Tag: Cybersecurity

Franken's letter grilled Niantic on why it is collecting user information and how it intends to use it. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Franken concerned about ‘Pokemon Go’ data mining

Joshua Axelrod · July 12, 2016 10:34 pm

Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, called the wait for a cyberattack on the American electrical grid "the longest wind up to a punch in the history of the world." (Steve Hockstein/Bloomberg, File)

Energy and Environment

Senators pushing for protections to U.S. electrical grid

Kyle Feldscher · July 12, 2016 9:01 pm

In Houston on July 14, the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity will discuss cybersecurity challenges facing operators of critical infrastructure such as pipelines, the electric grid and telecom systems.

Obama’s cybersecurity strategy takes shape

Charlie Mitchell · July 11, 2016 4:01 am

"The premise is simple. To succeed against our present and future challenges, we need flatter, faster-moving and more flexible organizations," John McCain said. (AP Photo)

White House and Congress clash over Cyber Command

Rudy Takala · July 11, 2016 4:01 am

"The FBI has ... determined that foreign state actors pose a serious cyberthreat to the telecommunications supply chain," Steve Chabot said. (AP Photo)

Expert: Deficient State Department cybersecurity threatens small business

Rudy Takala · July 6, 2016 11:14 pm

The proposal's own Democratic author was skeptical, saying the proposal had become "too complicated." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

FCC’s privacy plan draws scorn from thousands

Rudy Takala · July 6, 2016 5:46 pm

Mexican tar heroin and methamphetamine are displayed as evidence during a news conference at the sheriff's department jail annex in Ventura, Calif. (AP File Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Blame heroin turf battles for rising crime

Washington Examiner Staff · July 5, 2016 4:01 am

Regardless of Brexit, analysts quickly surmised that the U.K. and companies operating there will be bound by EU cybersecurity rules that U.S. industry groups see as overly prescriptive and punitive.

Brexit won’t affect U.S.-U.K. cyberalliance

Charlie Mitchell · July 5, 2016 4:01 am

The pursuit of environmental aims is forcing policymakers and regulators to ignore the "safety-first approach" they have applied to every other sector. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Study: Greener grid invites more cyberattacks

John Siciliano · June 30, 2016 7:18 pm

The State Department's three-page report, which was obtained by the Washington Free Beacon, noted that the most damaging Chinese hacks took place last year. (AP Photo)

National Security

State Department emphasizes ‘ongoing’ Chinese espionage

Rudy Takala · June 29, 2016 9:09 pm

John Carlin, assistant attorney general for National Security, said that state-backed hackers around the world are increasingly using tools provided by their government to conduct hacking in their off-time. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

DOJ: Global hackers using government tools for personal hacking

Rudy Takala · June 28, 2016 2:42 pm

The documents were posted to a Wordpress blog administered by "Guccifer 2.0," the hacker who allegedly penetrated both the DCCC and the DNC, as well as other affiliated organizations. (Wikimedia Commons)

The new weapon against hackers: Cybersecurity startups

Katie Nelson · June 27, 2016 4:01 am