Portland passes bans on facial recognition technology The move comes from a unanimous vote by the Portland, Oregon City Council on two facial recognition tech bans. The first would ban the public use of the technology by city bureaus, including…

NSA, CIA have proof of Russians hacking Florida voting systems, says Woodward’s ‘Rage’ It’s not November yet, but it’s time for an election dust-up in Florida. Journalist Bob Woodward claims in his new book on President Trump that the NSA…

China launches initiative to set global data-security rules China is launching its own initiative to establish global standards for data security, as a counter measure to similar efforts being coordinated by the U.S. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced the…

Visa discovers new skimming malware The company’s Payment Fraud Disruption unit discovered the Baka skimmer back in February, ultimately finding seven severs distributing the malware. Baka’s attack vector is similar to other skimming malware, with data exfiltration using image requests…

Facebook formally codifies policy on third-party vulnerabilities The change was published in a blog post, and Facebook says that when third-party critical bugs or security vulnerabilities are found, it will give developers 21 days to respond and 90 days to…

U.S. spying exposed by Snowden was illegal, court rules The government surveillance operation that National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden blew the whistle on seven years ago was illegal, and the U.S. intelligence officials who publicly defended it were not…