By Amanda Vicinanzo
Senior Editor of Homeland Security Today
Special to In Homeland Security
Just days after the FBI alerted U.S. businesses to be on the lookout for malicious malware like the kind that took down the internal network of Sony Pictures, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced plans to create a cyber crime unit to advise on electronic surveillance in cyber investigations and work with the private sector to prevent online crime.
By Amanda Vicinanzo
Senior Editor of Homeland Security Today
Special to In Homeland Security
Iranian hackers have penetrated the computer networks of government agencies and major critical infrastructure companies in the United States and 15 other countries over the past two years in a campaign that could eventually cause physical damage, according to a report by cybersecurity company Cylance.
By Glynn Cosker
Editor, In Homeland Security
Sony Pictures Entertainment denied Wednesday that North Korea played any part in a recent devastating cyber-attack by a group calling itself #GOP for Guardians of Peace.
By Anthony Kimery
Editor-in-Chief of Homeland Security Today
In the November, 2013 edition of Homeland Security Today, we noted that when a propitious misstep by 29-year-old Ross William Ulbricht, proprietor of the estimated $1.2 billion criminal bazaar called the Silk Road was busted by the Feds.
By Dr. Karen Paullet
Faculty Member, School of STEM at American Public University
Mobile phones have become ubiquitous within our society, and many would now consider them a necessity rather than a convenience.
By Glynn Cosker
Editor, In Homeland Security
In this special podcast for In Homeland Security, Robin Adney discusses cybersecurity with Dr. Clay Wilson, Program Director for Cybersecurity Graduate Studies at American Public University (APU).
By Margaret Rutter Foltz
Faculty Member, School of STEM at American Public University
What will we read in the news today? Which bank, government or private entity was recently breached? How many individual identities were stolen? Were medical records compromised? How are we protected?
By Dennis Backherms
Faculty Member, School of STEM at American Public University
Mobile computing has changed how we live, communicate and share with each other. Through the drive for constant innovation, our mobile electronic devices can now do things that used to require rows of computers to accomplish.
By Glynn Cosker
Editor, In Homeland Security
Approximately 200,000 explicit photos and videos exchanged using the popular photo messaging app Snapchat were hacked and displayed online Thursday night.