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'Hacktivist' Takes Aim At WBC

Posted 05.23.2013 | Technology

Did a hacker just pwn a hatemonger? On Tuesday, Fred Phelps Jr., the son of Westboro Baptist Church minister Fred Phelps, linked the devastation fr...

Your Wi-Fi Router Might Be Easy to Hack

Robert Siciliano | Posted 05.16.2013 | Technology
Robert Siciliano

Recently I became aware that many if not most home Wi-Fi routers are very easy to hack by cyber criminals. I thought, my mom has Wi-Fi, and so probab...

Guns and Cyber Security

Steve Blank | Posted 05.15.2013 | Business
Steve Blank

The online world can be a dangerous place for the unprepared. And it's just going to get worse. It's time to teach cyber security as integral part of the high school and college curriculum and to all corporate employees.

Cyber Crime Is Getting Everyone's Attention Now

AP | By PAISLEY DODDS | Posted 05.11.2013 | Technology

LONDON (AP) — International law enforcement agencies say the recent $45 million dollar ATM heist is just one of many scams they're fighting in an un...

A Field Guide to Solo Entrepreneurship

Erica Swallow | Posted 05.07.2013 | Technology
Erica Swallow

It's now easier than ever to start a company -- even as a single founder, it's not unimaginable that one could hack his or her way to success in the matter of a few years, and sometimes less.

The Tweet That Was Heard Around the World

Hemanshu Nigam | Posted 05.06.2013 | Technology
Hemanshu Nigam

The market risks associated with real-time reporting became a reality last month, as a Twitter hoax claiming that an explosion occurred at the White House injuring President Obama led to a 150-point drop, a $136 billion market value, in the Dow Jones industrial average.

Suspect In Biggest Cyberattack Will Be Sent Home

AP/The Huffington Post | HAROLD HECKLE and CIARAN GILES | Posted 04.29.2013 | Technology

MADRID -- A Dutch citizen arrested in Spain on suspicion of launching what authorities have called the biggest cyberattack in Internet history is expe...

Major Daily Deal Site Hacked, Millions Of Customers Affected

Reuters | Posted 04.27.2013 | Technology

By Alistair Barr SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - LivingSocial, the second-largest daily deal company behind Groupon Inc, said on Friday it wa...

Twitter Has To Figure Out Its Hack Problem..Or Else

Reuters | Gerry Shih | Posted 04.24.2013 | Technology

(Reuters) - Does Twitter have a credibility problem? For many, a single fake tweet from the Associated Press account that briefly roiled financial ...

Cyber Vulnerabilities Discovered On Navy's Newest Warship

Reuters | Andrea Shalal-Esa | Posted 04.24.2013 | Technology

WASHINGTON, April 23 (Reuters) - The computer network on the U.S. Navy's newest class of coastal warships showed vulnerabilities in Navy cybersecuri...

Reddit Under 'Blatantly Malicious' Attack

The Huffington Post | Posted 04.19.2013 | Technology

On Friday, Reddit was hit with a DDoS attack, or distributed denial of service attack. A DDoS attack interrupts a website's connection, making the web...

Kevin Mitnick: The Hacking Hamburglar

XPRIZE | Posted 04.15.2013 | Technology
XPRIZE

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Hacker Pleads Guilty

AP | Posted 04.09.2013 | Technology

LONDON (AP) — A British computer hacker affiliated to the group Lulz Security pleaded guilty Tuesday to cyberattacks on institutions including Sony,...

'Uber-Creepy' Video Attacks On Tea Partier Spark Police Investigation

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 04.01.2013 | Politics

Pennsylvania State Police have mounted an investigation into an "uber-creepy" attack video that targeted state Rep. Tarah Toohill (R-Butler Township),...

Protecting Your Privacy During the Sharing Revolution

Michelle Finneran Dennedy | Posted 04.01.2013 | Technology
Michelle Finneran Dennedy

As people continue to share increasingly personal information online, it's easy to miss the dangers presented by sharing information with many websites they visit.

A National Security Pipe Dream, Part 2

William S. Becker | Posted 03.28.2013 | Green
William S. Becker

As for natural gas, why should taxpayers foot the bill to help the industry be more responsible? If gas companies don't adopt more responsible production practices voluntarily, the government's job is not to write them a check; it's to implement regulations that protect the public.

Toward a Global Approach to Cybersecurity

Scott Charney | Posted 03.26.2013 | Technology
Scott Charney

The challenges are immediate and well-known, but the ingredients for more effective cybersecurity are within our grasp. It's important to understand two of the elements that are shaping our collective response to cybersecurity challenges

The Most Detailed Map Of The Internet Was Made By Breaking The Law

The Huffington Post | Alexis Kleinman | Posted 03.22.2013 | Technology

When, exactly, is hacking OK? Most people would agree that it's not OK for strangers to hack into people's computers and look at personal information....

Chinese Hacking and The Art of War

Peter Navarro | Posted 05.21.2013 | World
Peter Navarro

Finally, there appears to be real alarm in the White House over Chinese cyberattacks. Here's what the president should be telling the American people.

South Korea Cyber Attack Originated From Chinese IP: Report

Reuters | Posted 05.20.2013 | World

(Reuters) - A hacking attack on the servers of South Korean broadcasters and banks originated from an IP address based in China, officials in Seoul sa...

Computer Networks At South Korean Banks, Broadcasters Crash

AP | SAM KIM | Posted 05.19.2013 | World

SEOUL, South Korea — A Chinese Internet address was the source of a cyberattack on one company hit in a massive network shutdown that affected 3...

There's Now A Handbook For Cyberwar

AP | RAPHAEL SATTER | Posted 05.19.2013 | Technology

LONDON — Even cyberwar has rules, and one group of experts is putting out a manual to prove it. Their handbook, due to be published later this ...

Man Accused Of Stealing 100,000 Email Addresses From iPads Will Be Sentenced

AP | By DAVID PORTER | Posted 05.18.2013 | Technology

NEWARK, New Jersey (AP) — An admitted online "troll" was sentenced Monday to the maximum prison term under federal guidelines — more than three ye...

Tech Superstardom Vs. Hacking Criminal

AP | GARANCE BURKE | Posted 05.16.2013 | Los Angeles

SAN FRANCISCO — Federal prosecutors say Reuters' deputy social media editor conspired with a notorious hacker network to cause an online securit...

China Says It Wants To Cooperate With U.S. In Cybersecurity

AP | Posted 03.12.2013 | World

BEIJING -- China says it is willing to cooperate with the United States in cybersecurity after the U.S. called on it to take "serious steps" to stop c...