Tag: Cybersecurity

A Sept. 25 agreement between President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping stated that both countries would refrain from engaging in such espionage, but officials have largely dismissed the agreement as futile. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

National Security

U.S. fails to protect companies from Chinese hacks, experts say

Rudy Takala · November 4, 2015 2:55 am

Telecom company Vodafone UK was hacked over the weekend. "This incident was driven by criminals using email addresses and passwords acquired from an unknown source external to Vodafone," the company said in aÂ statement.Â (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Telecom company Vodafone hacked

Rudy Takala · November 2, 2015 3:58 pm

Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., told reporters last week that this will not be a speedy process.Â The issue is complicated, the upcoming calendar is studded with holidays and other issues are vying for lawmakers' attention.Â (CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

Smooth sailing for cyberbill? Not so fast

Charlie Mitchell · November 2, 2015 5:01 am

In this Sept. 25, 2015, photo, President Barack Obama, Chinese President Xi Jinping, first lady Michelle Obama and Jinping's wife Peng Liyuan arrive for a State Dinner at the White House.Â Experts skeptical that China is upholding deal with the U.S. not to engage in state-sponsored commercial espionage.Â (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Chinese malware active in American systems

Rudy Takala · October 29, 2015 6:59 pm

"Let's begin to share more data, the data leads to a common picture, which leads to an adult conversation. I have confidence we're bright people, if we're all looking at the same data, we'll find a range of options we find acceptable." (Bloomberg File Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Former spy chief complains about ‘hideous over-classification’

Rudy Takala · October 28, 2015 10:31 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during the Iowa Democratic Party's Jefferson-Jackson Dinner Saturday in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Senate passes cyber-sharing legislation

Rudy Takala · October 27, 2015 11:05 pm

The legislation, intended to free companies that share personal data about their customers with federal agencies from civil liability, is expected to pass. (Eric Conover/Hazleton Standard-Speaker via AP)

Senators vote down privacy protections

Rudy Takala · October 27, 2015 8:15 pm

Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chair Sen. Dianne FeinsteinÂ saidÂ that CISA is a "first step" that hands industry and government desperately sought tools to fight cybercrime, terrorists and even nation-states in cyber space. (AP Photo)Â

Cyberbill nearing Senate vote as opposition mounts

Charlie Mitchell · October 26, 2015 5:00 am

Only 37 percent of IT professionals said they were confident they could secure the devices in their own homes, while 73 percent said they perceived a medium to high likelihood that a company was going to be hacked. (GmbH/obs via AP Images)

Danger lurks in the ‘Internet of Things’

Rudy Takala · October 26, 2015 4:01 am

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, center, listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015, to testimony given by Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart, far right, duirng the House Intelligence Committee hearing on cyber threats. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Intel community: Don’t be hacked like the CIA chief

Rudy Takala · October 23, 2015 9:43 pm

"No more privacy by obscurity," writes Josh Constine, the editor-in-chief of TechCrunch. (AP Photo/dapd, Joerg Koch)

Critic raps Facebook’s new search function

Rudy Takala · October 23, 2015 4:14 pm

It would release companies from liability if they share customers' personal information with the government.Â (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Franken slams cyberbill over privacy protection

Rudy Takala · October 23, 2015 3:19 pm