Cybersecurity
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While overall ransomware attack numbers remained steady, higher education institutions drove a sharp rise in exposed records, fueled in part by third-party software vulnerabilities. -
To guard against phishing-based ransomware attacks, the state is outfitting 161 of its jurisdictions and other public-sector organizations with hardware-based protection. And it's not alone.
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Gov. Tim Walz has authorized $1.2 million in state emergency disaster assistance to address a cybersecurity incident that disrupted digital services in St. Paul for several weeks this summer.
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Several proposals have been dropped as a result, including a restriction on the use of wireless networks.
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Users should be the focus, not issuing mandates, according to the White House's senior adviser on Internet and electronic security.
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A range of hardware and software is being developed that could keep the elderly out of nursing homes, though privacy concerns have some people doubting.
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A new Internet-based system that tracks foreign students at U.S. colleges and universities won't meet its implementation deadline.
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A range of products hawked at a trade fair for homeland-security products.
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Top e-government states this year are Tennessee, New Jersey, California, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, according to new research from Brown University.
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The man is accused of posting reactionary articles and essays online that attack the Communist Party.
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The proposal, which would give the entertainment industry the power to electronically disrupt downloads of pirated movies and music, might be changed.
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New York GIS data sharing cooperative proves key to 9-11 disaster recovery.
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Florida takes a statewide approach to information and infrastructure security.
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The Privacy Commisioner of Canada, Geoge Radwanski, in a letter to the Hon. Elinor Caplan, Minister of National Revenue expresses grave concern over CCRA's plans to establish a database on the foreign travel activities of all law-abiding Canadians.
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Secret Service agents are putting a high-tech twist on the idea of a cop walking the beat.
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National Security Agency signs a $282 million contract to improve eavesdropping capabilities.
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Report Reveals 65 Percent Increase in Vulnerabilities Compared to Third Quarter 2001.
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Microsoft urges users to download software patches.
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New regulations from federal agencies will need to account for privacy concerns, though there is no Senate version of the bill.
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Carnegie Mellon University will develop hardware and software tools to fight electronic attacks.
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