Two months after hack, security firm says another 68 command-and-control servers have been identified
The hackers who broke into Google two months ago have gone after more than 100 companies, according to an estimate by security vendor Isec Partners.
Hacked Web site put criminals on Amazon's EC2 servers
Security researchers have spotted the Zeus botnet running an unauthorized command and control center on Amazon's EC2 cloud computing infrastructure.
Gary McKinnon could face extradition to the U.S. soon without court intervention
The U.K. government will give a British hacker a short extension to challenge an extradition order to face trial in the U.S.
A U.S. jury charges eight people for an attack on RBS WorldPlay
A U.S. grand jury in Atlanta has indicted eight people related to hacking into a computer network operated by credit-card processing vendor RBS WorldPlay and stealing US$9 million.
University of Washington researchers take a first look at the privacy and security problems with robots
It seems like a question ripped from the back of a cheap sci-fi novel: What happens when the robots are turned against us?
The Hack in the Box security conference will highlight threats on popular networking sites such as Facebook
A new era of computing is on the rise and viruses, spies and malware developers are tagging along for the ride.
But an error message may have been caused by a technical glitch
The kick-off for Texas Governor Rick Perry's 2010 re-election campaign was marred Tuesday by a Web site outage that staffers are now calling a denial-of-service attack.
Messages left on defaced Web sites have supported or condemned China's rule over Xinjiang
Pro-China and pro-Muslim hackers have clashed online in a series of attacks on Web sites triggered by deadly ethnic riots in China's Muslim region last month.
Mitnick's site "is getting 20 times more attack traffic every day" than others
Kevin Mitnick, the ex-hacker turned security consultant, is such a high-profile target himself that the Web-hosting firm he was using finally told him it wouldn't host Web pages for him anymore.
Is it safe to store documents with Google and other cloud providers?
A hacker has reportedly obtained and distributed more than 300 confidential documents pertaining to Twitter's business affairs. The documents were reportedly stored on Google Apps.
Botnet expert Joe Stewart says 'special ops' teams could thwart cybercriminals
Criminal cyber gangs must be harried, hounded and hunted until they're driven out of business, a noted botnet researcher said today as he prepared to pitch a new anti-malware strategy later this week at the RSA Conference in San Francisco.
Financial services bears the brunt
Driven by increased organised crime activity, the number of electronic record breaches has hit a five-year high according to a new report from communications services provider Verizon Business.
A cybersecurity bill may be filed in the U.S. Senate expanding government enforcement to the private sector. Security practitioners say more oversight of critical infrastructure wouldn't hurt. But anything more than that probably would
A cybersecurity bill may be filed in the U.S. Senate expanding government enforcement to the private sector. Security practitioners say more oversight of critical infrastructure wouldn't hurt. But anything more than that probably would
US seeks extradition of Miami man who was on the run for more than 2 years
Just days after his apprehension in Mexico following two years on the run from law enforcement authorities, an alleged hacker was indicted this week by a federal grand jury for hacking into the computer networks of VoIP service providers.
Criminals stole tens of thousand of credit card numbers from Wyndham Hotels and Resorts after hacking into a computer.
Hackers broke into a computer at Wyndham Hotels and Resorts last July and stole tens of thousands of customer credit card numbers, the hotel chain warns.
