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Apple and Twitter announced their opposition to the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act.Â (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Growing tech opposition to cybersecurity bill

Rudy Takala · October 21, 2015 8:27 pm

Facebook has begun notifying users when foreign governments are trying to hack them.Â (Photo by Wade Payne/Invision for Facebook/AP Images)

Dear Facebook user: You’re being hacked

Rudy Takala · October 20, 2015 11:14 pm

AÂ firm that defends some Fortune 500 companies, said it has warded off "a number of intrusions" from Chinese hackers against its clients since Chinese President Xi Jinping metÂ with President Obama on Sept. 25.Â (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

U.S. companies hacked 1 day after Xi-Obama agreement

Rudy Takala · October 20, 2015 1:22 am

The "stoner high school student" hacker allegedly accessed accounts belonging to Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan.Â (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Emails of CIA, Homeland Security chiefs allegedly hacked

Rudy Takala · October 20, 2015 12:52 am

"They are developing a huge database on your most personal intimate information, and then they're going to break it up, and we know this," former Rep. Mike Rogers said of China. (AP Photo)

Former intel chair: China will use hacked info to target Americans

Rudy Takala · October 19, 2015 4:19 pm

Since 2001, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, has spent millions on what it calls the "Exoskeletons for Human Performance Augmentation Program."

Interest grows in ‘Iron Man’ soldier suits

Rudy Takala · October 19, 2015 4:01 am

As recently as 2007, was quoting Mark Twain and leading a resistance against the federal government. (iStock photo)

Has Captain America become Captain Anti-America?

Rudy Takala · October 18, 2015 1:10 pm

The NSA is bypassing encrypted Internet connections because the encryption data is all the same, a study says.Â (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

How the NSA is cracking encryption

Rudy Takala · October 17, 2015 5:43 pm

The researchers identified 32 countries where "at least one" government entity was using the hacking software, called FinFisher. (AP Photo)

Countries buying software to spy on citizens around globe

Rudy Takala · October 16, 2015 10:37 pm

The action is part of a growing effort to defend against international cybercrime. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

U.S. placing cyber prosecutor in Malaysia

Rudy Takala · October 16, 2015 9:34 pm

Out of 32 known vulnerabilities, the authors selected 11 particularly virulent exploits to conduct their analysis, and found "on average 87.7% of Android devices" were vulnerable. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Study: 90 percent of Google Android devices vulnerable

Rudy Takala · October 16, 2015 9:22 pm

The reportÂ found that if a credit card is accompanied with a bank ID number, a CVV2 validation code, and the user's date of birth, it's worth about $30 to buyers in the United States. If the information is incomplete but the card is still usable, it can go for as little as $5.Â (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Report: Credit card thieves scam their buyers, too

Rudy Takala · October 16, 2015 4:01 am