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Why rogue employees may pose bigger threat to corporate data than hackersAs stolen company information is turning up for sale on the Dark Web, analysts say the insider threat is creating a security nightmare for companies with sensitive and proprietary data.聽
Meet David Dworken, the teenager who hacked the PentagonThe 18-year-old who just graduated high school was one of the youngest hackers participating in the Pentagon's bug bounty program to root out security flaws in military websites.
Opinion: A progressive tech platform for the 99 percentHillary Clinton's tech agenda doesn't address the most pressing digital issues. The US deserves a tech platform that defends privacy, protects the public from discriminatory algorithms, and ensures that innovation doesn't just benefit the wealthy.
Could bitcoin hold the key to stopping ransomware?Bitcoin isn鈥檛 as anonymous as many once believed, and now researchers are using the cryptocurrency鈥檚 delivery mechanism to compile dossiers on suspected hackers.
How to keep criminal hackers from ruining your vacationFollowing basic security measures, like leaving extra devices at home and avoiding public Wi-Fi, could be enough to protect your information while you're traveling.
Opinion: Chinese cyberespionage is down. That's a win for Obama's diplomacyAlmost a year after a historic deal between Beijing and Washington to curtail cyberespionage, reports indicate聽digital attacks from China are fewer but more sophisticated.
Fake fingerprints: The latest tactic for protecting privacyThe Identity pad 鈥� a project to create聽artificial and reusable fingerprints 鈥� addresses聽the security and privacy risks associated with the growing use of biometric technology.
Battle erupts over security of chip-enabled credit card readersThe Home Depot and Walmart are suing MasterCard and Visa in separate lawsuits over what the retailers claim is lax security on chip-enabled card readers that puts consumers at risk of fraud.
Microsoft proposes international code of conduct for cyberspaceThe tech giant has suggested a set of rules that include proactive security disclosures and establishing global regimes to stop the spread of digital weapons.
Opinion: How to craft a meaningful cyberarms pactUS diplomats are trying to revise how a global arms pact known as the Wassenaar Agreement applies to digital weapons. Despite misgivings from the tech sector, there鈥檚 an opportunity for Washington to help forge a deal that keeps hacking tools out of the wrong hands.聽
As FBI surveillance takes center stage, Senator Wyden warns against eroding civil libertiesAfter the Senate beat back a proposal to expand FBI surveillance powers in the wake of the Orlando shooting, the Oregon Democrat told Passcode 'the public is picking up that you don鈥檛 fight terror by eroding our freedoms for policies that don鈥檛 leave them safer.'
Google, privacy groups urge Congress not to expand federal hacking powerA change to federal criminal procedure聽would allow judges to approve searches on computers outside their jurisdiction, a move that could have vast聽'unintended consequences' for innocent people, civil liberties groups say.
Are China's hackers shying away from US targets?A report indicates that Chinese cyberattacks on US companies are declining. But other experts say hackers are simply changing tack.
Podcast: Why a Ukraine-style hack on US power grid isn't likelyRob Lee, cofounder of cybersecurity company Dragos Security, who personally investigated the Ukraine hack, downplays the imminent risk of a major, isolated attack on the US power grid.聽
Opinion: How we can finally kill the passwordInnovative biometric technology that relies on human traits as security measures is the answer to beating back threats from malicious hackers.聽- Opinion: How we can finally kill the passwordInnovative biometric technology that relies on human traits as security measures is the answer to beating back threats from malicious hackers.聽
Firefox offers a shift from single to split 'personalities' onlineMozilla has launched an experimental feature called Firefox Containers that gives users the option of separating their online identities within the same browser.
The FBI needs better hackers to solve encryption standoff, research saysTech companies and privacy advocates are strongly opposed to proposals by the FBI and others to mandate government access to encrypted communications. But one expert says there may be another way to solve the feud.
Kosovar hacker pleads guilty in US court to aiding Islamic StateFor the first time, a foreign national pleaded guilty to committing computer crimes in support of the terrorists' aims at a time when the US government is increasing efforts to confront the group online.
Meet Fancy Bear and Cozy Bear, Russian groups blamed for DNC hackExperts say both hacker crews have been spying on Western military and political targets for years, but only recently tied them to Russian intelligence agencies.
