AP Investigation: US power grid vulnerable to foreign hacks
By GARANCE BURKE and JONATHAN FAHEY Security researcher Brian Wallace was on the trail of hackers who had snatched a California university’s housing files when he stumbled into a larger…
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South America hacker team targets dissidents, journalists
By FRANK BAJAK A shadowy cyber-espionage group that sent malware to the prosecutor whose mysterious death transfixed Argentina early this year has been hitting targets in left-leaning nations across South…
Questions, answers about effort to hack Clinton’s emails
By BRADLEY KLAPPER, JACK GILLUM and STEPHEN BRAUN Russia-linked hackers tried at least five times in August 2011 to trick Hillary Rodham Clinton into infecting her computer systems while she…
Are you a hack waiting to happen? Your boss wants to know
By BARBARA ORTUTAY Are you a hack waiting to happen? Your boss wants to find out. High-profile hacks have companies on the defensive, trying to prevent becoming the next Sony…
Driving while black? App developers aim to help
By STEVEN DUBOIS Though the developers of the soon-to-be released “Driving While Black” smartphone application want motorists to download their product, there is a time when they definitely don’t want…
TARGET TAKING ACTIONS ON SECURITY, EXECUTIVE SAYS
By MARCY GORDON Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, listens to the Committee Ranking Member Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 4,…
FROM GATES TO NADELLA: MICROSOFT THROUGH THE YEARS
By The Associated Press FILE – In this Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, file photo, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks at the company’s annual shareholders meeting, in Bellevue, Wash. Microsoft announced…
Samsung makes quiet push for new mobile OS
By YOUKYUNG LEE In this Monday, Nov.11, 2013 photo, participants are seen near the logo of Tizen during the Tizen Developer Summit 2013 in Seoul, South Korea. South Korean electronics…