Version 4.0 of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) puts greater emphasis on application security than did previous versions of the standard. It also adds a new “customized approach” option that allows merchants and other entities to come up with their own ways to comply with requirements, and which also has implications for a...
Mounting concerns regarding the operations of major data brokers in the U.S. have prompted House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodger, R-Wash., and Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Chair Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., to introduce the American Privacy Rights Act that would regulate data collection, security, and sharing practices of such entities, CyberScoop reports.
Hamas spokesperson Hudhayfa Samir Abdallah al-Kahlut, also known as "Abu Ubaida," has been sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department for his leadership of the group's cyber influence operations, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
The FBI and Australian Federal Police have partnered to arrest and indict an unnamed Australian who developed Firebird/Hive remote access trojan and California-based Edmond Chakhmakchyan, also known as Corruption, who allegedly marketed the RAT, according to BleepingComputer.
StateScoop reports that new legislation that would establish the Water Risk and Resilience Organization to strengthen cybersecurity in water and wastewater systems across the U.S. was unveiled by Reps. John Duarte, R-Calif., and Rick Crawford, R-Ariz.
Bipartisan approval of legislation that would reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act has been achieved by the House a week before the surveillance tool's expiration on Apr. 19, reports The Associated Press.