Alleged cyber-spying on Colombian negotiators
Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos denied that his administration was in any way involved in the reported spying by members of an elite army cyber-unit
Half a billion mobiles phones vulnerable to hackers warns UN watchdog
A UN that advises nations on cybersecurity plans to send out an alert about significant vulnerabilities in mobile phone technology
South Korea vs North Korea cyber-battle heats up
North Korea is to blame for last month’s cyberattacks on the websites of South Korean media companies and the president and prime minister’s offices
Israel braces for hack attack
Israeli computer system administrators and security experts were bracing themselves Friday for an assault by pro-Palestinian hackers, who have vowed to disable Israeli websites this weekend.
Hacking tops terror threat in US: spy agencies
An annual assessment by the US intelligence community states that information security threats to the US now rank higher than terrorism.
Anonymous hacks US govt. website
Hacker group Anonymous said it disabled the US Sentencing Commission’s website Saturday in revenge for the death of Internet freedom advocate Aaron Swartz
Iran accused of cyber-attacks on US banks
US financial institutions are being pounded with high-powered cyber attacks that some suspect are being orchestrated by Iran
How America wages cyber war in the shadows
After a decade of costly conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, the American way of war is evolving toward less brawn, more guile.
US military gets cyber-war guidelines
US President Barack Obama has signed executive orders that lay out how far military commanders can take their cyber-attacks