President Obama reportedly discusses cyber security with China’s new president

While on the phone congratulating China's new president Xi Jinping on his appointment, President Obama reportedly slipped in some conversation around cyber security and intellectual property theft.

Not content to wait on congress, President Obama signs cyber security executive order

While congress has yet to reach any sort of lasting solution regarding the nations growing cyber security problems, President Barack Obama has decidedly taken the first big step in an executive order signed earlier today.

Bad cyber security bill CISPA heading back to the House

Rumors of CISPA's demise were apparently greatly exaggerated, according to various privacy rights advocates and organizations today.

6 big cybersecurity predictions for 2013

If there is any weakness in security, you can guarantee the criminals will try to exploit it. And if a cyber criminal discovers a weakness in one community, it won’t be long before that isolated crime turns into a trend. The commercialization of malware is rapidly becoming a well-organized and highly lucrative business.

President Obama’s new cyber security directive deals with going on the offensive

President Obama signed a new cyber security directive in mid-October, according to The Washington Post, that begins to outline the government's involvement in securing the private sector, and how it will act when on the offensive.

OneID develops ring of strategic partnerships to keep identities top secret

Digital identity protector OneID has partnered with four large e-commerce platforms so more shoppers can safely and conveniently make purchases online using just one password.

OneID provides customers with an account that can be used across multiple websites and payment …

White House cyber security coordinator stepping down

The White House is losing its cyber security coordinator Howard Schmidt to retirement this year after a tumultuous 2011, often referred to a the year of the hack.

Schmidt served the White House in this role for two and a …

Funding Daily: a possible Square investment and fighting cyber threats

At VentureBeat, we come across a lot of funding news every day. In order to bring you the most information possible, we’re rounding up the quick-and-dirty details about the funding deals of the day and serving them up here in …

Facebook justifies its support for CISPA, a bad cyber security bill

After lots of public outcry, Facebook has published a letter today explaining its support for controversial cyber-security legislation, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA (PDF).

CISPA intends to grant companies more leeway when it comes to collecting …

6Scan releases WordPress plugin that hacks your site on purpose (exclusive)

6Scan released a new plugin for WordPress today, aimed at giving small businesses the same level of cyber security that enterprises can afford.

“I think what SMBs [small to medium-sized businesses] want most of all is something that doesn’t take …