Cybersecurity

DHS: Hackers could manipulate highway sensors

Cyber team discovered encryption flaw in receivers that track drivers’ wireless emissions.

Cybersecurity

Is John McAfee about to come clean?

The tech entrepreneur announced he plans to meet with Guatemalan officials.

Cybersecurity

Pentagon cyber activities could grab $120 billion

Funding shift could occur if lawmakers grant flexibility to apportion $1.2 trillion in cuts required under 2011 Budget Control Act.

Cybersecurity

Timeline: Cyber events in 2012

A look back at some of the major cybersecurity events in the federal government in 2012.

Cybersecurity

Has John McAffee really escaped now?

The software company founder is wanted for murder in Belize.

Cybersecurity

Air Force CIO lays out plan for cyber advance

Training and technologies are part of the road ahead for military cyber defense, Basla says.

Digital Government

Pentagon directive targets fake parts, vulnerabilities in arms systems

Mandate likely to bring momentum to new funding drives.

Digital Government

What's your country's risk of Internet blackout?

Good news for the U.S. is really bad news for Syria. And Libya. And ... Greenland.

Cybersecurity

Senate panel takes up electronic privacy issues

The Senate Judiciary Committee is looking to update regulations.

Cybersecurity

Can the next Congress get up to speed on cyber legislation?

Experts suggest that education will be critical for new legislators -- and for many of their more-experienced colleagues as well.

Cybersecurity

Channeling the 'offensive mind-set' in cybersecurity

Some say defense of critical networks should be grounded in the rules of war.

Digital Government

Cisco takes on rogue suppliers with device to ID counterfeit parts

The computer equipment manufacturer has long struggled to keep agencies from installing Chinese-made bogus components.

Cybersecurity

Software execs plugging into Congress, agencies during annual strategy summit

Executives want U.S. officials to use trade negotiations to ensure that markets are open and that countries respect IP rights.

Cybersecurity

Your stolen cellphone's records are going straight to the cops

New York City police can have access, without a subpoena or warrant, to cell phone records of victims.

Cybersecurity

Who's leading on critical infrastructure?

In the absence of cybersecurity legislation, officials point to the Energy Department's public-private collaboration as a model.

Cybersecurity

Power grid hackers are of greater concern than influential report indicates, DHS official says

Authors of the 2007 National Academies study pushed to declassify the paper this month because utilities remain a terrorist target.

Cybersecurity

Cyber Monday crackdown hits 132 websites

Immigration and Customs Enforcement targets alleged counterfeiters of trademarked goods.

Cybersecurity

Yes, the government can still spy on your digital life (for now)

The battle over warrantless cell-phone and internet searches is taking shape, as law-enforcement agencies carry out the searches anyway.

Cybersecurity

Serious gaps remain between cyber concerns, investments

New survey finds agencies and businesses are adjusting slowly to the realities of cloud and mobile.