October 22, 2015 Chinese infiltrated top U.S. weapons systems, confidential report claims More than two dozen top weapons systems -- including the Patriot missile defense program and the Black Hawk helicopter -- were compromised by a widening Chinese cyber espionage campaign, according to a new military report.
October 22, 2015 Reuters' Matthew Keys charged with aiding hackers Anonymous in 2010 A prominent social media journalist allegedly fed Tribune Company server logins to the Anonymous group of hackers in 2010, and authorities say at least one of the hackers used the information to sabotage part of the Los Angeles Times' website.
October 22, 2015 US refuses to sign UN Internet regulations The United States will refuse to sign a U.N. resolution calling for regulation of the Internet despite the measure winning the support of other countries participating in a summit on the issue, the American ambassador to the summit said Thursday.
October 22, 2015 Symantec, McAfee say Internet scarier than ever Two new reports issued this week by America's top computer-security firms address the current state of cybercrime. If the reports are to be believed, the virtual world is a pretty scary place.
October 22, 2015 Ad network hooks up dating-site users with malware An ad that ran last week on the website of online match-making service Plenty of Fish (PoF.com) may have muddied the waters of the dating pool by dropping malware on users' computers.
October 22, 2015 Prominent computer security company Kaspersky hit by hackers A high-profile company in the computer security business has been hacked.
October 22, 2015 North Korea suffers second Internet outage North Korea's Internet was down again on Tuesday, according to monitoring specialist Dyn Research, with the blackout coming hot on the heels of Monday's widespread nine-hour outage. Â
October 22, 2015 North Korea praises hack attack against Sony Pictures North Korea called a wide-ranging cyberattack against Sony Pictures a "righteous deed" in a statement released Sunday, but stopped short of taking full responsibility for last week's disruption.Â
October 22, 2015 Was the Sony Pictures hack an inside job? With the investigation into last week’s cyberattack on Sony Pictures still ongoing, speculation is mounting that someone with knowledge of the company may have been involved in the hack.
October 22, 2015 Sony Pictures Entertainment employees greeted by ominous message as network is hacked Sony Pictures is reportedly the latest high-profile victim of hackers, as a criminal group called GOP deeply fractured the movie studio's online security.Â