CYBERCRIME

A Twitter account belonging to the anarchic hacktivist collective Anonymous appears to have been hacked by a little-known rival group known as the Rustle League. The account @Anon_Central, which normally posts news related to Anonymous’ pet causes, was vandalized in an effort to “troll” the group.

The attackers were able to download customer email addresses and subject lines of emails, Zendesk said.

The “highest-profile cyber-attack to date on businesses running Mac computers” broke out Tuesday. East European hackers are suspected.

Following Burger King’s Twitter account being hacked by Anonymous, on Tuesday Jeep’s Twitter account was hacked, saying it had been sold to Cadillac. The people behind the attack are not being shy -- #BlameAnonymous is "behind" the latest Twitter attack.

China's Army has been behind scores of damaging U.S. computer hacking incidents, a private investigation has found.

The Pirate Bay is suing an Finnish anti-piracy site for trademark infringement, a knowingly ironic move that comes after The Pirate Bay has for years been the prime target of organizations who say the site facilitates illegal media downloading.

Obama's new executive order about cybersecurity is said to have greater privacy protections, and the measures are largely voluntary.

Anonymous will supposedly hack President Barack Obama's State of the Union Address.

Anonymous plans on shutting down the Twitter and Facebook accounts of Goldman Sachs on February 14.

A new McAfee study finds that a huge majority of Americans share their personal data with partners and close friends, risking data theft.

China isn't new to the No. 1 spot as the biggest source of cyberattacks, but it had never originated such an overwhelming majority of them.

According to a new report, Google may eventually develop technology that would allow Web surfers to log into websites by touching a screen rather than typing a traditional password.

After issuing a press release declaring their intention to protest the funeral of Internet activist Aaron Swartz, members of the Westboro Baptist Church were nowhere to be found outside the ceremony on Tuesday.

The Oct.3 data breach of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. that led to attack on computer network and compromise of personal information has resulted in jeopardizing the interests of over 1.1 million people.

The hacker collective Anonymous said Thursday that it is harassing and disabling Israeli websites to protest the bombing of Gaza.

An alleged accomplice of the accused New York Fed bomb conspirator has been seized on unrelated child pornography charges.

The cyber bully that is thought to have driven Canadian teen Amanda Todd to suicide last week has reportedly been exposed by the internet hacktivist group Anonymous.

Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) has launched a new page in its Family Safety Center to give users tools to prevent cyber bullying.

The malware protections on Windows 8 has been improved.

Todd still receiving torment in the fashion that caused her to take her own life.

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Thursday that the nation was faced with a dire cyber threat from foreign actors targeting computer control systems that operate chemical, electricity and water plants and those that guide transportation.