Cyberattacks

Russian Hackers: Cybergangs Infect "More And More" Computers

tech.yahoo.com | Posted 11.25.2009 | Technology


Russian cybergangs have established a robust system for promoting Web sites that sell fake antivirus software, pharmaceuticals and counterfeit luxury ...

Educating Our Own Computer Hackers

Tom Luce | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics


Tom Luce

The recent wave of cyber-attacks on American and South Korean websites raises a new kind of security issue: Do we have enough brainpower in the pipeline to counter such sabotage in the future?

Iran's Revolution Will Be Twittered (and Blogged and YouTubed and...)

Leah Anthony Libresco | Posted 07.17.2009 | Media


Leah Anthony Libresco

Social media hasn't only given Iranians a way to evade censorship and speak out; it has given them a way to mobilize attacks on Ahmadinejad's coalition, attacks that go beyond rallies.

US Vulnerable To Cyber Attacks, Pentagon Official Warns

Washington Post | Walter Pincus | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics


The head of the Pentagon's Strategic Command warned Congress today that the United States is vulnerable to cyberattacks "across the spectrum" and that...

Cybersecurity: Why The Hell Was Secret White House Helicopter Data Found On A Computer In Iran?

Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.22.2009 | World


Stuart Whatley

It is a case of perverse but predictable irony that the first administration to truly harness the Internet's full power likewise faces the greatest threat from it.

Cyberattackers Winning The Online Security War

New York Times | JOHN MARKOFF | Posted 01.06.2009 | Business


Internet security is broken, and nobody seems to know quite how to fix it. Despite the efforts of the computer security industry and a half-decade st...

New Zealand Accuses China Of Cyberattacks

CNet News | Liam Tung | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark yesterday assured reporters that no classified information had been compromised but confirmed that she believes...