Cybersecurity
House Panel: Chinese telecom firms pose cyber threat
Companies dispute intelligence committee report's findings.
Cybersecurity
Nation-state sponsors learn lesson of too-sophisticated cyber weapons
Only organized governments are capable of targeted system destruction and surveillance, so their handiwork is easier to identify.
Cybersecurity
U.S. seizes hundreds of websites accused of selling fake drugs
ICE and Interpol seized 686 websites this week for allegedly selling counterfeit pharmaceuticals.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity awareness descends on Washington
Cybersecurity Month has sparked a renewed push to talk up the urgency of the risk and the need for solutions.
Cybersecurity
Cyber crooks should make you very nervous
To raise awareness, the FBI is going public about hacker takedowns.
Cybersecurity
European professionals play defense in simulated cyber war
Cyber Europe 2012 drill is under way.
Cybersecurity
Panel hits DHS on fusion centers
Designed to enable information-sharing among law enforcement agencies at various levels of government, fusion centers have instead become 'part of the problem,' Senate panel charges.
Cybersecurity
New clues emerge of private Internet network in Iran
Findings highlight a hidden system only accessible within the state.
Digital Government
GAO denies SAIC protest of $4.6 billion Lockheed Martin award
SAIC held previous contract for 17 years.
Cybersecurity
Sandia scientists build experimental Android playground with 300,000 devices
Goal is to study how hackers can disrupt smartphone networks.
Cybersecurity
Is DHS ready to take the lead on cybersecurity?
As cybersecurity legislation languishes in Congress and the president mulls an executive order, critical infrastructure remains under-secured and disputes over leadership linger, according to a panel of experts.
Digital Government
Agencies can’t bar feds from joining suspect foreign firms
Chinese telecom giant Huawei is grabbing former U.S. officials to gain market access.
Cybersecurity
Attackers used Adobe certificate to validate malware
Viruses were likely used in highly-targeted attack.
Cybersecurity
Iran thinks it can do Gmail better than Google
Iran also plans to launch their own domestic Internet service within the next year as well.
Cybersecurity
DHS center could extend classified Pentagon cyber program to nondefense industries
The National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center is disclosing sensitive intelligence to cleared companies.
Cybersecurity
White House confirms cyberattack but no information lost
The White House would not confirm a link to Chinese hackers, nor expand on what the attackers may have been seeking.
Cybersecurity
Utilities open to cybersecurity dialogue
Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., helped sponsor legislation that would have created more government oversight of certain critical networks, including those that control electric grids.
Modernization
Bill would require agencies to report cloud computing progress
Legislation would update outdated computer security legislation.
Cybersecurity
Cyber Command officer: China is targeting Pentagon
Espionage threats are 'accelerating,' command’s intelligence director warns.
Cybersecurity