Google detects phishing attacks in Iran ahead of elections
Google has detected large-scale phishing attacks targeting users in Iran, ahead of presidential elections in the country.
John Ribeiro | 13 Jun | Read more
Google has detected large-scale phishing attacks targeting users in Iran, ahead of presidential elections in the country.
John Ribeiro | 13 Jun | Read more
Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft have joined Google in asking for greater transparency in surveillance requests, following widespread criticism of the U.S. government's surveillance programs and the role of the Internet companies.
John Ribeiro | 12 Jun | Read more
The U.S. government said late Thursday that it is authorized to collect intelligence information of non-U.S. persons located outside the country, in the wake of news reports on the government's surveillance programs.
John Ribeiro | 07 Jun | Read more
The U.S. National Security Agency has been allowed by a court order to collect phone records of a large number of customers of Verizon, according to a report in the Guardian on Thursday.
John Ribeiro | 06 Jun | Read more
Law enforcement agencies in the U.S., Vietnam and the U.K. have disbanded a ring that allegedly sold online credit card details since 2007.
John Ribeiro | 06 Jun | Read more
Microsoft and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation have taken aim at a botnet network based on malware called Citadel that is held responsible for stealing people's online banking information and personal identities.
John Ribeiro | 06 Jun | Read more
Drupal.org has reset account passwords after it found unauthorized access to information on its servers.
John Ribeiro | 30 May | Read more
The U.S. government is in negotiations with SoftBank for greater control over equipment purchases by Sprint Nextel and the selection of one of the Japanese company's nominee to the U.S. carrier's board, according to a news report.
John Ribeiro | 23 May | Read more
A bill proposed in the U.S. Senate aims to block imports of products containing U.S. technology stolen online, a move that appears primarily directed at China.
John Ribeiro | 08 May | Read more
Smartphones with custom versions of Android offered by large mobile operators in the U.S. are not getting security updates as regularly as phones from Google, or smartphones from other vendors like Microsoft, according to a complaint by the American Civil Liberties Union to the Federal Trade Commission.
John Ribeiro | 17 Apr | Read more
The White House has threatened to veto the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) in its present form, citing concerns that the bill does not adequately prevent sharing of irrelevant personal information.
John Ribeiro | 17 Apr | Read more
Walmart's video service Vudu has reset its customers' passwords after it found that hard drives were among items stolen from its office.
John Ribeiro | 10 Apr | Read more
Australian police have charged an unidentified juvenile, who is suspected to be a member of the hacker group Anonymous, on a number of counts related to unauthorized access to computer data.
John Ribeiro | 05 Apr | Read more
Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox faced a distributed denial-of-service attack late Thursday, at a time the digital currency is seeing an upward swing.
John Ribeiro | 29 Mar | Read more
A man in Wisconsin has been charged with participation in a distributed denial-of-service attack in February, 2011 against Koch Industries by hacker group Anonymous .
John Ribeiro | 28 Mar | Read more