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Is US Foreign Cyber-Policy on Track?
2019-03-26 21:48

Ex-Cyber Czar Chris Painter on Where US is Getting it Right - and WrongHow the country responds to the growing cyberthreats will shape its diplomatic, military and economic power. With the stakes...

Alleged Child Porn Lord Faces US Extradition
2019-03-22 19:32

In 2013, the FBI exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Firefox to seize control over a Dark Web network of child pornography sites. The alleged owner of that ring - 33-year-old Freedom Hosting...

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Welcome. You're now in a timeline in which US presidential hopeful Beto was a member of a legendary hacker crew
2019-03-15 20:04

From O'Dork to O'Rourke: Dem golden boy's past as BBS-dwelling l33t teen revealed Newly minted US presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke says he was a member of Cult of the Dead Cow, one of the most...

US Warns of Sophisticated Cyberattacks From Russia, China
2019-03-14 13:50

Cyberattacks from Russia, China, North Korea and Iran are increasingly sophisticated and, until recently, were done with little concern for the consequences, the top Pentagon cyber leaders told a...

The threat of quantum computers and the solutions that can protect us today
2019-03-13 07:00

In this Help Net Security podcast recorded at RSA Conference 2019, Avesta Hojjati, Head of R&D at DigiCert, talks about the threat of quantum computers and the solutions that are available to...

Germany to Consult US Over Huawei Security Fears: Merkel
2019-03-12 15:33

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday Berlin would consult Washington over using technology made by China's Huawei in future mobile phone networks, following reports of US threats to reduce...

US Army clarifies its killer robot plans
2019-03-11 12:27

The US Army has been forced to clarify its intentions for killer robots after unveiling a new program to build AI-powered targeting systems last month.

Will we see a federal privacy law in the US?
2019-03-08 19:21

At RSA 2019, Dana Simberkoff of AvePoint discussed how companies can reevaluate privacy policies.

Tech security at Equifax was so diabolical, senators want to pass US laws making its incompetence illegal
2019-03-08 02:33

Now Homeland Security committee sticks the boot in Credit-rating monitor Equifax ignored years of warnings and red flags before it was thoroughly ransacked in 2017 by hackers, who made off with...

IT guy at US govt fraud watchdog stole 16 computers from... US govt fraud watchdog
2019-03-08 01:28

How agents tracked down half-inched Surface Pro slabtops to eBay store An IT contractor for a US government fraud and abuse watchdog pleaded guilty on Thursday to stealing 16 US government computers.…