cyber-security

The nation's electric grid is still vulnerable to a cyber attack, according to a report from the Department of Energy. Even though many of the security issues could be easily resolved, they still remain after several years.

A proposed cyber-security bill is stoking fears over the creation of a presidential "Internet kill switch." The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee unanimously approved the Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010 (S. 3480), which now moves to the Senate floor for a...

U.S. lawmakers have advanced a cyber-security bill designed to define the president's power over the nation's critical Internet infrastructure in the event of an attack. But it's not at all like what the alarmists are claiming.

Call it an ATM for cyber-crooks -- and the cash could come out of your account. Web security sleuths have found a new type of "Trojan horse" that steals your bank log-in name and password, then proceeds to drain money from your account -- while you're logged in. The new Trojan, called URLZone,...