GCHQ is backing a contest to find the best amateur security analysts in the UK. The Cyber Security Challenge will see applicants attempt to prevent a mock cyber attack on the UK and present their analysis to the National Crime Agency.
Most security analysts don’t regard the Bitcoin algorithm as particularly sophisticated, but until a new paper was published there was no explicit flaw.
Senator Richard Blumenthal, D-CT, says his newly-introduced legislation, the Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act of 2011 will protect individuals’ personally identifiable information from data theft and penalize firms that don’t adequately secure their customers’ information. Naturally, there are skeptics. The bill would establish ” appropriate minimum security plans” for businesses with 10,000 or […]
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