"North Korea has doubled the number of its elite cyber warriors over the past two years and established overseas bases for hacking attacks, a report said on Sunday. The North's cyber war unit now …
In NSA-intercepted data, those not targeted far outnumber the foreigners who are
"Ordinary Internet users, American and non-American alike, far outnumber legally targeted foreigners in the communications intercepted by the National Security Agency from U.S. digital networks, …
BAE says it ‘incorrectly presented’ cyberattack
"An executive at a division of cybersecurity firm BAE Systems 'incorrectly presented' an alleged cyberhacking incident involving a hedge fund, a company spokesperson said Wednesday. The executive, …
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ISIS Opponents Take Aim at Its Online Presence
"The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has taken to Twitter to spread its message, trumpet bloody successes, and recruit potential jihadists, but its social-media campaign has come under attack from …
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Major cybercrime rings in Kuwait, Algeria disrupted
"Microsoft Corp launched what it hopes will be the most successful private effort to date to crack down on cyber crime by moving to disrupt communications channels between hackers and infected PCs. …
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China cyber crime cooperation stalls after U.S. hacking charges
"Fledging cooperation between the United States and China on fighting cyber crime has ground to a halt since the recent U.S. indictment of Chinese military officials on hacking charges, a senior U.S. …
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Israel Claims $3B in Cyber Exports; 2nd Only to US
"Israeli exports of cyber-related products and services last year reached $3 billion, some 5 percent of the global market and more than all other nations combined apart from the United States, …
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Hong Kong Democracy Poll Is Hit by Cyberattack
"The website of a poll gauging Hong Kong residents' opinions on elections was repeatedly hit by severe cyberattacks on its opening day, according to organizers and a firm seeking to protect the poll …
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Pentagon cyber unit wants to ‘get inside the bad guy’s head’
"After several years of planning, the Pentagon’s Cyber Command is finally beginning to conduct operations such as tracking adversaries overseas to detect attacks against critical computer networks in …
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Hackers reverse-engineer NSA’s leaked bugging devices
"Using documents leaked by Edward Snowden, hackers have built bugs that can be attached to computers to steal information in a host of intrusive ways RADIO hackers have reverse-engineered some of the …
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