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US Power Company Fined $2.7 Million Over Data Exposure
2018-03-14 16:18

Grid Regulator Says Company Left Critical Data Exposed for 70 DaysA U.S. power company, unnamed by regulators, has been fined a record $2.7 million for violating energy sector cybersecurity...

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Top US General: Response to Russia Not Unified
2018-03-09 13:03

Leading the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report: America's top general says the U.S. response to Russian election interference isn't as well coordinated as it needs to be, and Pennsylvania...

History of the US Army Security Agency
2018-03-08 12:29

Interesting history of the US Army Security Agency in the early years of Cold War Germany....

Most top US higher ed institutions fail to protect students from phishing
2018-03-07 17:00

88.8 percent of the root domains operated by top colleges and universities in the United States are putting their students, staff and other recipients at risk for phishing attacks that spoof the...

Putin Offers Extradition Promise to US: 'Never'
2018-03-07 13:33

Russian Information Warfare Operations Continue Unabated; What Can Be Done?Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued an unequivocal promise about the extradition potential for 13 Russian...

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US Election Interference: White House Response Questioned
2018-03-02 13:03

Leading the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report: President Trump has not authorized the National Security Agency to go after Russian election hackers at the source. Also, 23,000 digital...

Cellebrite Unlocks iPhones for the US Government
2018-02-27 11:58

Forbes reports that the Israeli company Cellebrite can probably unlock all iPhone models: Cellebrite, a Petah Tikva, Israel-based vendor that's become the U.S. government's company of choice when...

Microsoft Data Warrant Case in Top US Court Has Global Implications
2018-02-26 03:22

Microsoft faces off with the US government before the Supreme Court Tuesday over a warrant for data stored abroad that has important ramifications for law enforcement in the age of global...

Czech President Wants Hacker 'Extradited to Russia' Not US
2018-02-24 12:38

The Czech Republic's pro-Moscow president has repeatedly lobbied for a Russian hacker held in Prague and wanted by the US to be extradited to Russia, the justice minister was quoted as saying...

North Korea Cyber Threat 'More Aggressive Than China': US Firm
2018-02-21 15:20

North Korean hackers are becoming more aggressive than their Chinese counterparts, a leading US cybersecurity firm warned Tuesday, as it identified a Pyongyang-linked group as an "advanced...