A top Chinese official claims to have ‘mountains of data' showing evidence of hacking originating from the US. Huang Chengqing, director of the National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team/Coordination Center of China ...
Tags: Cyber Attacks, China, US
Google today patched 12 vulnerabilities in Chrome, including one of the few labeled "critical" that it has fixed in the five-year history of its browser. Tuesday's update to the "stable" build channel -- analogous to a production version ...
If you’re worried that a disgruntled former coworker will hack your LinkedIn account and add embarrassing details to your resume, fear not: The social network for professionals has at last added two-factor authentication to prevent ...
Mt. Gox is requiring all users to verify their accounts in order to make non-bitcoin currency deposits and withdrawals, less than a week after U.S. authorities said they shut down online payment processor Liberty Reserve for alleged money ...
Tags: Bitcoin Exchange, Mt.Gox, Liberty Reserve
Jeremy Hammond, the hacker accused of breaking into global foreign-intelligence company Stratfor's systems and stealing information later posted to Wikileaks, has pleaded guilty to the charges and now faces 10 years in jail. Caught in ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
A former member of a band of hackers faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to a single computer hacking charge. Jeremy Hammond, 28, of Chicago admitted to participating in more than a half dozen attacks perpetrated ...
Tags: Stratfor Hack, Computer Hacking
Government panel the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has given its approval for Japanese mobile carrier SoftBank to acquire a majority stake in Sprint Nextel in a $20 billion deal. CFIUS "found that there are ...
A major FTSE-100-listed mining company has revealed that it may have lost valuable corporate data after a laptop computer was taken during a domestic burglary, while it has also warned of a "potential loss of data" as a result of an alleged ...
Tags: Computer Products
Several major U.S. banks are beta-testing a new way to give you access to your mobile banking account, which could mark the beginning of the end for your password headaches, according to Toby Rush, CEO of EyeVerify, a Kansas City, Kan., ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Smart Phone, Phone
The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted online payment processor Liberty Reserve for laundering $6 billion in a series of global transactions, which the agency charges may be the largest international money laundering prosecution in ...
Tags: DOJ, Liberty Reserve
Google today upgraded Chrome to version 27, touting it as 5% faster as it patched 13 vulnerabilities. The upgrade was the first since March 26, when Google plumped Chrome 26 into the release channel, the most polished of its three public ...
Tags: Google, Chrome, Computer Products
It appears Canada's anti-money laundering regulator will leave Bitcoin exchanges in the country alone for now. LibertyBit, which exchanges the virtual currency Bitcoin for U.S. and Canadian dollars, has been told it does not have to ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
Twitter will offer users two-factor authentication when they sign in as "a second check to make sure it's really you". Twitter is stepping up its security measures following a series of high-profile breaches by hackers hitting media ...
Tags: Twitter, Double Sign in
China's remarkable success at infiltrating U.S. government, military and corporate networks in recent years shouldn't be seen as a sign that the country is gaining on the U.S. lead in cybertechnology expertise. State-sponsored hacking ...
Tags: Computer Products, Hackers, networks
American International Group (AIG) has introduced CyberEdge mobile application for iPads, intended to provide improved information on cyber risk and assist in dealing with the same. The new application has been designed following a survey ...
Tags: Cyberedge Mobile Application, AIG