Tag: Cybersecurity

Tech companies are deeply concerned that American-made products will be seen in the global marketplace as tainted if they reach some kind of accommodation with the government.

Obama edges toward full support for encryption

Charlie Mitchell · September 18, 2015 2:23 pm

Modern hacking is more sophisticated, but still commonly revolves around a user volunteering personal information. (iStock photo)

Agencies fed up with self-hacking fed workers

Rudy Takala · September 17, 2015 4:54 pm

"I have taken to now saying, the main effort for American cyberdefense is the private sector," Michael Hayden said.

Hayden: Google, Apple have more power than government to set privacy norms

Rudy Takala · September 17, 2015 2:53 pm

Freedom Watch attorney Larry Klayman speaks to reporters outside the Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington on April 2 after appealing the dismissal of a FOIA request seeking records from the State Department about Israeli war plans. (AP Photo)Â

Federal court to hear arguments on NSA data collection

Rudy Takala · September 16, 2015 10:09 pm

Cable/DSLR routers on a shelf.

Foreign governments hacked with ‘ultimate cybercrime tool’

Rudy Takala · September 16, 2015 3:23 pm

Ã¢â¬ÅThis is, to me, the kind of matter that the National Counterintelligence and Security Center should respond to quickly, because it affects a debate coming up,Ã¢â¬ï¿½ Wyden said. (AP file)

Wyden weighs subpoena over OPM breach

Rudy Takala · September 16, 2015 3:21 pm

White House mum on China sanctions before Xi’s visit

White House mum on China sanctions before Xi’s visit

Susan Crabtree · September 15, 2015 7:31 pm

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

Feds seek a cyberattack forecaster

Rudy Takala · September 15, 2015 6:57 pm

ICE and the Secret Service, which fall under the Department of Homeland Security, have website vulnerabilities that leave employees open to common cyberattacks. (AP file)

Report: Secret Service, ICE vulnerable to ‘clickjacking’

Rudy Takala · September 15, 2015 6:45 pm

The hacks reportedly took place just as the country was trying to conduct elections.Â (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

National Security

California hackers attack Kremlin, Putin’s website

Rudy Takala · September 15, 2015 3:58 pm

Referring to the "Internet of Things," the FBI described a variety of Internet-connected devices that can be hacked. (AP Photo)Â

FBI reminds us that everything can be hacked

Rudy Takala · September 15, 2015 4:01 am

Several anonymous officials in the Obama administration recently suggested that the Treasury Department could place sanctions on Chinese companies in advance of Xi Jinping's visit this month as a result. (AP Photo)Â

White House: Expect ‘blunt’ exchange on cyber when Xi visits

Rudy Takala · September 14, 2015 8:50 pm