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WHY IT MATTERS: Cybersecurity

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 11th

By RICHARD LARDNERAssociated Press The issue: The risk of a devastating cyberattack on the United States is real. But is it too remote to justify the costs of countermeasures? That's the quandary. There's no question the country remains vulnerable to an electronic Pearl Harbor as debate

Iran says it blocks cyberattack on oil platforms

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 8th

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran says it has successfully blocked a cyberattack on the computer network of its offshore drilling platforms, a semiofficial news agency reported Monday. The report by ISNA quoted Mohammad Reza Golshani, IT head of Iran's state offshore oil company, as blaming Israel for

Iran nuke chief harshly criticizes atomic agency

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 17th

By GEORGE JAHNAssociated Press VIENNA (AP) - Iran's nuclear chief said Monday that "terrorists and saboteurs" might have infiltrated the International Atomic Energy Agency in an effort to derail his nation's atomic program. It was Tehran's harshest attack on the integrity of the U.N

Carter: 'Financial corruption' harms US elections

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 12th

By BILL BARROWAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) - Former President Jimmy Carter issued a blistering indictment of the U.S. electoral process Tuesday, saying it is shot through with "financial corruption" that threatens American democracy. Speaking at the international human rights center that bears

Buffett says JPMorgan Chase doing the right things

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 13th

By JOSH FUNKAP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said Friday he believes JPMorgan Chase is doing the right things to deal with its multibillion-dollar trading losses. The chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. addressed a variety of topics during Friday

Flame, the world’s most dangerous cyber weapon, discovered in Middle East

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 29th

By Andrew CoutsProvided by Russia-based cybersecurity firm Kapersky Lab has discovered the world's largest, most complex, and potentially most dangerous "cyber weapons" ever found.