America's defense agency is having trouble defending itself, as the largest-ever cyber attack on the Pentagon lent a sense of urgency to the institution's push to safeguard defense secrets and networks by bolstering cyber security.
The Pentagon suffered the most significant breach yet of its cyber security system, underscoring fears that secret defense files and networks are vulnerable to cyber attacks.
The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), one of the most powerful interest groups in the United States, has launched a new ad campaign to protect benefits seniors have earned through a lifetime of hard work.
Rodney King has been released on bail following Tuesday's arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence.
The rhetoric is getting hot and heavy inside the beltway regarding the debt talks. On Tuesday, the Republicans essentially said the Democrats haven't offered a viable debt deal proposal and President Obama said Republican reluctance to compromise could prevent senior citizens from receiving Social Security payments on August 3.
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is in an English court Tuesday fighting extradition for 2010 sexual misconduct charges in Sweden
The United States needs to be more wary of computers and other electronics imports that could be laden with malicious software, according to a leading Congressional expert on cyber security.
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Suddenly, momentum is building in the nation's capitol toward what could be an historic deficit reduction package -- a grand deal deal of $4 trillion or more in cuts -- including changes to entitlement programs, cuts in defense spending, and selected tax increases via ending tax loopholes.
The fast-growing microblogging site Twitter has fallen behind some other Internet services in introducing tools to help secure the accounts of users, security experts say.
President Barack Obama has shifted his strategy in debt talks with Republicans, offering a substantially larger deficit reduction package that would include cuts to Medicare and Social Security in exchange for eliminating tax breaks.
The US government on Wednesday has issued warning to all the airlines after receiving intelligence reports that terrorist are considering surgically implanting explosives in the bodies of suicide bombers.
Despite recent market volatility and unfavorable labor statistics, second quarter employee confidence over job security, pay raises and the job market has returned to levels last seen in the height of the recession.
The U.S. government has warned airport security group TSA that terrorists might hide bombs inside their bodies.
Though there is no indication that an attack is imminent, a U.S. security official said on Wednesday that militants are showing renewed interest in using surgically implanted bombs to blow up commercial flights.
Microsoft Office XP and Vista SP1 will be history soon, as it will exit support by next week, according to the company's published schedule.
The Transportation Security Administration has announced it will launch a trusted traveler pilot program this fall that will allow travelers who are fed up with long security lines to avoid them at the airport.
Russia is slated to support Palestine in its bid for recognition as a member state at the United Nations, according to one Palestinian official.
The Internet vigilante hacker group Anonymous claimed to have broken into an Apple Inc server and published a small number of usernames and passwords for one of the U.S. technology company's websites.
Sony said its PlayStation Network will spring back to life in Japan this week after a nearly three-month gap, confirming finally that the gaming giant is burying the ghost of PSN hack that tormented it for long.
The FBI has arrested and charged Olajide Oluwaseun Noibi with stowing away on a Virgin America flight from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport to Los Angeles last Friday. Initially released, the Nigerian man was caught again on Wednesday trying to board another flight and arrested.
Google Inc brags that computers running its recently released Chrome operating system are a lot safer than traditional PCs, partly because user data is stored in the Internet cloud and not on the machine.
