The military sent up an extra air patrol in the eastern United States as a precaution during Thursday's blackout. It was done as a precaution even though there was no reason to believe there was a …
Costs High in Making Airliners Safe Against Attack
A sting operation that foiled a plot to smuggle shoulder-mounted missiles into the United States to shoot down a commercial plane underscores the continuing vulnerability of airlines to attack, …
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Governments tackle cyberterrorism
Officials increasingly using offensive and defensive strategies to secure cyberspace from would-be terrorists. As our lives become increasingly enmeshed in a digital infrastructure, the more …
Digital Doomsday
Not long ago, cyber-terrorists were Public Enemy Number One. In the summer of 2000, a malicious, reclusive hacker released a computer virus called "I Love You" that raced around the globe, destroying …
Official: Cyberterror fears missed real threat
When airliners crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11th, 2001, the nature of the attack took America's defenders by surprise. They were expecting hackers. "We were very …
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Peer-to-Peer Poses Security Problems
While some companies may believe peer-to-peer file swapping is not a serious threat to their networks, security experts are warning that such practices gobble up corporate bandwidth, consume …
Hacker attack probe continues
Theft of information from foreign students takes toll at KU. Six months ago, a hacker sneaked into Kansas University's computer system, downloaded vital information on about 1,450 foreign students and …
Red alert on the e-war front
I'M SITTING in a swanky conference room in Washington DC, surrounded by 65 computer experts from several businesses, and just about every US government agency and branch of the military. Normally …
British man arrested for hacking into Fermilab computers
High-speed connections and plenty of computer memory are part of the necessary hardware Fermilab needs to work with scientists around the world. It's also what hackers look for when tapping into a …
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Clarke Takes Gov't to Task Over Security
Former White House cyber-security czar Richard Clarke ripped his former employer Tuesday, saying that the government is doing an unacceptable job of helping the private sector lock down the nation's …
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