic rift over privacy regulations is forming a new data protection watchdog.
Can White House, tech startups overcome gun lobby resistance to 'smart guns'?Despite fierce resistance from groups such as the National Rifle Association 鈥� and safety and privacy concerns about the technology 鈥� many gun owners appear open to technology the Obama administration and many tech entrepreneurs say will reduce firearm deaths.聽
Will artificial intelligence revolutionize cybersecurity?With criminal hackers becoming more effective at breaking into computer systems, cybersecurity researchers, government agencies, and academics are looking to artificial intelligence to detect 鈥� and fight 鈥� cyberattacks.
Will emotions be hackable? Exploring how cybersecurity could evolveAt a Passcode event, the Center聽for Long-Term Cybersecurity at the聽University of California, Berkeley聽unveiled a series of scenarios exploring the various alternate futures of the Internet.聽
Thousands of New Yorkers named as apparent Islamic State targetsAn online group claiming Islamic State ties threatened 3,600 New Yorkers and distributed their personal information last week on a secure messaging app.
Dutch art project exposes extent of surveillance, tests limits of lawThe arts collective known as SETUP built a detailed catalog of the population in the Netherlands based on open data sources. The information it collected proved so revealing that making it public would violate privacy laws.
Event: Cybersecurity futures 2020What does the future hold for the Web? Join Passcode, UC Berkeley, and聽some of the country's leading policymakers, hackers, and creative thinkers聽to discuss the alternate futures for cybersecurity and the Internet in 2020 and beyond.- 鈥媁atch live: Encryption vs. the FBI鈥媁hat's likely to happen next in the ongoing debate over encryption? Join us for a Privacy Lab talk on聽Wednesday, April 27th.
How to raise a white hat hackerMany of today's tech-savvy kids demonstrate the sort of curiosity that makes them ideally suited to become tomorrow's ethical hackers. The trick is teaching them how to use those instincts for good, and steering them away from the darker corners of the Internet.- How we can get 鈥榤ore of everything鈥� for the cybersecurity workforceWith a need for 1.5 million more trained professionals in coming years, the federal government, universities, and companies are teaming up to solve the problem.
Monitor BreakfastNew encryption technology is aiding terrorists, intelligence director saysNew, commercially available encryption software 'had and is having major, profound effects on our ability' to collect intelligence, 'particularly against terrorists,' James Clapper told reporters at a Monitor-hosted breakfast.
Why does our privacy really matter?Philosophy professor Michael Lynch says that privacy violations erode individuals' rights to autonomously make their own decisions and exercise individual power.- How secure is your data? Take our quiz and find out
Do you use Tor browser, two-factor authentication, or a VPN? Do you know what those things are? With data breaches commonplace and digital surveillance on the rise, there's no better time to find out if your own private information is shielded from prying eyes.聽Take our quiz designed in partnership with the Mozilla Foundation and the to聽find out how to secure yourself against a growing number of threats online.聽
Podcast: Niloofar Howe on the looming cybersecurity industry implosionOn the latest edition of the Cybersecurity Podcast, RSA's chief strategy officer makes industry forecast and Raytheon's Jack Harrington talks about defending US networks and how to recruit new talent to the field.
How to avoid becoming the next victim of ransomwareThe rapid rise in computer attacks that encrypt files until victims pay off cybercriminals can be avoided if organizations take necessary precautions.
Why hospitals have become prime targets for ransomware attacksSince hospitals store sensitive patient information, and often rely on outdated software and legacy computer systems, experts say they are especially susceptible聽to a wave of cyberattacks that encrypt data until victims pay ransoms.
Opinion: Burr-Feinstein antiencryption bill a firing offenseSens. Richard Burr (R) of North Carolina and聽Dianne Feinstein (D) of California should be stripped of their positions for introducing a bill that would endanger American digital security and privacy.
