The Defense Department will conduct an experiment this week testing network-centric warfare operations, a concept crucial to DOD's transformation and the vision of its chief information officer, John …
War of the worms
As millions of computers strain under another attack, Paul Harris meets the virus writers - and the cyber sleuths who aim to hunt them down. The hunt is on. Teams of FBI experts are poring through …
The Aftermath of Cyberattacks
CAN Tom Ridge keep the homeland safe for Internet surfing? I started wondering last week after I got a call from a woman I did not know. She claimed my computer was sending hers a bunch of …
Congressman: Businesses Must Help Protect Net
A top Republican congressman with jurisdiction over cybersecurity says it may be time to require private industry to protect its slice of cyberspace from attack. While both President Bush and the …
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Security Tight in Wake of Blackout
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 …