November 3, 2015 Could revelations about NSA spying make us less secure? No matter where the debate about freedom, democracy and the Constitution goes from here, the leaked information concerning the National Security Agency's various secret surveillance programs including Prism is going to have some immediate fallout.
November 3, 2015 Malware fuels growing suspicion that North Korea hacked Sony Pictures The destructive malware that infected Sony Pictures’ network last week was written in Korean, a source familiar with a recent FBI alert told Fox News, further fuelling suspicion that North Korea launched the cyber attack.
October 22, 2015 Darknets: Murky recesses of the hidden web The Brazilian police investigation that cracked a high-tech child porn ring earlier this month has shone a spotlight on the darker recesses of the web, an area which still poses massive technology challenges to law enforcement.
October 22, 2015 Reuters' Matthew Keys charged with aiding hackers Anonymous in 2010 A prominent social media journalist allegedly fed Tribune Company server logins to the Anonymous group of hackers in 2010, and authorities say at least one of the hackers used the information to sabotage part of the Los Angeles Times' website.
October 22, 2015 North Korea suffers second Internet outage North Korea's Internet was down again on Tuesday, according to monitoring specialist Dyn Research, with the blackout coming hot on the heels of Monday's widespread nine-hour outage.
October 22, 2015 Was the Sony Pictures hack an inside job? With the investigation into last week’s cyberattack on Sony Pictures still ongoing, speculation is mounting that someone with knowledge of the company may have been involved in the hack.
October 22, 2015 FBI can remotely activate microphones in Android smartphones, source says Law-enforcement officials in the U.S. are expanding the use of tools routinely used by computer hackers to gather information on suspects, bringing the criminal wiretap into the cyber age.
October 21, 2015 FBI launches probe into massive Sony Pictures hack The FBI has launched an investigation into the massive cyberattack that wreaked havoc on Sony Pictures Entertainment.
October 21, 2015 17 arrests in worldwide drug website bust Seventeen people have been arrested so far in an international crackdown on underground websites selling illegal drugs, a top Europol official said Friday, with Dutch prosecutors saying the arrests came in the U.S., Ireland and Germany.
October 21, 2015 NSA releases how-to guide for Internet espionage On May 7, the nation’s top spy agency released a guide to “Internet Research,” essentially a how-to book for its agents looking to get the most out of Google, Yahoo and other Web search tools.