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Raytheon opens new cyber center in Georgia
Aug 01, 2016 (UPI)
Raytheon has opened a new cyber facility in Augusta, Ga., to deliver a range of cybersecurity capabilities to the Pentagon, the company announced Monday. The fa...
Raytheon launches NSA-approved ethernet encryption system
Jul 27, 2016 (UPI)
The U.S. National Security Agency has certified Raytheon's KG-350 Ethernet encryption system, the company announced Wednesday. The Type 1 certification of the s...
EU watchdogs give US-EU internet privacy deal a chance to work
Jul 26, 2016 (AFP)
European data protection authorities said Tuesday they will give a new EU-US internet privacy deal a year's grace period, minimising chances of new legal challe...
CACI International to support U.S. Cyber Command
Jul 26, 2016 (UPI)
CACI International has been awarded a prime position on a $460 million contract to provide U.S. Cyber Command with mission support services. The multiple-award ...
Top Teams' Automated Cybersecurity Systems Preparing for Final Face-off
Jul 25, 2016 (SPX)
The Heartbleed security bug existed in many of the world's computer systems for nearly two-and-a-half years before it was discovered and a fix circulated in the...
UN overturns decision keeping out press freedom watchdog
Jul 25, 2016 (AFP)
The UN's economic and social council on Monday overturned by a strong vote a decision to deny the Committee to Protect Journalists consultative status at the Un...
China shuts down online news operations: report
Jul 25, 2016 (AFP)
China has shut down several online news operations after authorities blasted them for independently reporting and publishing articles about potentially sensitiv...
Government requests for Google data hits record high
Jul 19, 2016 (AFP)
Government requests to Google for user data hit a record high in the second half of 2015, the online giant said. In its transparency report released Monday, Goo...
Chinese national jailed for hacking US defense firms
Jul 14, 2016 (AFP)
A Chinese national was sentenced on Wednesday in Los Angeles to three years and 10 months in prison for hacking American defense contractors to steal trade secr...
Microsoft wins appeal to protect overseas data
Jul 14, 2016 (AFP)
Microsoft on Thursday scored a big victory on a keenly watched privacy battlefront, with a US appeals court exonerating the company for refusing to give police ...
EU launches controversial internet privacy deal with US
Jul 12, 2016 (AFP)
The European Union on Tuesday launched a controversial deal with the United States aimed at curbing government spying on the personal internet infomation of Eur...
New artificial intelligence beats tactical experts in combat simulation
Jul 01, 2016 (SPX)
Artificial intelligence (AI) developed by a University of Cincinnati doctoral graduate was recently assessed by subject-matter expert and retired United States ...
Thales, Cisco sign cybersecurity agreement
Jun 30, 2016 (UPI)
Cisco and Thales announced a new cybersecurity partnership Wednesday to develop cyber detection and counter-attack solutions, Thales announced. The new solution...
China's top internet regulator steps down
Jun 29, 2016 (AFP)
China's top internet regulator, who oversaw a severe tightening of internet freedoms during his tenure, has stepped down, reports said Wednesday. Lu Wei -- name...
How well do facial recognition algorithms cope with a million strangers?
Jun 28, 2016 (SPX)
In the last few years, several groups have announced that their facial recognition systems have achieved near-perfect accuracy rates, performing better than hum...
US military's cyber force reluctant to cut Internet in Syria
Jun 22, 2016 (AFP)
The US military is wary of cutting Internet connections to Islamic State strongholds such as Raqa in Syria, even though the Pentagon is waging cyber-war against...
'Hack the Pentagon' program reveals 138 security flaws: US
Jun 18, 2016 (AFP)
Hackers invited by the US government as part of a pilot program to find flaws with five Pentagon websites discovered 138 security vulnerabilities, Defense Secre...
Software unveiled to tackle online extremism, violence
Jun 17, 2016 (AFP)
A software tool unveiled Friday aims to help online firms quickly find and eliminate extremist content used to spread and incite violence and attacks. The Count...
Live-streaming of attacks a challenge for social media
Jun 16, 2016 (AFP)
As more gruesome crimes and attacks show up on live online video, social media platforms are facing new challenges on preventing the spread of gruesome and horr...
Huge FBI facial recognition database flawed: audit
Jun 16, 2016 (AFP)
A facial recognition database compiled by the FBI has more than 400 million images to help criminal investigations, but lacks adequate safeguards for accuracy a...
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