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Friday furloughs mean less services
Jeff Tyler May 24, 2013
Thanks to sequestration, roughly 115,000 federal workers at the IRS, EPA, HUD and OMB get an unpaid holiday. Does anybody really notice that the offices are closed on the first day of the long Memorial Day weekend?
Twitter launches two-step login to stem hacking
Will Oremus May 24, 2013
Twitter is launching a new extra layer of security, but will it stop hackers?
Hack back: Spear phishing and how you can avoid it
Chester Wisniewski May 21, 2013
'Spear phishing', a form of targeted hacking, is drawing a lot of attention. How can you protect yourself?
If millionaires formed a political party, they'd have a lock on government
Kai Ryssdal May 9, 2013
A Duke professor asks: What would happen if all the millionaires in public office joined a single political party? Answer: They'd control the federal government by a wide margin.
Pentagon slams Chinese hacking, leases Chinese satellite
Kai Ryssdal May 7, 2013
More contractors getting into the cybersecurity business, creating more targets for Chinese hackers.
AP Twitter hack: Is it getting harder to protect yourself against suspicious emails?
David Brancaccio Apr 24, 2013
A fake tweet from the AP caused the Dow to fall almost about one percent on Tuesday.
Can you really hack a plane cockpit?
Chester Wisniewski Apr 16, 2013
Can a plane's cockpit be hacked? One researcher, who used a smartphone to hack the cockpit of a virtual airplane, says yes. The FAA says its unlikely, if not impossible.
Cass Sunstein on making government simpler, not smaller
Kai Ryssdal Apr 8, 2013
As head of the White House office that deals with government regulation under President Obama, Cass Sunstein pushed for fewer rules and lower costs. His new book lays out a path for simpler, if not smaller, government going forward.
Behind the ATM: Bank of America wants you to come back inside the actual bank
Adriene Hill Apr 5, 2013
Banks have pushed customers to ATMs and online banking for years. Now Bank of America is inviting people to come in, chat, talk with real bankers and tellers.
Call me a spammer? I'll attack the Internet
Kai Ryssdal Mar 27, 2013
Why a site that rents space to just about anyone is attacking vulnerabilities in the basic architecture of the Internet.
