November 4, 2015 Sony hack draws NSA parallels With investigators probing the possibility that stolen passwords were used in the North Korean cyberattack that crippled Sony Pictures Entertainment, a security expert has drawn parallels with the NSA’s highly embarrassing 2013 data breach.
November 4, 2015 Sony hackers reportedly nabbed 47,000 Social Security numbers, celebrity data, and more The fallout from the Sony Pictures hack that took place at the start of last week continues to rumble on, with files released by the hackers revealing a ton of personal information going back years, some of it related to famous names in the movie business.
November 4, 2015 Report: Iranian threat to critical US infrastructure growing The U.S. public and private sectors are increasingly at risk of coordinated attacks by hackers from inside Iran, according to a new report.
November 4, 2015 Sony Pictures not poised to blame hack on North Korea, as probe continues Sony Pictures has denied a report that it is poised to name North Korea as the source of last week's hacking incident that wreaked havoc on the company’s network.
November 4, 2015 Shoppers vulnerable to holiday season hackers As the holiday season officially kicks off, there's growing awareness of the need for cybersecurity. Hackers are eager to exploit any opportunity to increase attacks on companies and the public.
November 4, 2015 NOAA says four of its websites breached by Chinese hackers Hackers from China were able to breach government computer systems at the agency that oversees the National Weather Service, according to the chairman of a Congressional subcommittee that oversees the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency's budget.
November 4, 2015 Report claims Russian hackers spying on NATO, Ukraine A group of Russian hackers has exploited a flaw in Microsoft's Windows operating system to spy on national security targets, including NATO and the Ukrainian government, according to a report by a cybersecurity firm.
November 4, 2015 Google chief fears surveillance scandal could ‘break the Internet’ Google chairman Eric Schmidt said at a gathering of tech firms in California on Wednesday that the government spying scandal is so serious there's a danger it could "break the Internet."
November 4, 2015 GCHQ furor, Snowden, keep NSA in the snooping spotlight The controversy surrounding the National Security Agency is unlikely to fade anytime soon, thanks to a spying furor now engulfing the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) in Great Britain and the continued high profile of Edward Snowden, a U.K.-based security expert says.
November 4, 2015 eBay asks users to change passwords after cyberattack E-commerce site eBay is asking users to change their password after a cyberattack compromised a database containing encrypted passwords.
