Advertisement
  1. Home
  2. Specials
  3. Homeland & Cybersecurity

Homeland & Cybersecurity

The latest coverage of the Department of Homeland Security and cyber threats around the globe.

Recent Stories

In this Aug. 22, 2021, file photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, Afghan passengers board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III during the Afghanistan evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (MSgt. Donald R. Allen/U.S. Air Force via AP, File)

EXCLUSIVE: Second major felon found on Afghan evacuation flight

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
This Dec. 16, 2020, file photo shows an illuminated Apple logo at a store in Munich, Germany. Apple has released a critical software patch to fix a security vulnerability that researchers say could allow hackers to directly infect iPhones and other Apple devices without any user action. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

How to update Apple devices to correct security flaw

Associated Press
In this Monday, Nov. 18, 2019, file photo, the logo of Google is displayed on a carpet at the entrance hall of Google France in Paris. South Korea’s competition watchdog says it plans to fine Google at least 207.4 billion won ($177 million) for allegedly blocking smartphone makers like Samsung from using other operating systems, in what would be one of the country's biggest antitrust penalties ever. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

South Korea to fine Google $177M for forcing software on devices

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press
In this Feb. 5, 2021, photo, an Apple store employee wears personal protective equipment in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) **FILE**

Apple issues security updates for iPhones, iPads, laptops after researchers find new hack

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
In this Feb. 27, 2013, photo illustration, hands type on a computer keyboard in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

REvil ransomware group reappears online nearly two months since going dark

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times
Dr. Michelle Lee, left, a radiology resident, and Ida Chen, right, a physician assistant student, unfold a banner Lee created to display at rallies protesting anti-Asian hate, Saturday April 24, 2021, in New York's Chinatown. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Cyber sleuths blame China-based digital propaganda for fanning Asian American protests

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Air Force aircrew, assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, assist qualified evacuees boarding a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in support of the Afghanistan evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021. (Senior Airman Taylor Crul/U.S. Air Force via AP)

Republicans demand answers over screening of Afghans brought to U.S.

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
U.S military aircraft takes off at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021.(AP Photo/Wali Sabawoon) ** FILE **

House Freedom Caucus chair demands answers on Afghan vetting

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
This Feb. 24, 2021, file photo shows a T-Mobile store at a shopping mall in Pittsburgh. T-Mobile says about 7.8 million of its current postpaid customer accounts’ information and approximately 40 million records of former or prospective customers who had previously applied for credit with the company were involved in a recent data breach. T-Mobile said Wednesday, Aug. 18, that customers’ first and last names, date of birth, Social Security numbers, and driver’s license/ID information were exposed. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

T-Mobile CEO says he's 'truly sorry' for hack of 50M users' data

Associated Press
This March 20, 2018, file photo shows the YouTube app on an iPad in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

YouTube removing 10 million 'bad' videos per quarter, executive says

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
President Joe Biden attends a meeting about cybersecurity, in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden seeks cyber solutions from tech and business execs at White House summit

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
This Feb. 24, 2021, file photo shows a T-Mobile store at a shopping mall in Pittsburgh. T-Mobile says about 7.8 million of its current postpaid customer accounts’ information and approximately 40 million records of former or prospective customers who had previously applied for credit with the company were involved in a recent data breach. T-Mobile said Wednesday, Aug. 18, that customers’ first and last names, date of birth, Social Security numbers, and driver’s license/ID information were exposed. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Massive T-Mobile hacking theft exposes info on millions of customers, company says

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
In this Aug. 11, 2019, file photo, an iPhone displays multiple apps in New Orleans. When U.S. law enforcement officials are fishing for information, they increasingly know where to go — in the vast digital ponds of personal data that Big Tech companies have created in their devices and online services that have hooked billions of people around the world. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Researchers say they've found a flaw exposing millions of devices' camera data and audio to hackers

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
MyPillow founder and CEO Mike Lindell gives an interview with Right Side Broadcasting Network at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Fla., on Feb. 28, 2021. A federal judge cleared the way Wednesday, Aug. 11 for a defamation case by Dominion Voting Systems to proceed against Trump allies Lindell, Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani, who had all falsely accused the company of rigging the 2020 presidential election. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols handed down a ruling Wednesday that found there was no blanket protection on political speech. (Sam Thomas/Orlando Sentinel via AP) **FILE**

Pro-Trump lawmakers undeterred by lack of election hack proof at Lindell symposium

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times
MyPillow founder and CEO Mike Lindell gives an interview with Right Side Broadcasting Network at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Fla., on Feb. 28, 2021. A federal judge cleared the way Wednesday, Aug. 11 for a defamation case by Dominion Voting Systems to proceed against Trump allies Lindell, Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani, who had all falsely accused the company of rigging the 2020 presidential election. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols handed down a ruling Wednesday that found there was no blanket protection on political speech. (Sam Thomas/Orlando Sentinel via AP) **FILE**

