SECURITY

In the wake of the revelation that both the U.S. Senate and CIA's websites were hacked, the White House has called for stricter sentences for any hacker caught breaking into a government's private computer networks.

US companies will be forced to disclose details of basic level of protection for consumers' personal information and notify the government when data is stolen, according to new draft legislation from the Congress.

Maybe we have seen just the tip of the iceberg. Leaving behind some rather bitter moments between other hacker groups, including Anonymous, LulzSec announced its decision to team up with Anonymous. To increase efforts, we are now teaming up with the Anonymous collective and all affiliated battleships. The hacker group wreaking havoc across corporations and government agencies among other organizations announced Operation Anti-Security moments ago in a post uploaded on Pastebin.

Your smartphone may be a convenient companion, but you may need to think twice about trusting them wholeheartedly.In this era of mobile applications earning increasing attention and popularity among many consumers, both casual and tech-savvy, the application market poses a rising threat to privacy.

17-year-old teen Nathan Kotylak, turned himself in to police Saturday after images of him trying to set fire to a Vancouver police cruiser spread across the internet during Wednesday’s tumultuous Stanley Cup riot.

Sega, the latest victim of hackers, has confirmed on Saturday that personal data of 1.29 million customers was stolen. Just a day before, Sega announced that they had identified that unauthorized entry was gained to their SEGA Pass database, accessing customers' names, e-mail addresses, dates of birth and encrypted passwords. Sega immediately isolated the location of the breach to protect the data, and launched an investigation.

A Chinese software company is alleged to have placed security holes in its products sold to chemical defense and energy companies in Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Africa. Beijing-based Sunway ForceControl makes SCADA (Supervisory control and data acquisition) software which is used in computer systems that control and monitor manufacturing plants and equipment used by different industries.

Simon Mulhall, a resident of Banbury in UK, made good use of social networking site Facebook to retrieve his stolen bike. The incident gained wide attention after it was reported by the BBC.

The U.N Security Council has split the U.N. sanctions list for Taliban and al-Qaeda to induce Taliban to join the peace talks in Afghanistan.

In the midst of cyber security issues over preserving personal data and confidential information, Google has launched ‘Me on the Web’ to monitor sensitive details.

The American Association of Retired Persons has announced it is open to cutting Social Security benefits, a change of course for the politically influential organization that could bolster efforts for entitlement reform.

The National Security Agency (NSA) has teamed up with Internet providers to roll out a new generation of tools to scan e-mail and other digital traffic, in order to prevent cyber attacks against defense firms by foreign rivals.

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China must boost its cyber-warfare strength to counter a Pentagon push, the country's top military newspaper said on Thursday after weeks of friction over accusations that Beijing may have launched a string of Internet hacking attacks.

In yet another High-profile cyber attack case, the public website of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency went down on Wednesday evening with Lulz Security claiming responsibility for the attack.

A congresswoman may strengthen a data breach bill to quell concerns it would do too little to force companies to alert customers of data breaches promptly.

LulzSec claimed on Wednesday its responsibility for hacking the website for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Tango Down - cia.gov - for the lulz, the group tweeted at around 6 p.m., June 15.

Silicon Valley venture capitalists are betting big on new technologies to protect computer networks, hoping they will profit from a spate of high-profile cyber attacks on corporate and government bodies.

Silicon Valley venture capitalists are betting big on new technologies to protect computer networks, hoping they will profit from a spate of high-profile cyber attacks on corporate and government bodies.

South Korea said on Tuesday it was drawing up a cyber security master plan after a wave of hacking attacks against global agencies and companies but some other Asian governments appeared to have no blueprint for tackling the threat.

It has been a quite successful run for the anonymous hacker group Lulz Security, responsible for the security breach of corporations and government agencies including PBS, Sony, Nintendo, Fox, FBI affiliate Infragard, US Senate, and Bethesda Softworks among its high profile targets. The group still manages to tweet and communicate through Pastebin and their own website without a domain-seize threat from federal agencies. The virtually connected members of the group with the face of a caricature,...