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Mozilla resists US agency takedown request

...The US Department of Homeland Security has asked Mozilla to remove a Firefox add-on that redirects... Read more

6 May, 2011 by Ben Woods

Children's toy can jam FBI radios, researchers say

...tech digital radios used by the FBI, the US secret service and Homeland Security are designed so poorly they can be jammed by a children... Read more

10 August, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

US judge hears challenge to laptop seizures

...Civil liberties groups filed the suit in September, challenging the Department of Homeland Security's policies on constitutional grounds and asking a federal district court... Read more

11 July, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

US Homeland Security postpones Real ID deadline

...in some form. Credit: American Civil Liberties Union The US Department of Homeland Security on Saturday postponed the effective date of the Real ID Act... Read more

7 March, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

US internet 'kill switch' bill gets revision

...sister site CNET News reported in January, the 221-page bill hands Homeland Security the power to issue decrees over certain privately owned computer systems... Read more

21 February, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

US government seizes 70 domains linked to file-sharing

...by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) division of the Department of Homeland Security. Visitors to such sites as Torrent-finder.com, 2009jerseys.com, and... Read more

29 November, 2010 by Steven Musil

US cybersecurity bill proposes $100k tech firm fines

...day unless they comply with cybersecurity directives imposed by the Department of Homeland Security. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, shown here at the 2010 RSA... Read more

22 November, 2010 by Declan McCullagh

RSA: Nation state double-teamed on SecurID attack

Two groups of hackers working for one nation were behind an attack on RSA's SecurID authentication token data that left defence contractors around the world exposed to cyber-espionage Read more

11 October, 2011 by Tom Espiner

AntiSec hackers target FBI cybersecurity contractor

...documents mostly involves Nato, another ManTech client, along with the Department of Homeland Security, US military branches, and the State and Justice departments, according to... Read more

1 August, 2011 by Elinor Mills

US warns of hole in Iconics infrastructure software

...according to an advisory (PDF) released on Wednesday by the Department of Homeland Security's ICS-Cert (Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team). Iconics... Read more

13 May, 2011 by Elinor Mills

US internet 'kill switch' bill to return

...Lieberman, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, is chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. The revised version includes new language saying... Read more

25 January, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

White House pushes cybersecurity ID plan

...other potential candidates, including the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security. The move is also likely to please privacy and civil-liberties... Read more

10 January, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Congressman wants Wikileaks on terrorist list

...The incoming chairman of the US House of Representatives' Homeland Security Committee says Wikileaks should be officially designated as a terrorist organisation... Read more

29 November, 2010 by Declan McCullagh

US bill would give Obama emergency control of internet

...comply with any emergency measure or action developed" by the Department of Homeland Security. Any company failing to comply would be fined. The idea of... Read more

11 June, 2010 by Declan McCullagh

Fake White House e-card delivers data-stealing Zeus

A seemingly innocuous Christmas e-card from the White House carried a Zeus data-stealing Trojan, which targeted PDFs, Microsoft Word and Excel documents Read more

6 January, 2011 by Elinor Mills

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