WASHINGTON DC - Facebook, Google and Twitter came to Capitol Hill to argue they're ready to fight back against the scourge of fake news and the Russian misinformation campaign that influenced the 2016 US presidential election. The senators were left unimpressed. "You showed a lack of resources, commitment and a lack of genuine effort," said Sen.
WASHINGTON DC - The investigation into Russian meddling has gotten closer to finding the culprits behind a critical hack during the 2016 presidential election. Justice Department officials have compiled evidence against at least six Russian government officials believed to be responsible for hacking the Democratic National Committee's computers, the Wall Street Journal reported. Nearly a year
DETROIT- The Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation named Alison Gleeson its “Woman of the Year in Technology.” Gleeson is the senior vice president of the Americas for Cisco. The second annual MCWT award recognizes women in Michigan leading or driving change for other women in information technology careers or fields of study. MCWT Foundation President Carey Pachla presented Gleeson with the honor at the nonprofit’s annual gala on Oct. 28 in Dearborn. Hosted by Ford Motor Co.,
SAN FRANCISCO - Most US adults are affected by the hack. Here's a step-by-step on what to do. One of the largest data breaches in history has left 143 million people wondering if their highly personal data has been exposed to hackers. For now, Equifax doesn't explicitly tell you if you were a victim, and
SAN FRANCISCO - If you're wondering what to do after hearing about the massive data breach, follow these steps to make sure you're safe. In September 2016, Yahoo revealed a hack that compromised 500 million user accounts. In December, the company revealed yet another hack, this time affecting a record 1 billion accounts. On Tuesday,
SAN FRANCISCO - It's been more than two years since Nest entered a new product category, but the smart home company is now coming off the sidelines. On Wednesday, Nest, which is owned by Google's parent Alphabet, showed off two new devices during a press event in San Francisco. The first is an internet-connected doorbell called Nest Hello, which has a
MOSCOW - More than 1.65 million computers were targeted by cryptocurrency mining malware attacks in the first eight months of 2017, according to a new report from Kaspersky Lab. The Russia-based cybersecurity outfit said on Tuesday that the figure represents the number of computers, running Kaspersky software, that were protected from the malicious software, which can turn
SAN JOSE, Ca. - The horror story scenario of taking down electrical power grids has moved from science fiction to science fact contends Symantec, which found evidence that hundreds of grids in the U.S., Turkey and Switzerland have been the target of a massive hacking campaign dubbed Dragonfly 2.0. Some reports link it to Russia.
WASHINGTON DC - The White House has approved a plan to turn the US Cyber Command into its own military command. Cyber Command will be elevated to the status of "Unified Combatant Command," President Donald Trump said in a statement Friday. This puts it on par with the nine other unified commands of the military, like Central Command,
SAN FRANCISCO - Hackers have flooded Android app stores - including the official Google Play store - with over one thousand spyware apps which have the capability to monitor almost every action on an infected device. Dubbed SonicSpy, the malware can silently record calls and audio, take photos, make calls, send text messages to numbers
