Cpl. Howard Vosburg, of the Massachusetts Army National Guard, scans the crowd for possible threats at the 2011 Boston Marathon. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jerry Saslav/Massachusetts National Guard ...

The CanSecWest security conference is going on this week in Vancouver. Part of the CanSecWest conference is the annual Pwn2Own contest where security researchers show off their hacking expertise and ...

The year 2025 proved to be a turning point in how governments, organizations, and communities manage the unpredictable nature ...

The scope and severity of the fallout from the WannaCry attacks over the past week elicits plenty of "we told you so" head shakes about the dangers of ransomware. With a lightning-fast speed, the ...

Jerome Kerviel, the Societe Generale trader that managed to lose more than $7 billion without the bank noticing, is facing charges of fraud and forgery. Security lessons of this debacle abound. As ...

On October 3, 2023, a TikTok ad appeared with one of the biggest YouTubers in the world, MrBeast, offering iPhone 15s for just $2. It sounded too good to be true—and it was. Jimmy Donaldson (better ...

The unwritten rule among companies is that the less said about security breaches, the better. For every public revelation of stolen data there are dozens of breaches that don't make the news. This ...

The Russell Crowe blockbuster movie Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World depicts navel warfare between the British and French during the Napoleonic age. Several of its lessons about ...

The hateful and tragic violence surrounding last weekend's white nationalist marches in Charlottesville, Va., teaches some important lessons to our national, state and local homeland security ...

Opinions vary widely on the merits of the Affordable Care Act. There is little doubt, however, that the roll-out of the Affordable Care Act's website Healthcare.gov leaves something to be desired.