HACKING

There was a whole lot of hacking going on in Sin City this weekend -- and right under the noses of federal agents.

Attorney General Eric Holder will reassure families of September 11 victims when he meets them later this month that the Justice Department is seriously investigating allegations that News Corp reporters tried to hack victims' phones.

Digital mischief goes aerial as researchers configure a U.S. military drone plane to act as a hacking platform to breach firewalls erected by corporates and countries alike.

China's top official newspaper on Friday dismissed as irresponsible suggestions Beijing was the state actor behind massive Internet hacking of governments and companies that security company McAfee this week said it had discovered.

China's top official newspaper on Friday dismissed as irresponsible suggestions that Beijing was the state actor that security company McAfee said this week was likely behind massive Internet hacking of government and companies.

Former Beatle Paul McCartney said on Thursday that he appears to be a victim of the newspaper phone hacking scandal in Britain and will be talking to police when he finishes a U.S. tour.

British lawmakers called on Thursday for CNN talk show host and former tabloid editor Piers Morgan to return to his native Britain to answer questions about phone-hacking after allegations made by the ex-wife of former Beatle Paul McCartney.

Investors worried about Shady RAT cyber intrusions might benefit from security stocks

Hackers attending this year's DEF CON conference in Las Vegas, an annual gathering of the hacking community, can add a possible activity to attending speeches, browsing new technology and meeting other hackers: being recuited for a government job.

A five-year campaign compromised networks in 72 major organizations around the world, including several governments, ASEAN, IOC and the world anti-doping agency. Government agencies in India, South Korea, Taiwan, and the U.S. were attacked, plus high-profile targets like the International Olympic Committee.

Hackers stole data from more than 70 international organizations and businesses in a sweeping five year cyber attack that could offer fresh evidence of a broad Chinese hacking offensive.

Security company McAfee has uncovered a new series of cyber attacks, which, according to security experts, is the biggest ever discovered. The intrusions involve permeation of the networks of 72 organizations that include the United Nations, governments and companies across the world.

British police arrested a former senior figure at Rupert Murdoch's News International group on Tuesday as part of their probe into phone hacking at the News of the World tabloid, media reports said.

British police arrested a former senior figure at Rupert Murdoch's News International group on Tuesday, the latest high-profile case by detectives investigating the phone-hacking scandal at the News of the World tabloid.

A teen-ager believed to be a leading member of the Anonymous and LulzSec online activist groups appeared in a London court Monday charged with hacking offences including an attack on Britain's Serious Organised Crime Agency.

Anonymous, a hacking group under 'Anti-Sec' operation said on Friday that they broke into the networks of the U.S. government contractor Mantech International Corp and stole internal documents that belong to them.

Facebook indicated that the $500 figure is only a base figure and could be increased for specific bugs.

The personal information of 35-million South Koreans were compromised by a massive hacking that is being blamed on the Chinese.

Scotland Yard arrested a 19-year-old hacker known as "Topiary" accused of being a spokesperson of LulzSec hacking group, which declared war against Government sites, banks under operation 'Anti-Sec.'

British police arrested a teenager believed to be a leader of computer hacking groups that boasted attacks on the networks of the CIA, Sony and Rupert Murdoch's media empire.

News Corp executive James Murdoch was under pressure on Monday over his handling of a phone-hacking scandal that has hit the Murdoch family's media empire and could jeopardize his own position at the company.