Nov 24, 2018 | Government, Malware, Radio Show, Security, Security
Porn-watching Employee Infected Government Networks with Russian Malware, IG says An Interior Department watchdog recommended the U.S. Geological Survey ratchet up internet security protocols after discovering its networks had been infected with malware from...
Nov 24, 2018 | Government, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Security
Healthcare.gov Breach Included Social Security Numbers and, reportedly, Children’s Info New details have surfaced about a data breach first reported on October 19 involving a healthcare.gov portal, which is currently said to affect as many as 75,000 consumers. In a...
Nov 24, 2018 | Government, Radio Show, Security
China ‘Has Taken the Gloves Off’ in its Thefts of U.S. Technology Secrets It was the great microchip heist — a stunning Chinese-backed effort that pilfered as much as $8.75 billion in patented American technology.U.S. officials say the theft took a year to pull off...
Nov 17, 2018 | Government, Radio Show, Security
The CIA’s Communications Suffered A Catastrophic Compromise. It Started In Iran. In 2013, hundreds of CIA officers — many working nonstop for weeks — scrambled to contain a disaster of global proportions: a compromise of the agency’s internet-based covert...
Nov 17, 2018 | Business, Government, Radio Show, Security, Technology
Are You Ready For A Chip Implant? You walk into a grocery store and pick up eggs. No smartphone? No problem. You swipe your hand across a reader, and the amount is deducted from your bank account. If that sounds far-fetched, you obviously haven’t been to Sweden...
Nov 17, 2018 | Business, Government, Radio Show, Security, Technology
Amazon Reportedly Ordered To Hand Over Echo Recordings In N.H. Murder Trial Once again, Amazon appears to be in a potential privacy fight over the Echo recordings of someone accused of murder.Timothy Verrill of Dover, New Hampshire, stands accused of two counts of...