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US government taking creative steps to counter cyberthreats 04/28/2021 08:05pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� An FBI operation that gave law enforcement remote access to hundreds of computers to counter a massive hack of Microsoft Exchange email server software is a tool that is likely to be deployed ���judiciously��� in the future as the Justice Department, aware of privacy concerns, de Biden names 2 ex-NSA officials for senior cyber positions 04/12/2021 07:04pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden has selected two former senior National Security Agency officials for key cyber jobs in his administration, the White House said Monday in moving to fill out a team whose role has grown more urgent after two major hacks that have consumed the government's atte US shifts state grant focus to extremism, cyberthreats 02/25/2021 05:08pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� State and local governments will be required to spend a portion of nearly $1.9 billion in annual federal public safety grants on the fight against domestic extremism and improved cybersecurity, the Department of Homeland Security said Thursday. The requirement reflects the securi Florida is a model for voting. The GOP wants change anyway. 02/20/2021 12:58am • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) ��� Florida was a model citizen when it came to elections in 2020. The state showed off its years of voting reforms. Even as Donald Trump railed against voting systems elsewhere, he praised Florida and urged his supporters to trust its vote-by-mail system. And, indeed, results Suspected Russian hack fuels new US action on cybersecurity 02/19/2021 02:16pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Jolted by a sweeping hack that may have revealed government and corporate secrets to Russia, U.S. officials are scrambling to reinforce the nation���s cyber defenses and recognizing that an agency created two years ago to protect America���s networks and infrastructure lacks the Judge says lawyer who killed her son also tracked Sotomayor 02/19/2021 01:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The lawyer who killed a federal judge's son and seriously wounded her husband at their New Jersey home last summer also had been tracking Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the judge said in a television interview. U.S. District Judge Esther Salas said FBI agents discovered t 10 Ways to Keep Your Cryptocurrency Safe 02/09/2021 12:00am • Cryptocurrency account hacking is on the rise.The popularity and surge in prices in Bitcoin and Ethereum means that virtual currencies often become a target for hackers that want to take advantage of these valuable assets. "The economics of hacking suggests that attackers will continue to gravitate Top Cybersecurity Strategies for Financial Advisors in 2021 11/02/2020 12:00am • Cybersecurity is like a virus that keeps evolving. Just when you think you've built a defense against one form of attack, cybercriminals evolve to invade your system from another point of entry. Now, with a human virus forcing financial advisors and their firms to work increasingly remote, the risk Exclusive: Nukes, malware and bots: US intelligence races to stay ahead of adversaries 02/18/2020 04:17am • Before the first rays of sunlight peek over the horizon in D.C., Deirdre Walsh is on her way to the sprawling, 40 -acre Liberty Crossing complex, in McLean, Virginia, that houses the Office of Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and several of the 16 intelligence agencies it oversees. ���I�� FBI intensifies efforts to prevent 2020 election interference 10/24/2019 08:37pm • The FBI issued a warning Thursday to everyone from presidential candidates to large companies and private citizens about foreign influence operations that are aimed at manipulating the 2020 elections. The 2020 threat ��� on the heels of the 2016 Russian election-meddling operation ��� is one of t How to keep your personal information safe online during the holidays 11/22/2018 09:39pm • WASHINGTON ��� As you travel or shop with your smartphone, tablet or laptop, make sure you're not giving others a gift of your personal information. This time of year can bring an increase in cyberthreats to your computerized devices, according to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Age Exclusive: Terrorism, cyber-intrusions worry key Justice Dept. official 10/26/2017 05:10am • WASHINGTON ��� Besieged by nearly daily revelations about Russian meddling in American politics, North Korea���s constant threats to incinerate the country with nuclear weapons, an opioid epidemic and rampant leaks from within the government, the Deputy Attorney General at the Department of Justice Could Your Hospital Data Be Breached? 05/09/2017 08:00pm • It could be malicious hacking in search of sensitive health information. It could be careless handling of a laptop containing data from a doctor's office. It could be a hospital insider or savvy outsider using patient information to fraudulently obtain medical care or prescription drugs. In March a U.S. News Healthcare of Tomorrow 2016 Conference Recap 11/07/2016 07:00pm • Hospital executives and health care industry experts gathered in the nation's capital Nov. 2-4 to take part in the fourth annual U.S. News & World Report health care forum, rebranded this year into the Healthcare of Tomorrow Conference. "The new name underscores the industry's commitment to deve White House says it has addressed computer threat 10/28/2014 11:40pm • DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House says it has taken steps to address suspicious activity detected on its unclassified computer network.No details were released on who may have been responsible or when the activity occurred.A White House official says "activity of