The FBI and other security agencies have conducted investigations on intrusions detected in recent months that targeted reporters at the New York Times and other U.S. news organizations, CNN reported Wednesday. Evan Perez and
MoreThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will hold on Aug. 4 the final event of the Cyber Grand Challenge in Las Vegas where seven computer programs will compete against each other to detect and
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The Office of Personnel Management has updated its website in an effort to streamline information on the two data breaches in 2015 that compromised data of at least 21 million former and
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The Government Accountability Office has called on the Department of Veterans Affairs, NASA, Office of Personnel Management and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to address weaknesses in their access controls for information systems that store
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A committee of government and industry officials established by the Federal Aviation Administration has begun to develop standards and safeguards designed to detect, track and isolate data intrusions and other cyber attacks
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A police agency in South Korea has found that North Korean hackers were responsible for cyber attacks on two South Korean firms that resulted in the theft of at least 40,000 defense-related
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Wayne Lewandowski, vice president of federal operations at Vormetric, has said the federal government should develop a cybersecurity strategy that focuses on the adoption of encryption and access controls for privileged users in
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Sen. Mike Rounds (R-South Dakota) has authored a bill that seeks to encourage the executive branch to identify what cyberspace operations constitute acts of war. The Cyber Act of War Act of 2016 calls on the
MoreRick Ledgett, deputy director at the National Security Agency, has said that industrial control systems and other critical infrastructure assets are vulnerable to cyber attacks as infrastructure providers fail to address security risks,
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The Government Accountability Office has called on the Defense Department to revise its guidance in order to define the responsibilities of DoD components and other entities in providing support to civil agencies during cyber attacks.
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