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SAN FRANCISCO - Mobile security startup Lookout is turning smartphones and tablets against gadget thieves with a new feature that -- when possible --...
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Cybercrime
We all know they’re watching us. But we don’t know who they are, nor why nor how they are doing it.
Cybercrime
Thalha Jubair and Owen Flowers were prosecuted over a 2024 cyberattack targeting Transport for London (TfL).
Cybercrime
Prosecutors say 19-year-old Peter Stokes was a member of Scattered Spider, the hacking group linked to more than 100 network intrusions and over $100...
Cybercrime
NetNut rented access to millions of compromised devices, allowing cybercriminals and nation-state actors to mask their identities during attacks.
Tracking & Law Enforcement
WASHINGTON - US fugitive intelligence leaker Edward Snowden "trained as a spy" and worked "undercover overseas" for intelligence agencies, he told NBC News in...
Cybercrime
US Hacker-FBI Informant Walks FreeNEW YORK - A hacker who directed hundreds of cyber attacks on corporations and foreign governments before turning FBI informant...
Privacy
WASHINGTON - The US House of Representatives passed landmark reforms Thursday curbing bulk collection of Americans' telephone records, the first step toward restricting intelligence-gathering...
Cybercrime
Newly appointed U.S. Attorney David Hickton convinced a Western Pennsylvania grand jury that "five officers in Unit 61398 of the Third Department of the...
Cybersecurity Funding
Silent Circle, a startup providing private encrypted communications solutions, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $30 million in funding in a round led...
Cybercrime
NEW YORK - Microsoft said Tuesday it would maintain efforts to gain approval in China for its Windows 8 operating system after a ban...
Cybercrime
PRETORIA - South African police said Wednesday they have smashed an international cybercrime network operating out of Pretoria which led to 20 arrests in...
Tracking & Law Enforcement
WASHINGTON - In choosing a major escalation with China over cyber-espionage, the United States has laid bare its frustrations after years of hoping the...
Cyberwarfare
BEIJING - Beijing summoned the US ambassador and accused Washington of double standards Tuesday as a diplomatic row escalated over the unprecedented indictment of...
Cybercrime
BEIJING - China summoned US ambassador Max Baucus over Washington's indictment of five Chinese military officers it says were involved in cyber-espionage, state media...
Cybercrime
THE HAGUE - Police have arrested around 100 people in global raids against notorious malware being sold complete with "ransom notes" to extort money...
Email Security
WASHINGTON - A new push to encrypt email, keeping messages free from government snooping, is gaining momentum. One new email service promising "end-to-end" encryption...
Tracking & Law Enforcement
ISLAMABAD - Hackers attacked the website of police in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi late on Thursday but no sensitive data has been compromised,...
Privacy
WASHINGTON - Journalist Glenn Greenwald said Wednesday his book describing the sequence of events around Edward Snowden's release of classified documents demonstrates the fugitive...
Privacy
LOS ANGELES - Sony Pictures Entertainment has acquired the rights to the new book by journalist Glenn Greenwald about fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward...
Cybercrime
Authorities in Belgium and the Netherlands have arrested 12 individuals for their alleged involvement in a major “vishing” (voice phishing) operation, Europol announced Tuesday.
Privacy
WASHINGTON - US lawmakers Thursday advanced a measure that reins in NSA surveillance Thursday, signaling final passage of reforms aimed at ending bulk data...
Tracking & Law Enforcement
SAN FRANCISCO - US regulators on Thursday announced a deal with Snapchat to settle a charge that the Internet firm misled users into believing...
Management & Strategy
SYDNEY - Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden is being manipulated by Russian authorities, the former director of the US National Security Agency reportedly...
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