A House Committee report slammed the former U.S. defense contractor saying he has done “tremendous damage” to the United States national security.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation this week urged victims of ransomware to report infections to federal law enforcement in hopes of better understanding the threat.

A researcher from Cambridge University successfully bypassed an iPhone 5c’s passcode restrictions using NAND mirroring.

Edward Snowden took his case to the media Wednesday arguing a presidential pardon would be important step in preserving democracy and his only hope in returning to the United States. He argued that under the current Espionage Act, future whistleblowers would be less inclined to come forward to expose government abuses of power. “Today whistleblowing...

The Tor Project on Monday made a public plea for others to speak out against the proposed amendments to Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, which are taking effect Dec. 1 barring a Congressional injunction. The amendments would expand the Department of Justice’s ability to hack computers and conduct surveillance through the...

Civil liberty advocates say a Texas judge got it right when he ruled on a controversial child porn case regarding the FBI’s use of malware to search a computer. Senior U.S. District Judge David Alan Ezra of the San Antonio division of the Western District of Texas court ruled that sending malware to someone’s computer...

The U.S. government has entered into the St. Jude-MedSec-Muddy Waters fray with an investigation into claims St. Jude medical devices are vulnerable to cyberattacks. The Food and Drug Administration and Department of Homeland Security also apparently disapprove of the approach taken by MedSec and Muddy Waters to short St. Jude stock rather than privately disclose...

The White House announced yesterday it has hired retired Brigadier General Gregory J. Touhill, right, to serve as the first federal chief information security officer. Touhill will be responsible for setting policies, strategies and practices across federal agencies. According to a White House blog post announcing the news, the role of the first federal CISO...

After a summer of high-profile attacks and disclosures centered around enterprise network infrastructure, the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday put out an alert explaining some of the tactics used by advanced attackers, and urged special caution in maintaining supply chain integrity. The warning to network operators, in particular aimed at those managing Cisco gear, comes...

When asked to describe what it’s like to deal with the constantly looming threat of ransomware, Chad Wilson, the Director of Information Security at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington D.C., didn’t beat around the bush. “I’ll sum it up in one word: It’s scary,” Wilson said at a Federal Trade Commission workshop Wednesday. “It’s...