China’s diplomatic maneuver is viewed as unsurprising given the country's historic friendship with North Korea.
A U.S. cybersecurity company recently found malware infecting the devices of visitors to Afghan government sites.
The investigation comes as worries mount about nuclear safety and potential cyberattacks from North Korea.
It is unclear how Beijing will respond to a Washington request that it act to restrain Pyongyang's cybermischief.
The U.S. will not bomb North Korea over its role in the Sony cyberattack, experts say, but it has other weapons.
U.S. Cyber Command could see action as the president calls for “proportional” response against North Korea.
After launching just five weeks ago, the 'HACK' exchange-traded fund is beating the benchmarks.
The U.S. administration is not yet sure how it will respond if it confirms that North Korea was behind the Sony hack.
Investigators don't think it was an inside job, and they're prepared to blame North Korea.
The suit alleges that the Hollywood studio had not secured its computer network to protect it against hackers.
Earlier, Sony had asked certain media outlets not to publish details about its stolen data.
Disclosures from the internal documents have caused turmoil at the studio, a unit of Japan's Sony Corp.
The bill will next go to the House for further review.
Sony using Anonymous-style tactics to fight hackers.
Security pros surveyed by IBM say the growing sophistication of cyberattacks has them scrambling to keep up.
Hackers sent an email to top Sony executives threatening "great damage" if the company did not pay up.
The US and EU plan to discuss several key cybersecurity issues at the upcoming Cyber Dialogue meeting on Friday.
The team has infiltrated the networks of vital industries in eight nations.
Attacks have crippled hard drives and networks in the U.S.
A new report shows Wall Street-savvy hackers are using Microsoft computing language to target pharmaceutical companies to game the markets.
The FBI is investigating the illegal leak of unreleased movies, produced by Sony, after the company was hit by a massive cyberattack last week.
Symantec researchers have discovered a heavy-duty Trojan computer virus that could be the effort of a nation-state.