
Security experts across the world are increasingly worried about the possibility of a cyber-attack that would target infrastructure – anything from communications and traffic control to electric power or utility services. Just such an attack is believed to have occurred on December 23 in Ukraine.
by John Hayward7 Jan 2016, 7:50 AM PST0

Turkey has accused the Russian government of having a hand in cyberattacks launched against government and private Turkish websites, after the downing of a Russian fighter in November.
by John Hayward4 Jan 2016, 8:59 PM PST0

Several Turkish websites belonging to both private companies and government agencies came under cyberattack this week. Some in Turkey claim Russian hackers are responsible, suggesting the attacks might be the result of rising tensions between Turkey and Russia.
by John Hayward24 Dec 2015, 7:39 AM PST0

Anonymous has declared December 11th “ISIS Trolling Day.” The hackers call on web users to spend the day antagonizing, mocking, and disrupting the online propaganda of the Islamic State. In a widely-shared document, Anonymous instructs supporters to post mocking photos,
by Allum Bokhari7 Dec 2015, 5:29 AM PST0

The Chinese government claims it has identified and arrested the hackers who breached the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, stealing information on over 20 million federal employees and contractors in history’s largest data raid.
by John Hayward4 Dec 2015, 6:52 AM PST0

Unimpressed by their “historic” nuclear deal with the United States, and its billions of dollars in sanctions relief, Iran’s hackers have escalated their attacks on U.S. government officials over the past four months.
by John Hayward25 Nov 2015, 9:29 PM PST0

Hostility between the hacker collective Anonymous and the Islamic State escalated into a ‘cyberwar’ after the Paris terror attack, with Anonymous hackers claiming to have taken out hundreds of ISIS websites and thousands of their social media accounts. However, the
by John Hayward23 Nov 2015, 5:49 AM PST0

A surge of Iranian attacks against the email and social media accounts of U.S. officials has been detected over the past few weeks, with an emphasis on officials involved in crafting Iran policy. Journalists and academics have also been targeted.
by John Hayward5 Nov 2015, 6:21 PM PST0

MCALLEN, Texas — A legal Cuban immigrant who has never held a job in America has pleaded guilty to a large-scale fraud scheme using stolen credit card information.
by Ildefonso Ortiz5 Nov 2015, 3:58 AM PST0

An anonymous hacking group attacked the website of the Egyptian presidency and took it offline for a short time on Thursday, according to a report at Al-Arabiya News.
by John Hayward23 Oct 2015, 9:53 PM PST0

Wikileaks has begun posting the emails of CIA Director John Brennan, having presumably obtained them from the “stoned high-school student” who compromised his America Online account. Half a dozen of the documents that were attached to Brennan’s emails were posted on Wednesday, with Wikileaks promising that more would be forthcoming over the next few days.
by John Hayward21 Oct 2015, 2:32 PM PST0

Another email scandal rocks the Obama Administration, as a hacker described as a “stoner high-school student” tells the New York Post he breached the America Online email account of CIA Director John Brennan and stole sensitive work-related documents that should not have been there.
by John Hayward19 Oct 2015, 12:44 PM PST0

In Saudi Arabia, a group calling itself “Cyber of Emotion” declared online warfare against ISIS supporters in the Kingdom last month, and claims to have identified several of them by hacking into their email accounts. According to group’s leader, most ISIS supporters in Saudi Arabia are women who are involved in romantic relationships with the jihadis.
by John Hayward8 Oct 2015, 3:44 PM PST0

Not only has Datto surrendered equipment to the FBI, but they’ve also stated that they warned Hillary Clinton’s computer company, Platte River Networks, that her server was vulnerable to hackers… and they say their warnings were disregarded, because FBI investigators ordered that the system should not be altered in any way.
by John Hayward8 Oct 2015, 7:11 AM PST0

The hacker collective “Anonymous,” which has waged a long online battle against hackers loyal to the Islamic State (ISIS), is apparently planning to annoy the terror state by selling lingerie branded with the black ISIS flag.
by John Hayward25 Sep 2015, 6:27 AM PST0

Microsoft has acknowledged that its free Skype Internet-calling, video and text service suffered a worldwide outage on September 20, 2015. The paid business users’ service is reportedly not suffering the same outages.
by Chriss W. Street21 Sep 2015, 11:32 AM PST0

A teenage app developer has found a backdoor that opens up the names and e-mail addresses of Kylie Jenner fans who just downloaded her new mobile app.
by Chriss W. Street18 Sep 2015, 12:41 PM PST0

A few weeks ahead of a visit to Washington from Chinese President Xi Jinping, President Obama is talking tough about Chinese cyber-attacks.
by John Hayward12 Sep 2015, 1:30 PM PST0

Does anyone in the Administration think the public should have been told their massive Energy Department – which is primarily concerned with interfering with energy production, not creating it – was hit by hackers over a thousand times, and successfully penetrated on 159 occasions? We needed USA Today to choke the news out of them with a FOIA request?
by John Hayward10 Sep 2015, 12:41 PM PST0

The end of another “red line” farce draws nigh, as China waves aside the Obama administration’s bluster about cyberwar sanctions and claims to be more victimized by hackers than the United States is.
by John Hayward8 Sep 2015, 8:44 PM PST0

Was Hillary Clinton’s private email server hacked? The FBI is trying to answer that question as part of its investigation into possible mishandling of classified information.
by John Sexton3 Sep 2015, 5:23 PM PST0

Hard on the heels of reports that China and Russia are busy using stolen U.S. government data to identify American intelligence officers and assets, comes word that the Obama administration is considering retaliatory sanctions against Russian and Chinese targets.
by John Hayward2 Sep 2015, 7:45 PM PST0

According to U.S. officials cited by the L.A. Times, China and Russia are cross-indexing the mountain of data stolen in the Office of Personnel Management hack earlier this year with other major data breaches, including stolen airline bookings and the Ashley Madison subscriber database, to identify intelligence officials, their agents, and assets.
by John Hayward31 Aug 2015, 6:07 PM PST0

More details are emerging about Junaid Hussain, the twenty-something British expatriate who served as a key player in the Islamic State’s online army until a U.S. drone strike took him out this week. According to an article at the Wall Street Journal, Hussain was involved in most of ISIS’s hacking and social media exploits.
by John Hayward28 Aug 2015, 5:57 PM PST0

The Maserati-driving CEO of the Ashley Madison adultery site has divorced himself from the company, following the discovery that he betrayed the trust of his cheating customers, his monied shareholders, his well-paid board and his self-serving wife.
by John Hayward28 Aug 2015, 9:58 AM PST0