A hacker group has claimed full responsibility for Twitter's worldwide outage on Thursday, saying they attacked the site because of its support of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), CBS reported.
Ceylan Yeginsu
Jun 21, 2012
New leak alleges U.S. and Israel created Flame virus to hamper Iran's nuclear progress.
Laura Matthews
Jun 19, 2012
An alleged member of the LulzSec hacking group who prosecutors say targeted the Fox and PBS television networks and Sony's film and TV studio has been indicted.
Eric Linton
Jun 13, 2012
The U.S. has been carrying out secret cyberattacks on Iran's nuclear facilities. President Barack Obama sped things up within his first month in office.
Laura Matthews
Jun 01, 2012
There have been a lot of talks regarding the involvement of the United States and Israel behind a Stuxnet cyber attack, but with no concrete evidence to confirm the same. However, a latest report tends to claim that the US has indeed played a crucial role in that matter.
Kukil Bora
Jun 01, 2012
According to experts, the virus is so complex it could have only been created by a nation state - leading to speculation it was launched by the United States or Israel to damage or spy on the region's governments.
Oliver Tree
May 29, 2012
Researchers at the Russian security firm Karpersky have discovered a new highly sophisticated malicious program that has been used as a cyber weapon to collect private data from thousands of computers in Middle East countries like Iran and Israel and also in North Africa.
Kukil Bora
May 29, 2012
Members of the hacktivist collective called Anonymous lashed out at the International Police Association http://ipa-iac.org (IPA) on Friday afternoon. The Anonymous hackers responsible left an angry message on the website's homepage, stating that they defaced the page for the lulz (for fun) but also warned that they might have stolen some sensitive data.
Jacob Kleinman
Apr 27, 2012
What is CISPA? This article breaks down the bill that has Internet privacy advocates concerned that it would end the Internet as we know it.
Connor Adams Sheets
Apr 26, 2012
CISPA sponsors are realizing the bill is a major threat to Internet privacy akin to SOPA, apparently in response to a groundswell of opposition from across the world.
Connor Adams Sheets
Apr 25, 2012
You may not be able to see or hear it, but new research has found that one in five Mac computers carry Windows or Mac Malware.
Ceylan Yeginsu
Apr 24, 2012
Internet and network security provider Check Point Software Technologies said it expected to meet second-quarter estimates, after reporting a rise in first-quarter net profit that beat forecasts on strong sales of its new products.
IBT Staff Reporter
Apr 23, 2012
Enraged hackers broke into the websites of drugmakers that produced pills tainted with poisons, in an attack against what they called the failure of Chinese societyi to protect citizens.
IBT Staff Reporter
Apr 17, 2012
Last year, representatives from the State Department and the Pentagon took part in two exercises with their Chinese counterparts where they had to describe what they would do if it emerged the other side was behind the release of a sophisticated computer virus damaging national assets.
Oliver Tree
Apr 16, 2012
Facebook has signed on in support of the Cyber Intelligence sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), a controversial new Internet privacy bill would make it easier for government intelligence agencies and private firms to exchange information regarding potential and emerging cyber-security threats.
Michael Nunez
Apr 13, 2012
The Pentagon is establishing a fast-track acquisition process that would enable it to develop new cyber warfare capabilities within days or months if urgently needed, the Defense Department said in a report to Congress.
IBT Staff Reporter
Apr 12, 2012
This article teaches you how to fight against CISPA, the online spying bill currently before Congress.
Connor Adams Sheets
Apr 12, 2012
As many as 600,000 Macs worldwide have been infested by the sudden attack of Flashback Trojan.
sangeeta mukherjee
Apr 12, 2012
The cybersecurity community raked Apple Inc over the coals on Wednesday, saying the company had dragged its heels on eradicating malware that experts say may have infected up to 600,000 Macintosh computers and can be used to ferret out sensitive user information.
IBT Staff Reporter
Apr 11, 2012
A global cyber arms race is engulfing the Internet and the best way to counter the rapidly escalating threat is combining the efforts of U.S. agencies, private firms and international allies, cyber security officials said on Tuesday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Apr 11, 2012
The U.S. House of Representatives will take up a cybersecurity bill at the end of April that lets the government and corporations share information about hacking attacks on U.S. networks, with amendments intended to ease civil liberties concerns, lawmakers said on Tuesday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Apr 10, 2012
Is CISPA the new SOPA? This article decodes the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, the scariest threat to Internet freedom and privacy currently before the U.S. Congress.
Connor Adams Sheets
Apr 10, 2012