
Commercial cyberspying, theft promise rich payoff
For state-backed cyberspies such as a Chinese military unit implicated by a U.S. security firm in a computer crime wave, hacking foreign companies can ...

US ready to strike back against China cyberattacks
As public evidence mounts that the Chinese military is responsible for stealing massive amounts of U.S. government data and corporate trade secrets, ...
A look at Mandiant, allegations on China hacking
A private technology security firm on Tuesday described in extraordinary detail efforts it blamed on a Chinese military unit to hack into 141 ...
Facebook wins German court fight on fake names ban
Facebook has won a court battle against a German privacy watchdog that challenged the social networking site's policy requiring users to register with ...
UK police arrest 6 people in phone hacking probe
British police investigating computer hacking and privacy offenses by the media on Wednesday arrested six people alleged to be involved in ...

Hacker gains access to Bush family emails, photos
Turns out even former presidents can fall prey to hackers. A mysterious email hacker apparently accessed private photos and messages sent between ...

Duchess of York among new phone hack settlements
Sarah Ferguson, the former wife of Prince Andrew; British singer-songwriter James Blunt; and Israeli television psychic Uri Geller are among the ...

Add-ons let semi-autos fire like military weapons
In the video, a shooter cradles a rifle equipped with a grenade launcher and 250-round magazine. But the star of this demonstration, posted online, ...
EU pushes plans for safer, more secure Internet
EU officials are pushing a plan to make the Internet safer — more resistant to cyberattacks, freer from cybercrime and safer for children to use.
Israeli cellphone provider says it was not hacked
Major Israeli cellphone provider Pelephone has ruled out a cyberattack as the cause for its service disruption. Pelephone CEO, Gil Sharon, told ...

Twitter, Washington Post targeted by hackers
Social media giant Twitter is among the latest U.S. companies to report that it is among a growing list of victims of Internet security attacks, ...

British detective jailed in phone-hacking scandal
A senior British counterterrorism detective was sentenced Friday to 15 months in prison for trying to sell information to Rupert Murdoch's News of the ...
US weighs tougher action over China cyberattacks
High-level talks with the Chinese government to address persistent cyberattacks against U.S. companies and government agencies haven't worked, so ...
US looking at action against China cyberattacks
The Obama administration is considering more assertive action against Beijing to combat a persistent cyber-espionage campaign it believes Chinese ...
NY Times says Chinese hacked paper's computers
Chinese hackers repeatedly penetrated The New York Times' computer systems over the past four months, stealing reporters' passwords and hunting for ...
Judge mulls request to cut damages in Samsung case
It's a billion-dollar intellectual property question that has yet to be answered: Will a $1.05 billion damage award against Samsung Electronics Inc.
Google sued in UK over Safari tracking
A British law firm says that about a dozen Apple customers are suing Internet search leader Google in the U.K. over its alleged secret tracking of ...
UK tabloid journalist charged over police bribes
The defense editor of Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid The Sun and a former police officer have been charged in connection with the bribing of public ...

Indicted Megaupload founder opens new sharing site
Indicted Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom launched a new file-sharing website that promises users greater privacy and defies the U.S. prosecutors who ...

Review: Searching for answers on Facebook
Facebook unveiled a new search tool on Tuesday that gives users a chance to sift through the photos, places and other information available on the ...
Mo. lawmaker wants tax on violent video games
A Republican lawmaker from rural Missouri is calling for a sales tax on violent video games in response to a deadly Connecticut school shooting. Rep.

Swartz' death fuels debate over computer crime
Internet freedom activist Aaron Swartz, who was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment Friday, struggled for years against a legal system that he felt ...
Brazil hacker posts alleged data of ex- president
A hacker has posted what appears to be private information of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on the Internet to protest a major corruption ...

UK detective found guilty in phone hacking scandal
A top British counterterrorism detective was found guilty Thursday of trying to sell information to one of Rupert Murdoch's tabloids, becoming the ...