(multimedia) The Internet freedoms we enjoy are being attacked. In America, Internet legislation is being pushed to stop online piracy but could infringe on Americans’ privacy in the process. This week has been declared...
The principles of openness and universal access that underpinned the creation of the internet three decades ago are under greater threat than ever, according to Google co-founder Sergey Brin. In an interview with the Guardian, Brin warned...
An investigation is underway after hackers targeted Scotland Yard’s anti-terror hotline and leaked conversations between officials on the internet. An organisation called Teampoison claimed to have carried out the cyber-attack, claiming it was in...
(Reuters) – 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...
Law enforcement officials are investigating what appears to be a massive theft of U.S. consumers’ credit card data, MasterCard and Visa confirmed Friday. The computer security expert who first reported the theft said it...
(Reuters) – A Chinese telecommunications equipment company has sold Iran’s largest telecom firm a powerful surveillance system capable of monitoring landline, mobile and internet communications, interviews and contract documents show. The system was part...
Hacktivists stole more data from large corporations than cybercriminals in 2011, according to a study of significant security incidents. The annual analysis of data breaches by Verizon uncovered a huge rise in politically motivated...
(Reuters) – The Italian branch of the hackers group Anonymous took down the Vatican’s website on Wednesday, saying it was an attack on the Roman Catholic Church’s scandals and conservative doctrine. The Vatican website...
The suspected leader of the hacking group Lulzsec has pleaded guilty to carrying out high profile attacks on several companies. Hector Xavier Monsegur had been charged with conspiracy to engage in computer hacking according...
The first attack, using a computer virus called Stuxnet was launched several years ago against an Iranian nuclear facility, almost certainly with some U.S. involvement. But the implications and the possible consequences are only...
