Cybercrime

NSA admits employees spied on loved ones

The NSA, however, claims this was limited to 12 instances since 2003

NSA: Surveillance court says no upper limit on phone records collection

The agency intends to collect all US phone records and put them in a searchable database, director Keith Alexander says

FTC for first time spanks illegal text messenger with $1M fine

Debt-collectors tactics have been under scrutiny this year

Spear phishing poses threat to industrial control systems

How CIOs can catch the board’s ear

Espionage campaign targeting Asian supply chains uncovered

New US bill aims to curb NSA collection of phone and other records

The bipartisan bill aims to make bulk collection of telephone records illegal

‘Icefog’ spying operation targeted Japan, South Korea

Kaspersky Lab says the Icefog attackers appeared to know what files they needed from victims

CIOs Share How They Made the Leap to CEO

Google yanks sketchy iMessage clone for Android from app store

People who probed the app's innards suspected it was harvesting Apple ID credentials