Hackers steal up to $1 billion from banks
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Cybersecurity firm says international hacking ring steals up to $1 billion from banks
President Obama urged US companies at a cybersecurity summit Friday to partner with the government in meeting cyberthreats. But some tech giants and privacy advocates are still wary of government's role.
President Obama urged US companies at a cybersecurity summit Friday to partner with the government in meeting cyberthreats. But some tech giants and privacy advocates are still wary of government's role.
President Obama urged US companies at a cybersecurity summit Friday to partner with the government in meeting cyberthreats. But some tech giants and privacy advocates are still wary of government's role.
After the Stuxnet digital weapon was discovered on machines in Iran in 2010, many security researchers warned that US adversaries would learn from this and other US attacks and develop similar techniques to target America and its allies.
After the Stuxnet digital weapon was discovered on machines in Iran in 2010, many security researchers warned that US adversaries would learn from this and other US attacks and develop similar techniques to target America and its allies.
Software reverse engineering, the art of pulling programs apart to figure out how they work, is what makes it possible for sophisticated hackers to scour code for exploitable bugs.
The US, UK and Canadian governments characterize hackers as a criminal menace, warn of threats they pose to critical infrastructure, and aggressively prosecute them, but they also secretly exploit their information and expertise
Invoking the threat of terrorism is the most common mechanism used to deny citizens both due process and free speech in the 21st century
Invoking the threat of terrorism is the most common mechanism used to deny citizens both due process and free speech in the 21st century
The U.S., U.K. and Canadian governments characterize hackers as a criminal menace, warn of the threats they allegedly pose to critical infrastructure, and aggressively prosecute them, but they are also secretly exploiting their information and expert
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) announced that North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm has been selected to chair a new task force on cybersecurity.
British and Canadian spy agencies accumulated sensitive data on smartphone users, including location, app preferences, and unique device identifiers, by piggybacking on ubiquitous software..
Data should be protected and not used in ways consumers don't want
Cars have a profound legacy of tinkering. Hobbyists have always modded them, rearranged their guts, and reframed their exteriors. The Electronic Frontier Foundation just had to ask permission from the Copyright Office for
Last week's arrest of a man alleged to help run the Silk Road 2.0 online drug bazaar has touched off speculation he was identified using a controversial attack that for six months last year systematically worked to deanonymize users
Hacker's List is a website which allows you to anonymously hire what it claims are "professional" hackers to perform hacks ranging from hacking into Facebook and e-mail accounts to taking down websites and changing academic grades.
The chairman of the youth wing of the Swedish Pirate Party successfully fooled attendees at a major Swedish security and defense conference into connecting to an open Wi-Fi network that he controlled--to protest mass digital surveillance.
Peerio, an "encrypted productivity suite" meant to help individual users and businesses encrypt everything from IMs to online file storage. The software, initially launching as a Windows and Mac app as well as a Chrome plugin but coming to mobile
Politerain is not a project associated with a conventional company. It is run by a US government intelligence organization, the National Security Agency. More precisely, it's operated by the NSA's digital snipers with Tailored Access Operations
The highly stealthy keystroke logger can be built by someone with only slightly above-average technical skills for as little as $10. Called KeySweeper, it's a device that sniffs, decrypts, logs, and transmits all input typed into a
Hoping to capitalize on the recent Sony breach, President Obama unveiled legislation that would create a friendlier environment for companies and government to share information about cyberthreats and security vulnerabilities.
According to the group which identifies itself as Anonymous, the ISIS hack of the Pentagon's Twitter accounts traces back to Maryland – home of the National Security Agency.
The Obama administration has been tightlipped about its controversial naming of the North Korean government as the definitive source of the hack that eviscerated Sony Pictures Entertainment late last year.
Ladar Levison is most well-known as the founder of the secure e-mail service Lavabit, which he shut down in mid-2013 in an effort to avoid being forced to comply with a US government demand to turn over users' e-mails.
Not even a year has passed since top bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox collapsed into a pit of burning money, blaming a hacking incident for a nearly half-billion dollar meltdown and bankruptcy.
Jury rights activist James Babb issued a press release Friday announcing a month-long jury nullification campaign in the area around the US courthouse in Manhattan to coincide with the Ulbricht trial. The protest will feature large phone kiosk advert
NORTH KOREA/SONY STORY SHOWS HOW EAGERLY U.S. MEDIA STILL REGURGITATE GOVERNMENT CLAIMS.
A classic case of confirmation bias
The Bureau keeps publicly condemning Pyongyang for the Sony hack. But privately, it is listening to other theories, including those about an inside job.