Stories about: National Security Agency

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Cloud security, cyberwar dominate RSA Conference 05 March, 2010 10:46

SAN FRANSISCO -- Cloud security loomed over the RSA Conference last week as a major concern of business, but worry about the threat of cyberwar was also strong, with officials from the White House and FBI weighing in to encourage private participation in government efforts to defend information and communications networks.
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Botnet revelation shows darker underbelly of malware 19 February, 2010 09:42

Information gathered about a newly discovered botnet called Kneber indicates that multiple infections by different malware on the same host could work together as a sophisticated mechanism to give all the malware a better survival rate.
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IBM buying National Interest Security Company 21 January, 2010 06:20

Hoping to get a bigger piece of the U.S. defense budget, IBM announced Wednesday that it is buying security and analytics consultancy National Interest Security Company for an undisclosed sum.
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Drone incident serves up data encryption lesson 19 December, 2009 05:02

The disclosure that Iraqi insurgents were able to intercept live video feeds from U.S. drones has focused the spotlight on a familiar IT security issue: data encryption.
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Microsoft denies it built 'backdoor' in Windows 7 20 November, 2009 07:30

Microsoft today denied that it has built a backdoor into Windows 7, a concern that surfaced yesterday after a senior National Security Agency (NSA) official testified before Congress that the agency had worked on the operating system.
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NSA helped with Windows 7 development 19 November, 2009 08:32

The National Security Agency (NSA) worked with Microsoft on the development of Windows 7, an agency official acknowledged yesterday during testimony before Congress.
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Are nations paying criminals for botnet attacks? 17 November, 2009 17:03

Nations that want to disrupt their enemies' banking, media and government resources don't need their own technical skills; they can simply order botnet attack services from cybercriminals.
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Jailbreaking puts iPhone owners at risk, says researcher 10 November, 2009 05:25

Jailbroken iPhones are much easier to hijack, a noted security researcher said today, and the proof is in the worm that has infected some Australian phones.
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DHS faces challenge in hiring 1,000 security experts 07 October, 2009 03:33

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's effort to hire some 1,000 new cybersecurity experts could hit a wall because such skills are increasingly hard to find, according to security experts.
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New initiative is looking for a few good cybersecurity pros 28 July, 2009 05:43

Amid concerns that the U.S. has a shortage of cybersecurity professionals, a new consortium of U.S. government and private organizations aims to identify students with strong computer skills and train them as cybersecurity guardians, warriors and "top guns."
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The NSA wiretapping story that nobody wanted 18 July, 2009 09:35

They sometimes call national security the third rail of politics. Touch it and, politically, you're dead.