145 million Ebay users urged to change passwords
US online giant eBay said the number of users potentially affected by a massive data breach could be as many as 145 million.
International cyber-criminal suspects arrested in Pretoria
An international cyber crime syndicate was exposed this week, with 12 people arrested on South African soil, officials said on Wednesday.
US accuses China of cyber espionage on American companies
The United States on Monday charged five Chinese military officers and accused them of hacking into American nuclear, metal and solar companies
DDoS cyber attacks get bigger, smarter, and more damaging
Crashing websites and overwhelming data centers, a new generation of cyber attacks is costing millions and straining the structure of the Internet.
British hacker stole data from US Federal Reserve
A British man has been charged with hacking into computer servers belonging to the U.S. Federal Reserve
Hackers target Brazil’s World Cup for cyber attacks
Brazilian hackers are threatening to disrupt the World Cup with attacks ranging from jamming websites to data theft
360 million newly stolen credentials on black market
A cybersecurity firm said that it uncovered stolen credentials from some 360 million accounts that are available for sale on cyber black markets
French aerospace firm Snecma targeted by hackers
French aerospace engine maker Snecma, a unit of Safran, was attacked by hackers who exploited a vulnerability in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer
Sands Casino website hack stole sensitive info
Casino giant Las Vegas Sands Corp. said Tuesday that hacking into their websites and internal systems last week went deeper than the company had previously known.
EU Commission pushes to dilute U.S. Internet influence
The European Commission called for a dilution of US influence over the organization of the Internet
Researchers uncover cyber spying campaign dubbed 'The Mask'
Kaspersky Lab has uncovered what it calls the first cyber espionage campaign believed to be started by a Spanish-speaking country
Twitter: government info requests on the rise
Government requests for Twitter user information is on the rise, the messaging service said as it released figures while pressing for more transparency.
US tech firms given leeway to reveal spy agency demands
The US is to give technology firms more leeway to publish broad details of how their customer data has been targeted by US spy agencies
Israeli defense computer hacked via tainted email: cyber firm
Hackers broke into an Israeli defense ministry computer via an email attachment tainted with malicious software
US government panel urges shutdown of NSA phone spying
A sharply divided US government task force has urged President Barack Obama to shut down the agency’s bulk collection of phone data
German watchdog kept mass cyber-crime alert quiet for weeks
Germany’s cyber crime watchdog said it learnt of the mass theft of 16 million digital identities through a criminal probe, but needed weeks before alerting the public.
Tech leaders warn of dire effects of US spying
Hi-tech industry bosses demanded authorities change their murky ways in the wake of revelations of a vast snooping campaign by the US and other governments
Obama reins in NSA but spying will continue
President Barack Obama curtailed the reach of the NSA but said bulk data collection must go on to protect America from terrorists.