Tag: Rudy Takala

DARPA is sponsoring a Cyber Grand Challenge, in which seven teams will compete to create the best program. (Octav Ganea/Mediafax via AP)

National Security

Pentagon: Human-thinking machines are the answer to cyberthreats

Rudy Takala · October 8, 2015 6:08 pm

To prevent installing malicious software, Android users are advised not to click on suspicious links in e-mails, SMS messages, or websites, and not to install applications outside of official app stores. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

Bad apps: Hackers target Android phones

Rudy Takala · October 8, 2015 4:01 am

The Department of Homeland Security national protection and programs directorate Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Cyber official: A name change would help agency morale

Rudy Takala · October 7, 2015 6:07 pm

The cost of cyber crimes is on the rise (iStock photo)

Report finds cybercrime to be a growth industry

Rudy Takala · October 7, 2015 1:55 am

"We have managed to raise the level across the board for non-administrators to 76 percent of federal government accounts," constituting an "increase in just two months from 40 percent," said Michael Daniel, cybersecurity coordinator at the White House.Â (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

One quarter of fed accounts not fully secured

Rudy Takala · October 6, 2015 8:53 pm

"You have countries that can get into a company and stay there for two or three years and drain it of its fiduciary information," Dianne FeinseinÂ said. (AP Photo)

Senators press Chamber of Commerce to support cyberbill

Rudy Takala · October 6, 2015 6:04 pm

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

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

Get ready for drones to fill the sky

Rudy Takala · October 5, 2015 12:01 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