The notorious Stuxnet computer virus could be modified to attack many other industrial control systems, a Homeland Security official testified yesterday. Sean McGurk, acting director of Homeland Security’s national cybersecurity operations center, told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee that variations of the Stuxnet worm, which was discovered in July, could be engineered [...]

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Wait, this must be a mistake. There can’t be an 8-year-old on the Transportation Security Administration‘s “No-Fly” list, can there? This 2007 “mythbusters” clip from the official TSA website should clear things up: No 8-year-old is on a TSA watch list. Airlines can and should automatically de-select any 8-year-olds out there that appear to be [...]

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Science fiction is one step closer to becoming reality. A researcher at the NASA Ames Research Center has created a proof of concept gadget that can convert an ordinary, everyday iPhone into a chemical sensor capable of detecting ammonia, chlorine gas, and methane. The device is about the size of a postage stamp and plugs [...]

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A botnet of about 50,000 infected computers has been attacking U.S. government websites and causing trouble for businesses in both the United States and South Korea. The attack started this past Saturday it knocking out the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s website on Monday and Tuesday.  Other government agencies have also been targeted, including the U.S. [...]

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