Yahoo

Pentagon investigator admits to faking dozens of Top Secret security clearance background checks

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fabricating background checks can lead to national security nightmares, according to experts. A federal contractor has now ...

What’s the new 'Background Security' on the iPhone? What we know.

Apple's new Background Security Improvements operate between software updates, providing "lightweight security releases." ...
Homeland Security Today

PERSPECTIVE: Use Analytics to Bump Security Background Checks Into the Modern Age

The federal government has a backlog of more than 700,000 pending background check investigations, a total roughly the same size as the population of Seattle. Not only does that total represent an ...
Security

Background Checks for Security Businesses

From fake sign language interpreters to a Secret Service staffing crisis that led people to question whether the agents protecting former President Donald Trump were sufficiently qualified, recent ...
Transport Topics

Supply Chain Coalition Presses Background Check Reform

A broad-based supply chain coalition is urging Congress to quickly pass legislation that would eliminate duplicative background security checks for truck drivers and other workers. The legislation, ...
Dark Reading

Breach of Homeland Security Background Checks Raises Red Flags

Background check records of 25,000 undercover investigators and other homeland security staff were exposed in the breach at US Investigations Services (USIS) this month, unnamed officials told Reuters ...
MacTech

Apple testing Background Security Improvement feature on iPhones, iPads, Macs

Apple is testing a Background Security Improvement feature that first rolled out in iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1, and macOS Tahoe 26.1, reports MacRumors. Developers and public beta testers who are running ...
Forbes

iOS 26 Security Update Warning—iOS 18 Silent Compromise Exploit Alert

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Apple confirms iOS WebKit background security update. Updated March 19: This article, ...
Cult of Mac

Apple may soon deliver iPhone security patches in the background

Code found in iOS 26 beta 1 reportedly reveals that Apple is prepping a new feature: Background Security Improvements. These will patch security problems and won’t need the user to be involved or even ...
CSOonline

Background checks: How not to hire a security officer who’s on parole

I was having lunch last week with the senior executive for one of the large agencies in the government organization where I work, when I asked about the agency’s information security officer. I’d ...
Yahoo News Canada

What’s the new 'Background Security' on the iPhone? What we know.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apple has released a new security protection for its devices to work in the background between major software updates. Apple users ...