John R. Bolton, President Trump's national security adviser, was challenged Wednesday by 19 senators, all Democrats, over his decision to recommend the elimination of the role of cybersecurity coordinator, the White House's top cyber policy position.
Karim Baratov, a Canadian "hacker for hire" convicted in connection with selling his services to Russian intelligence officers accused of compromising 500 million Yahoo accounts in one of the biggest data breaches ever, was sentenced Tuesday in San Francisco federal court.
The Department of Homeland Security and FBI called out North Korea on Tuesday, casting light on the nation's offensive cyber operations as officials from either government scramble to salvage a meeting planned between President Trump and his North Korean counterpart, Kim Jong-un.
Papua New Guinea plans to temporarily block Facebook so that federal researchers can study the social network and identify users accused of violating the nation's internet laws, a top government official said Tuesday.
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority compared the American Civil Liberties Union's national conference to a Ku Klux Klan rally in a court filing defending its decision to reject a proposed advertisement touting the ACLU's event in downtown D.C. next month.
President Vladimir Putin has granted Russian citizenship to Jeff Monson, a professional mixed martial artist and former Ultimate Fighting Championship competitor from St. Paul, Minnesota, the Kremlin announced Tuesday.
President Trump's smartphone use is the subject of a letter sent to Defense Secretary James Mattis by a senator seeking answers about the Pentagon's efforts to defend his device from hackers.
The American Civil Liberties Union sued the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in D.C. Superior Court on Friday after Metro rejected an advertisement touting the ACLU's national convention next month.
Two teenagers have been charged with computer crimes in connection with hacking the YouTube account of a major music video hosting platform last month and replacing its content with pro-Palestinian messages, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office said Friday.
Bill Fawell, a Republican running for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, has been revealed to be a conspiracy theorist who believes one of the World Trade Center buildings collapsed during the September 11 terrorist attacks due to a controlled demolition.
President Trump received criticism Thursday from a fellow Republican, Maine Sen. Susan Collins, over his administration's recent decision to eliminate the top White House cybersecurity role.
Special counsel Robert Mueller's team of investigators probing the 2016 U.S. presidential race has taken an interest in the finances of Roger Stone, President Trump's former election campaign adviser and longtime confidant, CNN reported Thursday.
A legal defense fund established for Michael Caputo, a former adviser to President Trump's election campaign, will begin covering the legal costs incurred by other Trump associates "caught up" in the government's investigation into the 2016 race, its trustees said Friday.
Facebook on Thursday introduced new transparency rules for paid political advertisements as part of its efforts to protect election integrity in the wake of Russians exploiting its platform during the 2016 U.S. presidential race.
Longtime Donald Trump confidant Roger Stone contacted an acquaintance who was in touch with WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange during the 2016 U.S. presidential race, seeking potentially unreleased documents damaging to Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
Russian police arrested dozens of people in a single month as the result of facial recognition technology being tested at rapid-transit stations in Moscow, an executive of the state-owned bank funding the system said Thursday.
Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into the 2016 U.S. presidential race remains an ongoing criminal matter involving multiple aspects unbeknownst to the public, his team said in a court filing late Wednesday, suggesting no end in sight for the probe as it starts its second year.
Marijuana taxes generated $48.97 million worth of revenue for Nevada in the first nine months of dispensaries selling recreational weed, outpacing predictions and putting the state on a path to easily earn the $50.32 million projected for the fiscal year ending June 30, officials said Wednesday.