TikTok insiders say social media company is tightly controlled by Chinese parent ByteDance
June 28, 2021
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One cybersecurity expert said it could expose users to information requests by the Chinese government. “If the legal authorities in China or their parent company demands the data, users have already given them the legal right to turn it over,” said Bryan Cunningham, executive director of the Cybersecurity Policy & Research Institute at the University of California, Irvine.
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Fighting Insider Abuse After Van Buren
June 11, 2021
By Bryan Cunningham, John Grant, Chris Jay Hoofnagle
Friday, June 11, 2021, 12:53 PM
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Van Buren v. United States on June 3 was a significant victory for civil liberties groups, researchers, the defense bar and others troubled by the broad reading of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) urged by the government. Writing for the majority, Justice Amy Coney Barrett correctly, in our view, struck down the “broad” view of the CFAA in a 6-3 vote. The majority rejected the government’s expansive interpretation of the statute that would have empowered private companies, simply by the way they drafted employee policies or terms of service, to criminalize “a breathtaking amount of commonplace computer activity.” The Van Buren decision established that, going forward, to violate the CFAA, a user must access data from part of a device or network to which the user is not permitted access. This is a far steeper bar than the government’s preferred reading of the CFAA, which would have criminalized “misuse” of data—to which the user had authorized access—under policies dictated by the data owner.
(more…)CNN Newsroom With Pamela Brown: Cyber Attack Threat with Bryan Cunningham
June 8, 2021
Biden weighs direct action against Russian targets following cyberattacks
June 3, 2021
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by Leandra Bernstein
Thursday, June 3rd 2021
Between the massive SolarWinds hack that targeted U.S. government agencies and the debilitating ransomware attack that shut down Colonial Pipeline last month, the targeting of the global meatpacking giant JBS, marked the third major cyberattack the administration has laid at the feet of the Russian government in less than two months.
UCI advances to national cyber defense competition following “historic” regionals win
April 6, 2021
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April 6, 2021
A team of undergraduate students from the cybersecurity club in UCI’s Department of Computer Science is moving on to the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition following their recent first-place finish in the Western Regionals against several formidable opponents. Only the winners out of the nine regionals across the nation can directly advance to the national competition.
(more…)UCI Cybersecurity Group To Help Counter Threats
January 20, 2021
By Kevin Costelloe
January 18, 2021
With cybersecurity taking on even greater prominence, the Cybersecurity Policy & Research Institute at the University of California, Irvine will be undertaking several initiatives to analyze and help counter increasingly dangerous computer threats.
“The UCI Cybersecurity Policy & Research Institute will continue our research and scholarship efforts in 2021 to meet the many cybersecurity-related challenges facing Orange County, the United States, and the world,” said CPRI Executive Director Bryan Cunningham.
(more…)Covid Crimes: Espionage, Hackers And Why America Is Vulnerable
July 29, 2020
by Nicole Fisher
July 28, 2020
With millions of lives and trillions of dollars at stake, the U.S. is in a dangerous place when it comes to vulnerabilities associated with the pandemic – one of which is cybersecurity. To understand just what we’re facing, Forbes asked Bryan Cunningham, long-time cybersecurity and privacy lawyer and Founding Executive Director of the University of California, Irvine Cybersecurity Policy & Research Institute, exactly what’s going on, what the focus should be, and what precautions Americans should be taking.
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Women in Cybersecurity and Privacy Leading Through Uncertainty
July 5, 2020
Join us for an engaging virtual event featuring a keynote by Shabnam Jalakian, Chief Information Security Officer and Senior Vice President of First American Financial Corp., followed by a panel discussion and opportunity to connect as a community.
(more…)At-Home Workers Face Hacking Threat
June 19, 2020
CYBERSECURITY: Changing Workforce Boosts Crowdstrike
By Kevin Costelloe
Monday, June 15, 2020
Bryan Cunningham, head of University of California-Irvine’s cybersecurity institute, says foreign government agents are increasingly trying to swipe information about the hunt for a vaccine for COVID-19, the latest example of hackers targeting those working from home during the pandemic.
(more…)Critical Mass Radio Show – Episode 1273: Bryan Cunningham
March 17, 2020
March 6, 2020
Individuals, corporations, governments, and other institutions face unprecedented vulnerabilities in a world where everything is increasingly connected. Bryan Cunningham, Executive Director for the UCI Cybersecurity and Policy Institute was on the show to discuss the current challenges companies are facing in the world of cybersecurity.
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