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Fixing America's cybersecurity problem

Federal and military websites are under fire from hackers, according to Richard Stiennon, host of the "Threat Chaos" blog. He told Federal News Radio what he thinks needs to be done to fix that problem.

Tags: In Depth , cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , Richard Stiennon , cyber strategy , Jory Heckman , Congress

Monday - 06/27/2011, 07:07pm EDT

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Hackers sell access to military websites

The hacker intelligence initiative has unearthed evidence that dozens of sites are up for sale, including defense and federal sites.

Tags: Federal Drive , Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , Impervia , Army , CECOM

Tuesday - 01/25/2011, 10:30am EST

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Report confirms China hijack of Internet

A new report found that for 15 minutes in April a Chinese state controlled telecommunications company was able to hijack 15 percent of the world's internet traffic.

Tags: China , Internet , data theft , U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission , Dorobek Insider , Cyber , cybersecurity

Wednesday - 11/17/2010, 03:05pm EST

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D.C. voting pilot program filled with security holes

When a pilot program developed by the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics was put to a security test, it failed miserably.

Tags: D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics , Digital Vote By Mail , University of Michigan , Alex Halderman , security breach , security threat , online voting

Friday - 10/08/2010, 02:50pm EDT

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Hackers use social engineering to target you

Social engineering targets you in a cyber attack -- often with your help. The DorobekINSIDER's guests were Chris Hadnagy operations manager at Offensive Security; Jim O'Gorman, consultant at Continuum Worldwide; and Mati Aharoni, the founder of Offensive Security.

Tags: Cybersecurity Update , Dorobek Insider , social engineering , Chris Hadnagy , Offensive Security , Jim O'Gorman , Continuum Worldwide , Mati Aharoni , technology

Tuesday - 10/05/2010, 04:16pm EDT

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Hotel in your future? Guard your credit card

A study by SpiderLabs, a part of the data-security consulting company Trustwave, found 38 percent of last year's credit card hacking charges involved the hotel industry.

Tags: vacation , hotels , credit cards

Thursday - 07/08/2010, 07:51am EDT

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