Andrew Blake

Google says employees haven’t been hacked since safeguarding accounts with physical keys

Google has successfully defended its over 85,000 employees against phishing attacks like the kind that hacked Democrats during the 2016 U.S. presidential race in the year since requiring that staffers use physical, USB-based security keys to access their work accounts, the company said Monday.

July 24, 2018

Defense bill would establish nation’s first cyberwarfare policy

The final version of an annual defense bill unveiled recently contains language that will set the nation's first cyberwarfare policy if signed into law.

July 24, 2018

Midterm candidates targeted in phishing attacks: Microsoft

Microsoft recently caught hackers mounting attacks targeting three candidates running in the November 2018 midterms, the company's vice president for security and trust said Thursday.

July 20, 2018

Russia actively using fake news and propaganda to sow discord in U.S.: FBI director Wray

Russia is actively using fake news and propaganda to sow discord like during the 2016 U.S. presidential election, FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday.

July 19, 2018

Encryption legislation possible if ‘Going Dark’ problems persist: Christopher Wray, FBI director

FBI Director Christoper Wray said Wednesday that he believes a compromise can be reached resolving the so-called "Going Dark" problem caused by criminals using encrypted messaging platforms and mobile devices to obfuscate their communications from investigators, but that legislation would have to be considered if other proposals come up short.

July 19, 2018

Vladimir Putin claims powerful forces seeking to undermine outcome of Trump meeting

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday claimed that powerful American "forces" are attempting to undermine the outcome of his recent meeting with President Trump in Helsinki.

July 19, 2018

Mueller team meets with lawyers for Roger Stone associate Andrew Miller

Lawyers representing Andrew Miller, an associate of President Trump's former campaign adviser Roger Stone, met Wednesday morning with members of special counsel Robert Mueller's office investigating the 2016 race.

July 18, 2018

Rep. Matt Gaetz voices regret over Alex Jones interview

Rep. Matt Gaetz, Florida Republican, expressed regret Wednesday over appearing on the program hosted by Infowars publisher and right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

July 18, 2018

Net neutrality protections garner rare Republican support in Colorado congressman

Congressional efforts to restore Obama-era net neutrality protections garnered rare Republican support Tuesday from Rep. Mike Coffman of Colorado.

July 18, 2018

Google fined billions by European regulators in Android antitrust ruling

European Union regulators slapped Google with a record fine of 4.34 billion euros on Wednesday for antitrust violations involving its Android mobile operating system.

July 18, 2018

George Soros: Obama was ‘my greatest disappointment’

Former President Barack Obama was "actually my greatest disappointment," liberal megadonor George Soros said in an interview published by The New York Times on Tuesday.

July 18, 2018

Clemency sought in Silk Road case as foreign suspects face trials

President Trump is being asked to grant clemency to Ross Ulbricht, the convicted mastermind of the infamous Silk Road website serving life imprisonment without parole, as the Department of Justice makes strides in its efforts to prosecute others suspected of helping run the defunct dark web bazaar.

July 17, 2018

Charlottesville votes again to rename parks previously named for Confederate generals

A pair of parks previously named for Confederate generals will be rebranded for the second time since 2017 following a City Council meeting Monday in Charlottesville, Virginia.

July 17, 2018

Hulk Hogan reinstated by WWE into Hall of Fame, given ‘second chance’ after racist comments

Hulk Hogan has been given a "second chance" by World Wrestling Entertainment, reclaiming his spot in the organization's Hall of Fame three years since being booted after audio leaked of him using racial slurs.

July 17, 2018

ES&S, voting machine maker, says election systems contained remote-access software: Report

The nation's largest voting equipment vendor said that remote-access software came preinstalled on some of its election-management systems, effectively creating potential points of entry for attackers to exploit, Motherboard reported Tuesday.

July 17, 2018

Hacking charges brought over Selena Gomez breach

Prosecutors announced felony charges Friday against a New Jersey woman accused of hacking pop star Selena Gomez, stealing her digital property and then sharing it without permission.

July 14, 2018

Charlottesville braces for worst weeks ahead of ‘Unite the Right’ anniversary

Weeks until the anniversary of last year's deadly "Unite the Right" demonstration in Charlottesville, Virginia, city officials said efforts are underway to keep a proposed "Unite the Right 2" next month from turning tragic.

July 14, 2018

Kaspersky Lab, Russian cyber firm, denied injunction in appeals case against Trump administration

Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab suffered another setback Friday in its efforts to oppose new rules prohibiting the U.S. government from using its antivirus software and services.

July 14, 2018

Trump ambassador pressed U.K. on Tommy Robinson, jailed anti-Muslim activist: Report

President Trump's ambassador for international religious freedom has raised concerns with the British government over the treatment of a jailed anti-Muslim activist known as Tommy Robinson, Reuters reported Friday.

July 14, 2018

Dan Coats, DNI, invokes 9/11 in warning of potentially crippling cyberattacks

President Trump's director of national intelligence warned Friday that foreign hackers are attempting potentially crippling cyberattacks against critical U.S. infrastructure, relating a rash of recent assaults with "alarming activities" detected by U.S. intelligence prior to terrorists striking on September 11, 2001.

July 14, 2018