Tag: Cybersecurity

The FBI says that criminals "obtain passwords more often than you think."Â (AP Photo/Dave Thompson)

The one thing you can do to keep out hackers

Rudy Takala · October 6, 2015 2:20 pm

"Many politicians, with all due respect to them, have their staffs carry around their technology and they've had staff assistants for so long they don't understand their technology," FiorinaÂ said.Â (AP File Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Fiorina: Washington ‘really quite technophobic’

Gabby Morrongiello · October 5, 2015 10:58 pm

As a result of the potential for profit, EuroPol said, cybercriminals are becoming more aggressive. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Report: Hackers becoming more aggressive

Rudy Takala · October 5, 2015 6:44 pm

Nuclear facilities vulnerable to hacks, report finds

Energy and Environment

Nuclear facilities vulnerable to hacks, report finds

Rudy Takala · October 5, 2015 5:23 pm

Because the computers that run cars can communicate over the Internet, unauthorized third parties, many with malicious intent, can communicate with them, hack into their software and take control. (AP Photo)Â

Hacking Miss Daisy

Jed Babbin · October 5, 2015 10:00 am

Former Sen. Saxby Chamblissm, R-Ga.,Â tried in vain to get a cyber bill through the Senate last year when he was the top Republican on the Intelligence Committee. (AP photo)

Cyberbill vote could come up soon

Charlie Mitchell · October 5, 2015 4:01 am

Lockheed Martin,Â creator of theÂ Amphibious Combat VehicleÂ shown here, is one of theÂ contractors most often targeted by hackers.Â (PRNewsFoto/Lockheed Martin)

Defense contractors must disclose cyber breaches

Rudy Takala · October 3, 2015 7:44 am

T-Mobile was quick to blame Experian, a credit reporting agency through which the breach occurred.Â (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Hackers steal info from 15 million T-Mobile customers

Rudy Takala · October 2, 2015 3:56 pm

"It will be our responsibility to look for the presence or absence of their purloining of intellectual property and other information," said Clapper. (AP File Photo)

No formal cyber agreement with China, State official says

Rudy Takala · October 1, 2015 9:05 pm

Defense and cybersecurity officials have lamented the difficulty of recruiting staff in tech because of private competition.Â (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Feds relying on personal appeal to attract cyber workforce

Rudy Takala · October 1, 2015 6:59 pm

Clinton aide’s private emails were hacked

National Security

Clinton aide’s private emails were hacked

Sarah Bedford · September 30, 2015 9:41 pm

The Obama administration has refused to publicly attribute the OPM breach to China, but the revelation indicates that the government seems sure that the hack was based in China.Â (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

OPM breach forces CIA agents out of Beijing

Rudy Takala · September 30, 2015 7:07 pm