It’s not often that any one of us needs to dial 911, but we know how important it is for it to work when one needs it. It is critical that 911 services always be available – both for the practicality of responding to emergencies, and to give people peace of mind.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against D-Link Corp on Thursday, accusing the Taiwan-based manufacturer of failing to take reasonable steps to protect its routers and internet-linked security cameras from hackers. The FTC brought the charges as part of a broader effort to improve security of internet-connected devices, including routers, webcams, digital video recorders and other widely used consumer electronics devices.

The recent Grizzly Steppe Report, published by U.S. intelligence agencies to outline the findings of Russian malicious cyber activity, is probably one of the most unusual yet intriguing reports published in recent years by the American intelligence community. Several insights can be derived from the report.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has already approved the proposal, after the force expressed apprehension regarding cyber attacks by Pakistani and Chinese hackers Amid a vicious war against India’s net security, the police force is in the process of setting up a Security Operation Centre , estimated to cost Rs 7.5 crore, to save itself from any such attack. The Ministry of Home Affairs has already approved the proposal, after the force expressed apprehension regarding cyber attacks by Pakistani and Chinese hackers.

Twitter’s managing director for Greater China, Kathy Chen, leaves after 8 months – Kathy Chen follows others out the door of the social communications company. – Twitter lost yet another top exec with the departure of Kathy Chen, its managing director in Greater China.

Malware associated with Russian hackers was found on a computer belonging to a utility company in Vermont, according to the company.After being alerted last night by the Department of Homeland Security about malware code used in Grizzly Steppe, RussiaA s hacking campaign against U.S. political institutions, Burlington Electric Department performed a scan, the utility said in a statement.” We acted quickly to scan all computers in our system for the malware signature.

A website for the Brazilian president has been hacked, plastered with messages calling for the death penalty for legislators in a country where many are frustrated with public corruption . The G1 news portal says the site, http://www.micheltemer.com.br , is maintained by President Michel Temer ‘s party.

Earlier today we noted that CNN had made up out of whole clot h with the assistance of a single unnamed “official” of an undetermined government the story that Russia was going to shut down a school for foreign students in Moscow in response to Obama’s sanctions. Well, the day isn’t even over until the Washington Post had one-upped them.

Talk of state-supported hackers, stolen emails, and compromised passwords has become so commonplace that it’s easy to lose perspective on how unprecedented all this really is. A single phishing email compromised a major presidential campaign, and one of the United States’ two main political parties suffered a security intrusion that compromised hundreds of thousands of emails.

A state electric utility confirmed Friday that it had found on one of its laptops a malware code the U.S. government says is used by Russian hackers. Subscribers must LOG-IN to read this full story.

Burlington – A state electric utility confirmed on Friday it had found on one of its laptops a malware code the U.S. government says is used by Russian hackers. The Burlington Electric Department said U.S. utilities were alerted by the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday of a malware code used in Grizzly Steppe, the name Homeland Security has applied to a Russian campaign linked to recent hacks.