Ideas
When It Comes to Tech and Terrorism, the Government Is Asking for the Wrong Kind of Help
There are many ways the tech industry can help turn up the heat on terrorists without compromising the rest of us.
Science & Tech
The FBI's War on Phones Is Bigger Than You Think
Apple’s lawyers revealed the feds want access to about a dozen devices after San Bernardino.
Science & Tech
FBI to Apple: It's About Justice, Not Precedent
Despite growing pressure from the Justice Department, the tech company still refuses to unlock one of the San Bernardino shooters' iPhone for authorities any time soon.
Threats
A Cyberattack Has Paralyzed a Los Angeles Hospital
Doctors have been locked out of patient records for more than a week by hackers who are demanding money to release the data.
Ideas
Why a US Army Vet Cast a Muslim-American Woman to Lead His Afghan War Movie
An American paratrooper's experience with an Afghan-American interpreter formed the basis of the upcoming film, 'Day One.'
Science & Tech
Hacker May Have Punched Through FBI Cyber Security With One Phone Call
It doesn’t matter how technically secure your data is if it’s protected by gullible humans.
Policy
Obama Confronts the Politics of Religion and Terrorism
The president preached inclusion and hit back at anti-Muslim rhetoric during his first appearance at a mosque.
Policy
Spy on Me All You Like, More Americans Say
A new poll shows more people are fine with increased national-security surveillance.
Policy
The Republican Conflation of ISIS and Immigration
Politically, this serves a purpose. But as public policy, it makes little sense.
Science & Tech
US Homeland Security's $6B Firewall Has More Than a Few Frightening Blind Spots
A recent audit revealed the National Cybersecurity Protection System—aka EINSTEIN—does not scan for 94 percent of common computer vulnerabilities. But that's not all of its shortcomings.
Science & Tech
This Cyber ‘Safeguard’ Is Hurting US Defenses
Tech execs and DHS' cyber czar say a multinational pact keeps them from sharing information about intruders' tools.
Science & Tech
Why Amazon's Data Centers Are Hidden in US Spy Country
You'll need to go back to where a lot of significant moments in Internet history took place: the Cold War.
Business
The US Military: An Alternative to the Brutalities of the Modern Economy
Millions of service members who live on military bases around the world experience a kind of economic and social security foreign to most of America’s middle class.
Policy
How a Misleading Story Is Changing Immigration Policy
Erroneous claims that one of the San Bernardino shooters made public social-media posts about jihad have produced legislation to overhaul the process of screening visas.
Science & Tech
DHS: Drug Traffickers Are Spoofing Border Drones
The homeland security agency, and local law enforcement as well, are looking to harden its drones against attack, but that comes at a price.
Threats
New OPM Cyber Chief Is Bracing for an ISIS Hack
The U.S., said the agency's first-ever senior cyber and information technology adviser, has to 'assume that at some point in time they may be successful.'
Science & Tech
FAA Gets Serious About Drones
If your new Christmas toy outweighs two butter sticks, you need to register it with the feds. Do it now for free.
Business
Obama Administration to Announce New Terrorism Alert System
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says the president will soon announce a new terrorism threat alert system to address what he called intermediate-level threats to the United States.
Science & Tech
DHS Wants Silicon Valley to Help It Secure the Internet of Things
The agency is dangling grant money to small business and big investors in the backyard of American tech giants like Facebook and Google.
Threats