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Pentagon security budget boost proposed

In Applications - By Danielle Walker, 15 April 2013 10:06 AM

Offensive missions bankrolled.

Obama issues cyber security executive order

In Networks - By Juha Saarinen, 14 February 2013 9:53 AM

Controversial law may be resurrected as result.

Obama introduces privacy 'Bill of Rights' for online users

In Web/client - By Dan Kaplan, 27 February 2012 8:21 AM

Web giants sign up for 'do not track'.

Twitter gets 20 years' good security bond

In Messaging - By Liam Tung, 14 March 2011 9:41 AM

Settles over security claim.

US-China spam report due next month

In Messaging - By Angela Moscaritolo, 1 March 2011 11:22 AM

ISPs urged to do more to curb spam.

Egyptians turn to Tor to organise dissent online

In Hackers - By Nate Cochrane, 2 February 2011 2:30 PM

US Senate to debate 'internet kill switch' to give Obama powers like Mubarak's.

Obama orders plugs for IT system leaks

In Risk - By Liam Tung, 6 January 2011 9:07 AM

Lie detectors, leaks and audits.

Cameron Diaz named the most dangerous cyber space celebrity

In Web/client - By SC Australia Staff, 20 August 2010 2:12 PM

Ahead of Justin Bieber, Tom Cruise and Barack Obama.

Obama warns US teens of perils of Facebook

In Messaging - 10 September 2009 9:13 AM

Encourages generation Y to consider its privacy.

US Government wants emergency internet powers

In Risk - By Iain Thomson, 31 August 2009 10:05 AM

Presidential control of the internet.

US First Lady's safehouse location leaked on P2P

In Web/client - By Angela Moscaritolo, 30 July 2009 10:37 AM

Also found: a listing of the locations of all US nuclear facilities and a document containing the personal information of hundreds of thousands of US military members.

Congressman urges US to carry out revenge cyber attacks on North Korea

In Hackers - By Dan Raywood, 15 July 2009 10:58 AM

US President Barack Obama has been urged to launch a 'show of force or strength' against North Korea following allegations made of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.

Obama unveils US cybersecurity plan

In Risk - By Shaun Nichols, 1 June 2009 1:08 PM

President Barack Obama has outlined his plan to enhance cyber security protections in the US.

Obama appoints federal CTO

In Risk - By Angela Moscaritolo, 21 April 2009 10:12 AM

US President Barack Obama has appointed the federal government's first-ever chief technology officer (CTO).

Obama CIO placed on leave after FBI raid

In Risk - By Phil Muncaster, 16 March 2009 10:15 AM

Just days after his appointment, the US chief information officer Vivek Kundra has been told to take leave, after the FBI swooped on his former employer, according to reports.

Obama appoints "first ever" federal CIO

In Risk - By Angela Moscsaritolo, 6 March 2009 11:04 AM

President Obama has appointed the first-ever federal chief information officer (CIO).

Blueprints of Obama's Marine One helicopter leaked on P2P

In Web/client - By Angela Moscsaritolo, 3 March 2009 11:59 AM

The blueprints for US president Barack Obama's helicopter, Marine One, were downloaded from a peer-to-peer (P2P) network and onto a computer in Iran, a file-sharing monitoring ...

Obama to spend on cybersecurity

In Risk - By Shaun Nichols, 2 March 2009 10:26 AM

President Barack Obama is planning to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on improving cybersecurity in the United States.

Obama orders 60-day cyber security audit

In Risk - By Iain Thomson, 10 February 2009 3:12 PM

US President Barack Obama has ordered an immediate 60 day review of the online security of government IT systems to check for vulnerabilities.

Obama outlines key security tasks

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 28 January 2009 11:34 AM

The new US administration has identified key areas for improvement in security.

Barack Obama site hosting trojan

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 28 January 2009 10:42 AM

President Obama supporters wanting to view videos made by other fans of the newly inaugurated leader might soon find themselves infected with a virus.

Security demands land on desk of new President

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 21 January 2009 11:03 AM

As he steps into the White House, Barack Obama is to be met with a series of requests to improve the threat landscape.

Fake Obama sites prey on inauguration by distributing trojan

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 21 January 2009 10:58 AM

Barack Obama was sworn in as president today, but a new malware campaign wants you to believe otherwise.

New spam, phishing attacks centre on Obama inauguration

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 16 January 2009 11:28 AM

With President-elect Barack Obama set to be sworn in to office on Tuesday, businesses should brace for an uptick in inauguration-related spam and phishing, US-CERT has warned.

McKinnon's fate decided on Obama day

In Hackers - By Mark Ballard, 2 December 2008 9:51 AM

The fate of Pentagon Hacker Gary McKinnon will be decided by a UK judge on the same day that Barak Obama is inaugurated as president of the United States.

Cybersecurity advice for President-elect Obama to be previewed at SC World Congress

In Web/client - By Greg Masters, 17 November 2008 10:03 AM

Recommendations from the Commission on Cyber Security for the 44th Presidency will be previewed at the SC World Congress.

Hackers cracked McCain and Obama networks

In Hackers - By Shaun Nichols, 10 November 2008 10:59 AM

Foreign hackers infiltrated the networks of John McCain and Barack Obama during the US presidential campaign, according to reports.

Malicious Obama video contains Trojan

In Hackers - By Dan Raywood, 7 November 2008 9:59 AM

Just a few hours after Barack Obama was elected as the 44th President of the US, malicious emails are being sent offering a video with his advisors.

Hackers begin malware barrage soon after Obama elected

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 6 November 2008 10:35 AM

Internet fraudsters did not wait long to capitalise on the election of Barack Obama, flooding inboxes on Wednesday with malware spam.

Obama leads spam election race

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 5 November 2008 10:02 AM

As Americans go to the polls to elect their 44th President, the security industry is facing a possible end to spam linked to the candidates.

Spammers prefer Obama to McCain

In Messaging - By Egan Orion, 9 October 2008 9:54 AM

Democratic Nominee Senator Barack Obama has been showing up in seven times more spam emails than his US presidential election rival, Republican nominee Senator John McCain.

Warning over Obama sex scandal spam

In Messaging - By Iain Thomson, 11 September 2008 9:47 AM

Web monitoring firms are warning IT administrators to update their spam filters after a massive new spamming campaign was detected.

Cybersecurity and the presidential campaign

In Hackers - By Greg Masters, 18 July 2008 10:21 AM

The presidential candidates envision America's cybersecurity infrastructure.

XSS flaw on Obama page sends visitors to Clinton site

In Web/client - By Dan Kaplan, 23 April 2008 10:11 AM

The battle between Democratic presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton extended to cyberspace when a prankster over the weekend exploited a cross-site ...

US Presidential hopefuls' passport files breached

In Risk - By Negar Salek, 25 March 2008 4:32 PM

The US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, has apologised and vowed to get to the bottom of what she confirmed were unauthorised accesses of passport files belonging to ...

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