CYBERCRIME

The United States reserves the right to retaliate with military force against a cyber attack and is working to sharpen its ability to track down the source of any breach, the Pentagon said in a report made public on Tuesday.

Iran said on Sunday it had detected the Duqu computer virus that experts say is based on Stuxnet, the so-called cyber-weapon discovered last year and believed to be aimed at sabotaging the Islamic Republic's nuclear sites.

The Pentagon's advanced research arm, which played a key role in developing the Internet 40 years ago, said on Monday it will boost efforts to build offensive cyber arms for possible keyboard-launched attacks against enemy targets.

The Pentagon's advanced research arm, which played a key role in developing the Internet 40 years ago, said on Monday it will boost efforts to build offensive cyber arms for possible use against enemy targets by the U.S. military.

Facebook would not be targeted by Anonymous, the hacking group said in one of its Twitter accounts, again distancing itself from a threat that has gotten broad publicity since it surfaced several months ago.

Hackers used a server in Belgium to collect data stolen from machines infected with the Duqu computer virus, after authorities shut down another rogue collection system in India, according to security experts.

Hackers have been using a server in Belgium to collect data stolen from machines infected with the Duqu computer virus, after authorities shut down another rogue collection system in India, according to security experts.

China and Russia are using cyber espionage to steal U.S. trade and technology secrets to bolster their own economic development and that poses a threat to U.S. prosperity and security, an intelligence report said on Thursday.

Anonymous released the IP addresses of 190 pedophiles on Tuesday after previously threatening Web hosting services as a part of its Operation DarkNet.

Microsoft Corp said hackers exploited a previously unknown bug in its Windows operating system to infect computers with the Duqu virus, which some security experts say could be the next big cyber threat.

At least 48 chemical and defense companies were victims of a coordinated cyber attack that has been traced to a man in China, according to a new report from security firm Symantec Corp.

At least 48 chemical and defense companies were victims of a coordinated cyber attack that has been traced to a man in China, according to a new report from security firm Symantec Corp.

British government and industry computer systems are facing a disturbing number of cyber attacks, including a recent serious assault on the Foreign Office's network, the head of Britain's communications spy agency said on Monday.

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The National Security Agency, a secretive arm of the U.S. military, has begun providing Wall Street banks with intelligence on foreign hackers, a sign of growing U.S. fears of financial sabotage.

Anonymous, a collective of hacktivist known for waging war against the U.S. government and big corporations, is now out to get Freedom Hosting, which it accuses of openly supporting child pornography.

Anonymous has set its sights on a Web hosting service for refusing to take down child pornography as its next target with its OPDarkNet plan.

The U.S. Department of Energy has been hit by recent successful cyber attacks and needs to do more to protect its computer systems, the department's internal watchdog said in a report on Monday.

Hacker collective Anonymous is back in action again and this time it has targeted Web sites hosting child pornography.

Anonymous, the infamous hacking group, attacked child pornography site Lolita City and many others in one of its most noble crusades yet. Anonymous hacked into 40 child pornography websites, including Lolita City, disabled the sites, and exposed the names of more than 1500 alleged pedophile users, reports ZDNet's Violet Blue.

First there was the Stuxnet computer virus that wreaked havoc on Iran's nuclear program. Now comes Duqu, which researchers on Tuesday said appears to be quite similar.