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Army considers creating a cyber command
Move would follow a recent Air Force decision to do the same; Army pays a visit to Barksdale Air Force Base to explore options
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DoE inspector general raps agency's computer management system
Twenty desktop computers containing classified information are missing; another seventy-four lacked proper labeling
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Army considers creating a cyber command
Move would follow a recent Air Force decision to do the same; Army pays a visit to Barksdale Air Force Base to explore options
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Information Security announces IT Readers' Choice awards
Joint project with SearchSecurity.com recognizes forty-five industry leaders of today and tomorrow
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Hacker gang warfare on the rise
Bot herders fight one another for market share; Storm worm instructed computers to attack the wily Warezov gang
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Solving the cognitive-radio problem in the analog domain
Georgia Tech researchers awarded $3.5 million to develop tiny analog chips to scan RF bands for open channels
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Qwest, AT&T, and Verizon win deal of the decade
Three telecoms win the Networks Universal contract, worth up to $48 billion over ten years; Sprint Nextel big loser
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IT security firms ready for an IPO boom
Lackluster market shows signs of life with four large companies preparing to go public; “public exit opportunities” available for the right firms, say experts
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IXEurope finishes strong at Data Centre Europe Awards 2007
Company recognized as best in disaster recovery service, datacenter management; Attenda and BladeLogic received much-deserved recognition
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Battle over allocation of the 700MHz band looms
TV operators will soon vacate the 700 MHz band, and the FCC is getting set to auction it; pressures grow to allocate portion of the band for public safety uses
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IDF to issue tender for second generation of proprietary wireless network
The Israeli army has developed a propietary, encrypted wireless network; trouble is, it leaves much to be desired
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The Real ID Act poses serious challenges
The Real ID Act mandates that by May 2008, states must include biometric information in the driver licenses and equip these lcienses with RFID technology; this de facto national ID will be a boon to technology companies which manufature and sell systems to support digital ID, authentication, or encryption, but it may well also be a gift to hackers, criminals, and terrorists
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RFID disputes prompts DHS investigation
Black Hat conference atwitter after HID prevents IOActive from disclosing its tags’s vulnerability; DHS’s Computer Emergency Response Team will take a closer look at the issue
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Reverse-hacker wins $4.3 million in suit against Sandia
Shawn Carpenter dismissed after discovering a Chinese gang accessing the lab’s computer; decision to share data with the FBI and Army upset superiors; verdict seen as a victory for whistleblowers
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Privacy Rights Clearinghouse names top data breaches of 2006
Veterans Affairs Department and Circuit City/Chase Card Services top the list; PRC hits the 100 million illegally accessed records mark; two dozen breaches in 2006 of more than 100,000
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The long view
AI Has Crossed a Threshold – What Claude Mythos Means for the Future of Cybersecurity
The limit of what artificial intelligence can achieve, known as frontier AI, has crossed another threshold. AI can now plan and execute sophisticated cyber operations with minimal guidance at speeds far beyond human capability.
Trump’s Cyber Strategy Falls Short on China, Iran, and the Threats That Matter Most
Iranian cyber retaliation is escalating. Chinese operators remain embedded in U.S. infrastructure. Ransomware groups continue to disrupt hospitals, schools, and local governments. Trump’s recently released cyber strategy raises doubts the administration is prepared to address these threats.