"A new direction in the way we develop and deploy capabilities to defend Army networks" - Lt. Gen. Paul M. Nakasone, commander of U.S. Army Cyber Command The U.S Army Research Laboratory (ARL) has announced the creation of the Army Cyber-research Analytics Laboratory (ACAL). The laboratory provides industrial and federally funded partners access to highly sensitive cyber security data. The new department was created out of a partnership with the Army Cyber Command. It is an

Two Apps on the Google Play store have been discovered to have been infected with a new strain of Ransomware Google has just removed two apps infected by a new strain of ransomware, LeakerLocker. The discovery was made by McAfee's mobile team. During their research they found that the ransomware did not encrypt users files, it locked their devices. Once locked a threat to send all of the users private data and messages to everyone in their contact list would appear on the scr

Over 3 million WWE fans have had their personal information leaked earlier this week. World Wrestling Entertainment Inc, WWE, left an unsecured database on an Amazon Web Server. Bob Dyachenko, of security firm Kromtech, has informed Forbes that he discovered an unprotected database of more than 3 million WWE users. The exposed information included names, addresses, educational background, income earnings, and ethnicity. The information was left wide in the open on a Amazon We

"It's something that you don't hear as much about, but the problem is pervasive" - Jay Kaplan, former Defense Department cyber-security expert It only took one shot for Russian hackers to infiltrate a Pentagon official's computer. The attack method however wasn't through email or an obvious file randomly accepted and downloaded. It was a Twitter post of a family-friendly vacation package deal. The Twitter post contained a link posted by a bot with promises of a family summer

"Law firms have been victims of some of the most damaging hacks in recent history." - ABA Journal Law Firms have increasingly become major targets for cyber-attacks. Practices of all sizes are at risk as they handle many types of sensitive data yet are intimidated by applying necessary safe guards to secure it. Protecting data is the most critical step all law firms must enforce but many put it off assuming they'll never be targeted. These are the top 6 data breaches in recen