Pentagon Goes On The Offensive Against Cyber Attacks
With the Pentagon now officially recognizing cyberspace as a domain of warfare, U.S. military commanders are emphasizing their readiness to defend the nation against cyberthreats from abroad. What they...
View ArticleIn Cyberwar, Software Flaws Are A Hot Commodity
There have been security flaws in software as long as there has been software, but they have become even more critically important in the context of cyberweapons development.In the past, security...
View ArticleVictims Of Cyberattacks Now Going On Offense Against Intruders
U.S. companies that have their networks routinely penetrated and their trade secrets stolen cannot be surprised by a new National Intelligence Estimate on the cyber-espionage threat. The classified...
View ArticleSanctions Bite, But Iran Shows No Signs Of Budging
A new round of international talks on Iran's nuclear program is under way in Kazakhstan, where the U.S., Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany are asking Iran to give up any thought of building a...
View ArticleCyber Attacks, Terrorism Top U.S. Security Threat Report
James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, went before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday in a bit of a sour mood. He led off complaining that he had to speak publicly at all."An...
View ArticleIs All The Talk About Cyberwarfare Just Hype?
U.S. government pronouncements about the danger of a major cyberattack can be confusing. The director of national intelligence, James Clapper, and the head of the U.S. military's Cyber Command, Army Gen.
View ArticleAmid Threats, N. Korea's Neighbors Rethink Defense Policies
North Korea has been a big headache for the United States, with the new leader there saying almost daily that his country is ready to go to war.Speaking in Washington on Wednesday, Defense Secretary...
View ArticleTensions With North Korea A Messaging Balancing Act For U.S.
You might think alarm bells would be sounding in Washington, given the warnings coming out of North Korea. But when they talk about North Korea, U.S. officials are sounding like exasperated parents...
View ArticleVenezuela's Next Leader Faces Tough Choice On Oil Program
As Venezuela's president, Hugo Chavez thought in grandiose terms, and his country's vast oil riches enabled him to act on his vision. But Chavez died before he had to deal with the flaws in his model,...
View ArticleClues Suggest Boston Suspects Took A Do-It-Yourself Approach
As investigators look into the Boston Marathon bombings, one crucial question is whether the suspects, brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, acted alone or had help. The clues might be found in the...
View ArticleU.S. Turns Up Heat On Costly Commercial Cyber Theft In China
American companies that do business with China make good money. They also lose a lot of money there to cyberthieves, who routinely hack into the computers of the U.S. firms and steal their trade and...
View ArticleObama Keeps Distance From Torture Debate, At Least For Now
In his national security speech Thursday, President Obama discussed drone warfare and the Guantanamo detention camp. But a third controversial issue went largely unmentioned: the use of interrogation...
View ArticleHigh-Tech Surveillance Targets Evolving Terrorist Tactics
Since public revelations that the National Security Agency is collecting telephone records and reviewing Internet communications in the U.S. and abroad, officials have been making the case that the...
View ArticleWhich Citizens Are Under More Surveillance, U.S. Or European?
The disclosure of of previously secret NSA surveillance programs has been met by outrage in Europe. The European Parliament even threatened to delay trade talks with the United States.Yet U.S....
View ArticleThe Next Disaster Scenario Power Companies Are Preparing For
In the 10 years since sagging power lines in Ohio sparked a blackout across much of the Northeastern United States and Canada, utility engineers say they have implemented measures to prevent another...
View ArticleOfficials: Edward Snowden's Leaks Were Masked By Job Duties
More than three months after Edward Snowden revealed details of NSA secret surveillance activities, intelligence officials are still assessing the fallout from the former contractor's disclosures.
View ArticleThe Effects Of The Snowden Leaks Aren't What He Intended
An official assessment of the damage caused by news leaks about government surveillance programs suggests that terrorist groups are changing their communication methods in response to the disclosures,...
View ArticleAl-Shabab Shifts Focus From Territory To Terrorism
Al-Shabab has been around for years as a militia group fighting for territory in Somalia.When al-Shabab militants, dressed in casual clothes, turned up in a ritzy shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, last...
View ArticleAre We Moving To A World With More Online Surveillance?
Many governments around the world have expressed outrage over the National Security Agency's use of the Internet as a spying platform. But the possible response may have an unforeseen consequence: It...
View ArticleYou Have Questions About The NSA; We Have Answers
Four months have passed since former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden began spilling secrets about the NSA's surveillance programs, but many Americans still don't know what to think...
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