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Article | 8/05/2013 Senators want sanctions against countries supporting cyberattacks
Two U.S. senators will push Congress or President Barack Obama's administration to pursue trade and immigration sanctions against China and other coun...
Article | 18/04/2013 House approves CISPA over privacy objections
The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to approve a controversial cyberthreat information-sharing bill, despite opposition from the White House a...
Article | 15/04/2013 US House to vote on CISPA cyberthreat bill this week
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), a controversial cyberthreat information-sharing bill, will be debated on the floor of the U...
Article | 29/01/2013 DOJ asks FCC to delay action on Sprint-Softbank deal
The U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security have asked for more time to consider Softbank's proposed takeover of Sprint Nex...
Article | 15/01/2013 Malware infects US power facilities through USB drives
Two U.S. power companies reported infections of malware during the past three months, with the bad software apparently brought in through tainted USB ...
Article | 20/11/2012 US senator has not caved on e-privacy, aide says
The chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has not reversed course on email privacy and has not proposed to give U.S. agencies access to emai...
Article | 15/11/2012 Cybersecurity bill fails in US Senate
The U.S. Senate has voted against moving forward on a cybersecurity bill that supporters have called critical for national security.
Article | 19/10/2012 DHS official suggests sharing resources to mitigate cyberattacks
Groups of companies in the same industry could pool infrastructure resources to help each other mitigate the effects of cyberattacks and work together...
Article | 7/12/2011 Lawmaker proposes cyberthreat sharing organization
A proposal in the U.S. House of Representatives would set up a new semi-independent organization allowing the U.S. government and private companies to...
Article | 14/10/2011 After Stuxnet, a rush to find bugs in industrial systems
Kevin Finisterre isn't the type of person you expect to see in a nuclear power plant. With a beach ball-sized Afro, aviator sunglasses and a self-desc...
Article | 8/10/2011 GAO report: DHS data mining needs privacy oversight
Data-mining programs at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security are not fully reviewed by the agency for their effectiveness and, in some cases, for ...
Article | 7/10/2011 US lawmakers question cloud security
A rush by President Barack Obama's administration to move U.S. government agencies to cloud computing services may lead to unintended security problem...
Article | 6/10/2011 Republicans call for voluntary cybersecurity incentives
The U.S. Congress should focus on voluntary incentives, instead of new regulations, as a way to encourage companies to improve their cybersecurity eff...
Article | 2/10/2011 On the front line against the next Stuxnet
Something has gone terribly wrong on the plant floor at ACME Specialty Chemical International Inc.
Article | 15/09/2011 US agencies making progress on cybercrime, officials say
U.S. government agencies are getting better at sharing information about cyberattacks with private companies, but cybercrime shows no signs of slowing...

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