Say, couldn’t hackers take advantage of mandated invulnerabilities?
House Intel chair: Hackers are coming to get you
‘Banks, financial institutions, newspapers, trade associations, major international businesses, no one is immune’
Cyberattacks a growing irritant in US-China ties
Washington’s sudden focus on Chinese hacking comes after rising complaints from U.S. businesses about theft of trade secrets.
Is your webcam spying on you?
Judge says not to FBI’s newest surveillance idea: hacking into personal computers
CISPA passes House despite privacy concerns
Bill allows private sector information to be voluntarily shared with the federal government
Electronic sharing bill CISPA would violate rule of law, critics argue
Bill would allow companies to break contracts, share info with government
White House threatens to veto cyber bill
Bill’s sponsors insist it is ‘not a surveillance bill’
FAA strongly denies alleged smartphone airplane hack can work
‘The described technique cannot engage or control the aircraft’s autopilot system’
Airplanes can be hijacked using an Android smartphone
Security consultant Hugo Teso shows that a hijacker could take over an aircraft’s flight controls
House committee advancing pro-business cyber bill
Last year, a similar measure never gained traction and eventually prompted a White House veto threat.
SKorea says NKorea behind computer crash in March
Investigators detected similarities between the March cyberattack and past hacking attributed to the North Korean spy agency
LulzSec hacker pleads guilty to cyberattacks
Ryan Ackroyd admitted one count of carrying out an unauthorized act to impair the operation of a computer.
Activists launch week of protest against anti-hacking law
Digital libertarians say feds’ 1984 law could put innocent people in jail
Hackers target Israeli sites
The global hacker group promised a mass assault to protest Israeli policy toward the Palestinians.
Dutch Web hosting site knocked offline after major DDoS attack on UK company
The attacks illustrate a larger problem with the vulnerability of systems fundamental to the Internet
GSA security hole exposes thousands of Social Security numbers
Vendors considered most vulnerable for identity theft
LA Times hack: Security breach or harmless prank?
Fervent online supporters of Matthew Keys say the journalist was just taking part in an online prank that briefly altered the Los Angeles Times’ website
Private financial info for Michelle Obama, Jay-Z, Hilary Clinton, Beyonce exposed
Evernote hacked: 50 million passwords reset
Evernote said the attack, which it described as “sophisticated,” was able to compromise an unspecified number of customers’ encrypted passwords
