Security

Watch a Chinese military hacker launch a successful attack

Security firm Mandiant has released a video showing on-screen activity of a hacker believed to be connected to the Chinese military as he or she conducts "computer network espionage activities."

Critical infrastructure protection: Maybe thinking good thoughts will make us safe

President Obama has followed the Senate's lead and wimped out on protecting our critical infrastructure

Kaspersky apologizes for antivirus update that continues to disrupt customer nets

Customers have reported issues that include: long log-in times, slow launch of third-party applications and, in rare cases, Internet Explorer crashing

Cisco’s small-cell move is focused, but its network aims are ambitious

The company will show off its first licensed small cells along with services software that goes deep into the carrier core

New report says cyberspying group linked to China’s army

Mandiant said in a report that the group was a People's Liberation Army unit under cover

EU privacy regulators promise action on Google privacy policy changes

Regulators want Google to provide users with more information about its policies, and delete personal data after set periods

ZyXEL integrates Alcatel-Lucent’s small cell software

By integrating the software into a home router or a set-top box costs drop compared to using a separate product, according to Alcatel-Lucent

Adobe to patch Reader zero-day this week with rush update

Hackers exploiting sandbox-bypass bug

Security: The beauty of … malware reverse engineering

Malware represents one of the greatest threats that organizations face today and IT departments are coming to understand that their AV tools can only do so much to protect them. When malware is discovered on their systems, they want to know what it

Contest aims to boost state of password encryption