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Cybersecurity fears grow as defenses boosted: study
Jun 10, 2015 (AFP)
The recent epidemic of cyberattacks has led to greater investment and spending on security, but fears are rising that hackers are gaining the upper hand, a stud...
Snowden revelations costly for US tech firms: study
Jun 09, 2015 (AFP)
US technology companies are getting hit harder than anticipated by revelations about surveillance programs led by the National Security Agency, a study showed T...
Obama struggles for deterrence amid wave of cyberattacks
Jun 06, 2015 (AFP)
The audacious hack of data on four million US government employees exposed America's shaky cyber defenses and the Obama administration's ongoing struggle to dev...
Brain's reaction to certain words could replace passwords
Jun 05, 2015 (SPX)
You might not need to remember those complicated e-mail and bank account passwords for much longer. According to a new study, the way your brain responds to cer...
US says data on four million government staff hacked
Jun 05, 2015 (AFP)
The US government on Thursday admitted hackers accessed the personal data of at least four million current and former federal employees, in a vast cyber-attack ...
Beijing calls reports China involved in US hack 'irresponsible'
Jun 05, 2015 (AFP)
Beijing on Friday labelled as "irresponsible" reports that Chinese hackers were behind a massive cyber-attack on personal data of millions of current and former...
IS jihadists out of reach in online 'dark space': FBI
Jun 03, 2015 (AFP)
The FBI warned lawmakers Wednesday there was no way to monitor encrypted online communications among Islamic State sympathizers and called for new laws to requi...
Raytheon opens new cyber facility
Jun 03, 2015 (UPI)
A cybersecurity research, testing and demonstration center has been opened near Washington, D.C., by Raytheon. The Global Cyber Solutions Center, or GCSC, is lo...
New privacy app takes a page from NSA technology
Jun 01, 2015 (AFP)
Before the National Security Agency began complaining about being shut out of encrypted devices, it helped develop software for secure communications that could...
Researchers find the 'key' to quantum network solution
May 27, 2015 (SPX)
Scientists at the University of York's Centre for Quantum Technology have made an important step in establishing scalable and secure high rate quantum networks....
Chinese Military: Internet the New Battlefield for War With 'Hostile West'
May 22, 2015 (Sputnik)
The Chinese government has a long history of fighting the encroaching influence of the West. According to the Chinese military, the Internet will be the latest ...
In privacy, Americans lack trust in government: poll
May 20, 2015 (AFP)
Americans are worried about the privacy of their online information, and have little confidence the government will keep that data secure, a poll showed Wednesd...
INDRA test advanced defense and cyber defense systems in Peru
May 20, 2015 (SPX)
Indra will attend the V International Exhibition of Technology for Defense and Prevention of Natural Disasters, SITDEF 2015, which will take place in Lima (Peru...
Tech firms, activists press US on encryption
May 19, 2015 (AFP)
Some 140 tech companies, civil liberties and privacy activists urged the White House Tuesday to pull back efforts to weaken encryption or include law enforcemen...
China warns soldiers against wearable gadgets: PLA Daily
May 14, 2015 (AFP)
China has warned soldiers against using smartwatches, high-tech spectacles and other Internet-connected wearable gadgets, saying they could "endanger security" ...
Northrop Grumman to enhance, maintain British biometric system
May 12, 2015 (UPI)
Core software for a British Home Office forensic and biometic system is to be enhanced and maintained by Northrop Grumman. The system is known as FABrIC, or For...
US cyber commander says hackers to 'pay a price'
May 11, 2015 (AFP)
The US strategy of "deterrence" for cyber-attacks could involve a wide range or responses, potentially including the use of conventional weapons, the nation's t...
US 'concerned' over reported Chinese global censorship tool
May 08, 2015 (AFP)
The United States expressed concern Friday over reports China has used a powerful censorship tool dubbed "Great Cannon" to attack websites around the world. Res...
US behind curve in online war with IS: experts
May 08, 2015 (AFP)
The US government is struggling to counter the Islamic State group's fast-paced online propaganda, which played a role in inspiring a failed attack in Texas thi...
Deal to curb US intelligence elusive as June deadline nears
May 07, 2015 (AFP)
Many US lawmakers and an array of interest groups want to rein in the government's surveillance programs, aware of public backlash that began with bombshell lea...
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