CYBERCRIME

Hactivist Anonymous has done it again - it has hacked into the BART police website in San Francisco, publishing 102 police officers' personal information, including their home addresses and email accounts plus passwords.

The latest target of the hacking organization Anonymous is San Francisco's BART system. Last week, Anonymous took down more than 70 local law enforcement Web sites. Is it fair to call the organization a terrorist threat?

The hacker collective Anonymous has vowed to 'destroy' Facebook on Nov. 5, as Facebook is "selling information to government agencies" and "giving clandestine access to information security firms," according to a YouTube video.

Researchers have found a flaw in Android, which can be exploited for stealing data via phishing or for sending irritating pop up adverts.

Symantec sales could jump as security threats increase

A weekend contest at the world's largest hacking convention in Las Vegas showed one reason why big corporations seem to be such easy prey for cyber criminals: their workers are poorly trained in security.

A weekend contest at the world's largest hacking convention in Las Vegas showed one reason why big corporations seem to be such easy prey for cyber criminals: their workers are poorly trained in security.

A weekend contest at the world's largest hacking convention in Las Vegas showed one reason why big corporations seem to be such easy prey for cyber criminals: their workers are poorly trained in security.

Why so big companies fall prey to cyberattacks so easily? According to hackers taking part in Defcon conference -- the world's largest hacking convention in Las Vegas -- workers at big corporations are poorly trained in security, which makes it easy for hackers to trick them into revealing key information.

A weekend contest at the world's largest hacking convention in Las Vegas showed one reason why big corporations seem to be such easy prey for cyber criminals: their workers are poorly trained in security.

A weekend contest at the world's largest hacking convention in Las Vegas showed one reason why big corporations seem to be such easy prey for cyber criminals: their workers are poorly trained in security.

A weekend contest at the world's largest hacking convention in Las Vegas showed one reason why big corporations seem to be such easy prey for cyber criminals: their workers are poorly trained in security.

A hacker-turned-defense official, decrying the government's slowness to change, rolled out a new program on Thursday that would enable the Pentagon to more quickly fund hackers to tackle its tough cybersecurity challenges.

The Justice Department charged 72 members of an online child pornography ring. Members were encouraged to have sex with children ages 12 and under and turn in material.

U.S. officials called it the largest prosecution of people who participated in an online child exploitation enterprise operated for the purpose of promoting child sexual abuse, disseminating child pornography and evading law enforcement.

"I am convinced that every company in every conceivable industry with significant size and valuable intellectual property and trade secrets has been compromised (or will be shortly)," said Dmitri Alperovitch of McAfee in a blog post.

The Shady RAT Operation is nothing shocking from what one security expert sees.

Security experts have discovered the biggest series of cyber attacks to date, involving the infiltration of the networks of 72 organizations including the United Nations, governments and companies around the world.

Hackers stole data from more than 70 international organizations and businesses in a sweeping five year cyber attack that could offer fresh evidence of a broad Chinese hacking offensive.

The government seeks to shore up its cyber defenses with the best in the business

A top cybersecurity firm released a report detailing a sweeping, five year long cyberattack that struck more than 70 government agencies and corporations and likely originated in China, according to experts familiar with the analysis.