Jaikumar Vijayan

A closely watched bill that promises to introduce some major changes on the federal cybersecurity front was approved by the Senate Commerce Committee today just days after it was introduced.

The U.S. is weighing the creation of an ambassador-level position for negotiating cybersecurity matters at the United Nations and for ensuring the country has a consistent international policy on the issue, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Robert Maley admits he was wrong to speak at the RSA security conference and confirmed the state of Pennsylvania fired him. In an interview with ComputerWorld, Maley gives his side on why he talked to other security professionals about issues involving his then-employer

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has obtained documents showing how U.S. law enforcement agencies and the Internal Revenue Service are gathering information from social networking sites for their investigations.

An anonymous source claimed Robert Maley lost his job as chief information security officer for Pennsylvania because he discussed an IT security incident involving his workplace at the RSA Security conference. The Pennsylvania government confirmed he no longer works for the state

In what appears to be a warning shot, the FTC has sent out letters to about 100 companies, informing them about sensitive and confidential data from their networks being found on publicly available P2P networks.

A class action lawsuit has been filed against Facebook over changes that the social networking site made to its privacy settings last November and December. Recent modifications result in more information being shared by default, complaint alleges.

The social networking firm said its offer to spend $9.5 million on a privacy foundation is adequate. The Public Citizen group has asked a U.S. court to reject the settlement of a lawsuit over Facebook