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Obama brings tech firms into his cybersecurity push
Feb 14, 2015 (AFP)
US President Barack Obama called Friday on Silicon Valley to put aside distrust of the government and become allies in defending cyberspace from terrorists, hac...
Backgrounder: The peeping eyes of the United States
Feb 11, 2015 (XNA)
The United States, the birthplace of the Internet, has now also turned into the most aggressive country in cyber surveillance, espionage and hacking, despite it...
US Creates Cyber-CIA to Fight Hackers
Feb 11, 2015 (Sputnik)
The Obama administration announced creation of another federal intelligence center in the long list of law enforcement and spy services. This time its main task...
New US cyber defense agency to 'connect the dots'
Feb 10, 2015 (AFP)
The Obama administration unveiled plans Tuesday for a new US intelligence center to integrate information about cyber threats, aiming for the same kind of coord...
Twitter says goverment data queries rising
Feb 09, 2015 (AFP)
Twitter said Monday it saw a 40 percent jump in government request for user data in late 2014, with sharp rises coming from both Turkey and Russia. The "transpa...
China says Anthem hacking accusations 'groundless'
Feb 06, 2015 (AFP)
China on Friday rejected accusations it was behind a hacking attack that saw data on up to 80 million customers stolen from US health insurance giant Anthem as ...
German Intelligence Shares Billions of Phone Metadata Pieces With NSA
Feb 05, 2015 (Sputnik)
Mass surveillance has been fully embraced by America's NSA as a tool in counterterrorism efforts. The trend has spread to sister agencies in the United Kingdom....
Giant US health-data breach could lead to China: report
Feb 05, 2015 (AFP)
Data on as many as 80 million customers at US health insurance giant Anthem was stolen by hackers, officials confirmed Thursday, in a cyberattack investigators ...
CyberStakes: A Crucible of Competition for Future Cyber Leaders
Feb 05, 2015 (SPX)
Pittsburgh this weekend offered a look into the future of cybersecurity, with students from each of the nation's Service academies scrambling to protect their c...
Skype chats compromised Syrian rebels: researchers
Feb 02, 2015 (AFP)
Syrian opposition groups lost critical information when its members fell victim to a "femme fatale" scheme using Skype chats that injected computers and phones ...
Northrop Grumman wins British government cyber-security work
Jan 30, 2015 (UPI)
The British government has selected Northrop Grumman to provide it with engineering, development and other cyber-security solutions services. Solutions under th...
Google's Waze app endangers police: LAPD chief
Jan 28, 2015 (AFP)
Google's newly acquired Waze application poses a danger to police because of its ability to track their locations, the Los Angeles police chief said in a letter...
War against IS group spreads to Twitter: expert
Jan 28, 2015 (AFP)
The fight against Islamic State jihadists is taking place online as well on the battlefield, with 18,000 Twitter accounts linked to the group suspended in recen...
Davos elites warned about catastrophic cyberattacks
Jan 24, 2015 (AFP)
Attacks on power plants, telecommunications and financial systems, even turning all of Los Angeles' traffic lights green: Davos elites were warned Saturday of t...
Journalist linked to Anonymous gets five years' prison
Jan 22, 2015 (AFP)
A journalist also known as an informal spokesman for the hacker group Anonymous was sentenced to five years in prison Thursday in a case which rallied activists...
US kept international call data for over decade: report
Jan 16, 2015 (AFP)
The US Justice Department maintained a secret database of Americans' international phone calls for more than a decade before ending the program in 2013, The Wal...
Huawei looks to learn from US amid security concerns
Jan 13, 2015 (AFP)
Huawei, the Chinese communication company accused by the United States Congress of posing a security risk, said Tuesday it needed to learn from the "great count...
Obama says hacks show need for cybersecurity law
Jan 13, 2015 (AFP)
President Barack Obama said Tuesday the cyber attacks against Sony and the Pentagon's Central Command highlight the need for toughened laws on cybersecurity. Ob...
Obama calls for stronger personal data protection
Jan 12, 2015 (AFP)
US President Barack Obama said Monday he will introduce legislation to beef up and standardize personal data protection on the Internet. "Right now, almost ever...
Pro-IS hackers take over US Centcom social media accounts
Jan 12, 2015 (AFP)
A group declaring support for Islamic State jihadists hacked US Central Command's social media accounts on Monday, forcing the military to take down the command...
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