"Defense! Defense!" may be the rallying cry from cybersecurity teams working to thwart cybersecurity attacks, but perhaps they should be shouting "Recover! Recover!" instead. Attackers are increasingly racking up points ...
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Dec 28, 2016
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The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) oversees approximately 800 waterfront facilities that, among other activities, transfer hazardous liquids between marine vessels and land-based pipelines, tanks or vehicles. These "maritime bulk ...
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Nov 11, 2016
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The presidential campaign of 2016 thankfully – and we can only hope officially – ended this evening. As of when this article was posted, there are no reports of widespread cyberattacks or other digital interference against ...
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Nov 9, 2016
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The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a resource that will help U.S. employers more effectively identify, recruit, develop and maintain cybersecurity talent. The draft ...
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Nov 3, 2016
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The FBI is warning state officials to boost their election security in light of evidence that hackers breached related data systems in two states.
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Aug 29, 2016
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Lock picking might seem ridiculously old-fashioned at a cybersecurity gathering—but learning it can actually help people protect machines from digital threats.
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Aug 11, 2016
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Here's some advice for newbies to the largest cybersecurity and hacking conferences in the world, taking place in Las Vegas this week: Hackers are going to hack, so do everything you can to get out of their way.
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Aug 8, 2016
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Last month hackers stole Internal Revenue Service data belonging to more than 100,000 taxpayers. This sort of attack on the IRS and other federal computer systems keeps happening – and succeeding – because the government's ...
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Feb 16, 2016
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President Barack Obama said Tuesday he is asking Congress for $3.1 billion to update the government's archaic computer systems to protect them from cyberattacks as part of a new, centralized effort to boost cybersecurity.
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Feb 9, 2016
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Security researcher Brian Wallace was on the trail of hackers who had snatched a California university's housing files when he stumbled into a larger nightmare: Cyberattackers had opened a pathway into the networks running ...
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