China tightens grip over the Internet with new security law
China has adopted a new security law that gives the government control over its Internet infrastructure, along with any critical data.On Wednesday, China's legislature passed the national security...
View ArticleChina to plant Internet police in top online firms
China's control over the Internet is set to expand. In a bid to better police local websites, the country's security forces are establishing offices at the biggest online firms in the country.The...
View ArticleChina arrests 15,000 for Internet-related crimes
China's efforts to clean up the Internet have resulted in 15,000 arrests related to cybercrimes, authorities revealed on Tuesday. The country's Ministry of Public Security has been cracking down on...
View ArticleYahoo breach means hackers had three years to abuse user accounts
Security researchers are disturbed it took Yahoo three years to discover that details of over 1 billion user accounts had been stolen back in 2013. It means that someone -- possibly a state-sponsored...
View ArticleHere's some questions Congress should ask about the election-related hacks
Members of congress are demanding answers over claims that Russia attempted to influence the U.S. presidential election with several high-profile hacks. U.S. intelligence agencies are confident that...
View ArticleHacker allegedly stole logins from a US election agency
A Russian-speaking hacker has been found selling stolen login credentials for a U.S. agency that tests and certifies voting equipment, according to a security firm. The hacker was attempting to sell...
View ArticleObama vows to punish Russia over election-related hacks
U.S. President Barack Obama pledged to punish Russia for hacking of Democratic groups and figures during the election season with actions that’ll occur in secret and others that’ll be made public....
View ArticleStingray use could be unconstitutional, finds House report
Use of cellphone spying technology has become widespread among U.S. law enforcement agencies and should be better regulated, according to a new congressional report. Not only is the FBI deploying the...
View ArticleCongressional report sides with Apple on encryption debate
The U.S. is better off supporting strong encryption that trying to weaken it, according to a new congressional report that stands at odds with the FBI’s push to install backdoors into tech products....
View ArticleUncertainty clouds debate on Russia's suspected role in election hacks
How do you prove Russia meddled with the presidential election?That's a question the U.S. government is facing, but may never fully answer, at least not publicly. Last week, the U.S. punished Russia,...
View ArticleDDoS-for-hire services thrive despite closure of major marketplace
The closure of a major online marketplace for paid distributed denial-of-service attacks appears to have done little to slow down the illegal activity.In late October, HackForums.net shut down its...
View ArticleFBI dispute with DNC over hacked servers may fuel doubt on Russia role
The FBI may have been forced into a misstep when investigating whether Russia hacked the Democratic National Committee -- the agency never directly examined the DNC servers that were breached....
View ArticleFTC goes after D-Link for shoddy security in routers, cameras
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is cracking down on D-Link for selling wireless routers and internet cameras that can easily be hacked, the regulator said Thursday.Thousands of consumers are at...
View ArticleTrump mum on Russia blame after US intelligence briefing
After meeting with U.S. intelligence leaders on Friday, President-elect Donald Trump withheld any direct endorsement of their findings that Russia tried to meddle with the recent election. Rather, he...
View ArticleUS: Putin ordered cyber-meddling to favor Trump
A highly anticipated U.S. intelligence report claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a campaign to covertly influence last year’s presidential election in favor for Donald Trump....
View ArticleRussia: US fueling 'witch hunt' with election hacking claims
Russia dismissed an intel report claiming that the Kremlin meddled with the U.S. presidential election, saying the accusations were "amateurishly emotional" and driving a "witch-hunt.""There was...
View ArticleStock-tanking in St. Jude Medical security disclosure might have legs
For better or worse, a security firm’s attempt to cash in on software bugs -- by shorting a company’s stock and then publicizing the flaws -- might have pioneered a new approach to vulnerability...
View ArticleUS Intel report: Russia allegedly obtained 'compromising' info on Trump
A classified intelligence report on the Kremlin’s suspected efforts to meddle with the U.S. election reportedly includes a bombshell allegation: that Russian operatives have compromising personal and...
View ArticleSuspected NSA tool hackers dump more cyberweapons in farewell
The hacking group that stole cyberweapons suspected to be from the U.S. National Security Agency is signing off -- but not before releasing another arsenal of tools that appear designed to spy on...
View ArticleGuccifer 2.0, alleged Russian cyberspy, returns to deride US
As if the whodunnit into the hacking of the Democratic National Committee wasn't already confusing and murky enough, the supposed Romanian hacker who first released the emails resurfaced on Thursday...
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