The $71 billion cybersecurity industry is fragmenting along geopolitical lines as firms chase after government contracts, share information with spy agencies, and market themselves as protectors against attacks by other nations. Moscow-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab has become a leading authority on American computer espionage ...
CIA allegedly sought to hack Apple iPhones from earliest days
CIA researchers have worked for nearly a decade to break the security protecting Apple phones and tablets, investigative news site The Intercept reported Tuesday, citing documents obtained from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. The report cites top-secret U.S. documents that suggest U.S. government researchers had created ...
U.S. charges three in ring that stole 1 billion email addresses
Two Vietnamese citizens and a Canadian have been charged with running a massive cyberfraud ring that stole 1 billion email addresses, then sent spam offering knockoff software products, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Friday. The Justice Department described the hacking spree as "one ...
The Central Intelligence Agency will make one of the biggest overhauls in its nearly 70-year history, aimed in part at sharpening its focus on cyberoperations and incorporating digital innovations, Director John Brennan says. Brennan told reporters he is creating new units within the CIA, called ...
U.S. and private security experts are trying to expel unidentified hackers from the unclassified portion of the U.S. State Department's email system, two officials familiar with the investigation said Thursday. The problem persists three months after the hackers were first discovered because the intruders' techniques ...
NSA chief says Sony attack traced to North Korea after software analysis
The U.S. National Security Agency identified North Korea as the source of the recent cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment after analyzing the software used in the intrusion, NSA Director Adm. Michael Rogers said on Thursday. Speaking at a Canadian security conference, Rogers explained that the ...
Cyberattacks detected in Japan doubled to 25.7 billion in 2014
The number of computer attacks on government and other organizations detected in Japan doubled in 2014 from the previous year to a record 25.66 billion, a government agency said Tuesday. The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology used around 240,000 sensors to detect cyberattacks, ...
President Barack Obama is set to sign an executive order on Friday aimed at encouraging companies to share more information about cybersecurity threats with the government and each other, a response to attacks like that on Sony Entertainment. The order sets the stage for new ...
New cybersecurity strategy to be approved around June, government says
The government plans to draft a new cybersecurity strategy and have it approved by the Cabinet around June. It will also mount attacks on computer networks operated by all government ministries and agencies to assess how secure they are, officials said Tuesday. Cabinet ministers met with ...
President Barack Obama in a phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for "swift work" to narrow the countries' differences over cybersecurity issues, the White House said. The world's two biggest economies have been trying to ease tensions amid mutual accusations of ...
U.S. states probe massive data breach at health insurer Anthem
Several U.S. states are investigating a massive cyberattack on No. 2 U.S. health insurer Anthem Inc. that a person familiar with the matter said is being examined for possible ties to China. Anthem disclosed the attack late Wednesday, saying unknown hackers had penetrated a database ...
Pascal to step down as Sony studio head after hacking upheaval
Amy Pascal will step down as co-chair of Sony Pictures Entertainment after hackers angry about a movie she championed mocking North Korea's dictator exposed a raft of embarrassing emails between Pascal and other Hollywood figures. One of the most powerful women executives in Hollywood, Pascal ...
