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Researchers find unusual malware targeting Tibetan users in cyberespionage operation
Security researchers from antivirus vendor ESET discovered a piece of cyberespionage malware targeting Tibetan activists that uses unusual techniques...
Microsoft brushes off claim Xbox Live accounts were compromised
Microsoft brushed off a dubious hacker's claim on Thursday that he stole 47 million account credentials for Microsoft's Xbox Live gaming...
Twitter's two-step authentication a good start, experts say
While experts praise Twitter's decision to provide accountholders with two-factor authentication, they warn that additional security will still be...
U.S. power companies under frequent cyberattack
A survey of U.S. utilities shows many are facing frequent cyberattacks that could threaten a highly interdependent power grid supplying more than 300...
Researchers find critical vulnerabilities in popular game engines
Security researchers found serious vulnerabilities in the engines of several popular first-person shooter video games that could allow attackers to...
Digital strongboxes won't solve whistleblower problem for journalists
A system where anonymous leakers are dropping documents into a folder has advantages when government investigators start probing a story's sources,...
Researchers uncover new global cyberespionage operation dubbed Safe
Security researchers from Trend Micro have uncovered an active cyberespionage operation that so far has compromised computers belonging to government...
Researchers uncover new global cyberespionage operation dubbed SafeNet
Security researchers from Trend Micro have uncovered an active cyberespionage operation that so far has compromised computers belonging to government...
Booming mobile industry spawning global criminal marketplace
Mobile devices have become enticing targets for criminals around the world, so much so that an underground industry has begun to grow to support...
Feds' offensive fueling hacker underground, report says
The U.S. government is contributing to the Internet's underground economy by scooping up hacker tools to incorporate into offensive cyber weapons, a...
Google's five-year plan for authentication: It's complicated
Google has released a draft of its next five-year plan for login authentication that tries to stay at least on par with criminal hackers, but...
The Onion explains how its Twitter account was hacked
Hackers who commandeered The Onion's Twitter account used simple but effective phishing attacks to obtain passwords, according to a writeup by...
Systems manager arrested for hacking former employer's network
A 41-year-old man was arrested for allegedly disrupting his former employer's network after he was passed over for promotions, leading him to...
Dutch bill seeks to give law enforcement hacking powers
The Dutch government today presented a draft bill that aims to give law enforcement the power to hack into computer systems -- including those...
Australia mulls data breach notification law, but details are secret
Australia's government is keeping a tight hold on proposed data breach notification legislation that could become law before a federal election...
Online monitoring scheme bad news for security, opponents say
Government efforts to allow law enforcement to intercept all online communications would dramatically weaken Internet companies' ability to secure...
Locked and loaded, online gamers draw phishing attackers
Online gamers have become rich targets for cybercriminals, according a report released this week by the Anti Phishing Work Group.
Islamic group expands targets in bank DDoS attacks
An Islamic group that launched a third wave of high-powered denial-of-service attacks against U.S. banks in March have started targeting other...
Big data can be a big headache for data defenders
Big data is all the buzz in board rooms these days, but in security circles it's a mixed blessing.
DHS use of deep packet inspection technology in new net security system raises serious privacy questions
To protect the federal civilian agencies against cyberthreats, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is preparing to deploy a more powerful...
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