Mike Lindell ends Cyber Symposium without proving stolen election claim

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times
In this March 2, 2017, file photo, Tucker Carlson, host of "Tucker Carlson Tonight," poses for photos in a Fox News Channel studio, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Tucker Carlson says he felt like a 'lunatic' for accusing NSA of spying on him

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times
The TikTok app logo appears in Tokyo on Sept. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File) ** FILE **

TikTok tops list of world's most downloaded apps despite U.S. data security concerns

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, March 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

EXCLUSIVE: Cyber expert says his team can't prove Mike Lindell's claims that China hacked election

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, March 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Mike Lindell's 2020 election symposium delayed by 'hacked' livestream

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times
In this Oct. 20, 2015, file photo, signage sits outside Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Google says it limits employees' access to user data, after report of employees fired for misuse

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
This May 4, 2021, file photo shows a sign outside the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice building in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) **FILE**

'Vast majority' of federal agencies' information security programs are ineffective: Senate report

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
This April 16, 2020, shows the Amazon logo in Douai, northern France. Amazon on Thursday, July 29, 2021, turned in a mixed bag of results for its fiscal second quarter, coming up short of Wall Street expectations in revenue but beating on profits. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler) **FILE**

Amazon fighting EU data privacy fine amid U.S. lawmakers' push for new rules

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
President Joe Biden finishes leaves after speaking during a visits to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in McLean, Va., Tuesday, July 27, 2021. This is Biden's first visit to an agency of the U.S. intelligence community. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden urges critical infrastructure organizations to improve cybersecurity

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
In this Feb. 17, 2016, file photo, an iPhone is seen in Washington. At a time of widespread digital insecurity, it turns out that the oldest and simplest computer fix there is — turning a device off and then back on again — can thwart hackers from stealing information from smartphones. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Turn off, turn on: Simple step can thwart top phone hackers

By Alan Suderman - Associated Press
In this July 3, 2021, file photo, a sign that reads: "Coop Forum supermarket in Vastberga is closed due to IT disturbances, no prognosis as to when we will open again", on a closed Coop supermarket store in the suburb of Vastberga, Stockholm, Sweden. The Florida company whose software was exploited in the devastating Fourth of July weekend ransomware attack, Kaseya, has received a universal key that will decrypt all of the more than 1,000 businesses and public organizations crippled in the global incident. Kaseya spokeswoman Dana Liedholm would not say Thursday, July 22, how the key was obtained or whether a ransom was paid. She said only that it came from a trusted third party and that Kaseya was distributing it to all victims. (Jonas Ekstromer/TT via AP, File)

Kaseya deploying ransomware decryptor key on victims of REvil attack

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times
A security surveillance camera is seen near the Microsoft office building in Beijing, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. The Biden administration and Western allies formally blamed China on Monday for a massive hack of Microsoft Exchange email server software and asserted that criminal hackers associated with the Chinese government have carried out ransomware and other illicit cyber operations. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Chinese cyber actors pose 'major threat' to U.S. national security

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times
In this May 11, 2021, file photo, a Colonial Pipeline station is seen in Smyrna, Ga., near Atlanta. The Department of Homeland Security has announced new requirements for U.S. pipeline operators to bolster cybersecurity following a May ransomware attack that disrupted gas delivery across the East Coast. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) ** FILE **

Feds detail alleged Chinese cyberattacks on American pipelines starting in 2011

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
This Feb 23, 2019, file photo shows the inside of a computer in Jersey City, N.J. Cybersecurity teams worked feverishly Sunday, July 4, 2021, to stem the impact of the single biggest global ransomware attack on record, with some details emerging about how the Russia-linked gang responsible breached the company whose software was the conduit. An affiliate of the notorious REvil gang, infected thousands of victims in at least 17 countries on Friday, largely through firms that remotely manage IT infrastructure for multiple customers, cybersecurity researchers said. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

'Criminal contract hackers': China, Iran, Russia enlist more high-tech gangsters for cyberattacks

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
According to the indictment, the MSS hackers used an array of malware and hacker techniques, including a technique called "steganography" that allowed the intelligence agency to place stolen data inside of images to conceal the location on the internet.

'Name and shame' campaign offers rare glimpse into China's cyber operations

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times
A woman wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walks by the Microsoft office building in Beijing, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. The Biden administration and Western allies formally blamed China on Monday for a massive hack of Microsoft Exchange email server software and asserted that criminal hackers associated with the Chinese government have carried out ransomware and other illicit cyber operations. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China rejects hacking charges, accuses U.S. of cyberspying

By Joe McDonald - Associated Press

Print Special Section

Download the Special Report available in the January 29, 2018, edition of The Washington Times. (3.8 MB)

Cybersecurity 2018: Online Security and Safety in Government, Industry and Civil Society: Download the Special Report available in the January 29, 2018, edition of The Washington Times. (3.8 MB)

© Copyright 2021 The Washington Times, LLC
3600 New York Avenue NE, Washington, DC 20002

Switch to Desktop version