CybersecurityUpdate

Cisco announced today that it has entered an agreement to acquire security firm Sourcefire in a deal worth $2.7 billion. Cisco wil pay $76 per share in cash for all shares of Sourc...

Senate Finally Gets Around To Drafting A Cybersecurity Bill

Earlier this year, the House proved yet again that it doesn't care about your privacy...

The NSA Can Use Incidental Data Under Certain Conditions

One of the scariest parts about the NSA's spying program is its...

Chinese Hackers Targeted Obama, McCain in 2008, Say Officials

In 2009, President Obama admitted that his campaign's infrastructure had fallen victim to a hacking attack. He said that hackers had gained access to some emails, various campaign...

White House Finally Responds To CISPA Petition, Says Cybersecurity Legislation Must Respect Privacy

CISPA is all but dead once again, and the Senate is moving ahead with its own cybersecurity...

CISPA Add-On Banning Employers from Seeking Facebook Passwords Killed

As you probably know, on Thursday the U.S. House of Representatives...

CISPA Is Kind Of Dead, But Not Really

Last week, a cry rang out from privacy advocates everywhere as the...

Senate To Take Up Email Privacy Bill Today

UPDATE: And...

Anonymous Organizes CISPA Blackout, Not Many Web Sites Show Up

The SOPA blackout protest was something else. Google, Wikipedia, Reddit an...

House Passes CISPA, Controversial Cybersecurity Bill Moves To Senate

During a vote in the House today, a majority of representatives voted in favor of passing CISPA for the second year in a row....

CISPA Amendment Stripped Of Its Pro-Privacy Provision

We reported yesterday that CISPA was finally shaping up. Rep. Mike McCaul introduced...

House Approves Pro-Privacy CISPA Amendment

UPDATE: The amendment no longer contains pro-privacy language. The language requiring companies to share information only with the DHS was removed before being add...

White House Threatens To Veto CISPA, Recommends Fixes To Bill’s Language

Last week, the White House said that CISPA still had some problems that we...

Civil Liberty Groups Still Don’t Like CISPA, Issue Open Letter To Congress

After a closed door markup, CISPA emerged from the House Intelligence Committe...

Obama Administration Says CISPA Still Has Some Issues

On Wednesday, CISPA came closer to reality as it passed the markup phase i...

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