- Technology & Gadgets
- By Silviu Stahie
- May 15th, 2019
San Francisco Bans the Use of Facial Recognition by Law Enforcement
The technology comes with big privacy problems
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- September 14th, 2018
US Rep. Introduced Legislation for Cybersecurity Apprenticeship Program
Grant to offer instruction, training, and certifications
- Cyber Espionage
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 9th, 2016
US Government Blames Russia for Recent Hacks, Fails to Provide Any Evidence
Cyber now occupies a central role in world politics
- Cyber Espionage
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 12th, 2016
DNC Hack Is Bigger than Previously Thought
Democrats fear that more data leaks will come in November
- Incidents
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 2nd, 2016
FBI Agent Pleads Guilty to Being a Chinese Spy, Stealing Surveillance Tech
FBI agent now faces up to 10 years in prison
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 4th, 2016
US Judges Didn't Reject One Single Wiretap Request in 2015
Encryption usage among targets also went down
- Data Breaches
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 23rd, 2016
Hackers Breach US Company and Unwittingly Expose 154 Million Voter Records
Server is down now, but nobody knows if the hacker stole anything, or if somebody else downloaded the data
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 22nd, 2016
GozNym Banking Trojan Hits the US with Redirection Attacks
Banking trojan borrows trick from Dyre and Dridex
- Cyber Espionage
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 21st, 2016
Military Reform, US Pact Slow Down China's Cyber-Espionage Operations
Chinese cyber-espionage operations at an all-time low
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 18th, 2016
The US Is Riddled with Open-Access Security Cameras
There are over 6,000 no-password security feeds in the US
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 3rd, 2016
US Federal Reserve Suffered over 50 Cyber-Attacks Between 2011 and 2015
Four attacks were labeled as "espionage"
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 27th, 2016
US Still Uses Floppy Disks to Manage Nuclear Arsenal
US agencies also employ software code written in the '50s
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 23rd, 2016
US Navy Training a Group of "Ethical Hacking" Sailors
US Navy follows in the Army's footsteps with similar program
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 7th, 2016
FBI Seeks to Keep Its Biometrics Database Above the Law
Agency doesn't want to report anymore about how it uses the database, and whose details are stored inside it
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 27th, 2016
American Company Requests US to Ban China Steel Imports Due to Past Hacking
US Steel accuses Chinese firms of hacking and stealing its patented technology to make cheap knock-offs
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 5th, 2016
Visa Database Vulnerabilities Can't Be Exploited to Insert Terrorists in the US
The world's largest biometrics database is safe, for now
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 1st, 2016
US Marine Corps Expands with New Hacking Unit
US announces Marine Corps Cyberspace Warfare Group (MCCYWG)