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Attorneys General challenge Google's privacy policy

In Cloud - By Liam Tung, 24 February 2012 12:12 AM

Regulators pile-up on Google privacy policy.

80k Subway customers fleeced in credit card hack

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 12 December 2011 10:35 AM

Payment terminals had guessable passwords.

Facebook faces 20 years of privacy audits

In Networks - By Liam Tung, 1 December 2011 1:23 PM

Zuckerburg defends Facebook's track record.

Student faces US copyright extradition

In Hackers - By Liam Tung, 20 June 2011 2:37 PM

Granted bail, banned from web.

UK and US ponder cyber attack retaliation

In Hackers - By Liam Tung, 1 June 2011 3:35 PM

Pentagon toys with offline response.

Cyber tsar nods US security overhaul

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 14 May 2011 1:29 PM

The White House on Thursday unveiled sweeping cybersecurity legislative recommendations to Congress.

Calls for more US breach reporting

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 13 May 2011 7:03 AM

But new guidance might just build paperwork, not security.

US research warns against 'inflating' cyberthreats

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 2 May 2011 10:00 AM

If the policy discussion around digital risks continues on its current course, the US government may make some unwise decisions, according to a new academic research paper.

TJX hacker Gonzalez asks for withdrawl of guilty plea

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 12 April 2011 10:47 AM

"I was a Secret Service informant," says infamous hacker Albert Gonzalez.

Telstra blames US router issue for degraded internet

In Web/client - By Ry Crozier, 7 April 2011 11:25 AM

Browsing problems for some Telstra users.

Report: US, Israel tested Stuxnet

In Applications - By Liam Tung, 17 January 2011 9:24 AM

Further light shone on development of the cyber attack.

US man banned from web businesses

In Hackers - By Liam Tung, 14 January 2011 1:03 PM

Targeted former customers.

US to follow Bahrain with online ID scheme?

In Risk - By Stewart Mitchell, 11 January 2011 12:52 PM

Could beat ID fraud, politicians claim.

US government breaks ground on US$1.2bn cybersecurity facility

In Risk - By Angela Moscaritolo, 10 January 2011 11:45 AM

Largest defence project in US.

US authorities zeroing in on Vietnamese-based fraud ring

In Web/client - By Angela Moscaritolo, 5 January 2011 1:42 PM

Operation eMule kicks into gear.

Audit finds U.S. nuclear supercomputers lack failover

In Risk - By Liam Tung, 13 December 2010 2:39 PM

US$1.7 billion in compute power untested.

US FTC moves on "Do Not Track" register

In Risk - By Liam Tung, 2 December 2010 5:00 PM

Privacy cookies for progress.

WikiLeaks war logs off Amazon's US EC2

In Web/client - By Liam Tung, 28 October 2010 9:27 AM

Hounded out of US?

US tops botnet charts

In Hackers - By Eric Doyle, 20 October 2010 2:35 PM

18.6% of spam.

US jails Chinese crypto smuggler

In Hackers - By Liam Tung, 17 September 2010 9:05 AM

Defence goodies in bag.

US hospital appeals $270k breach fine

In Risk - By Liam Tung, 13 September 2010 9:11 AM

Too slow.

Flash drive exposed US war plans

In Networks - By Liam Tung, 26 August 2010 9:19 AM

Old thumb drive trick.

US extradites alleged Russian hacker

In Hackers - By Liam Tung, 9 August 2010 3:07 PM

US$9 million gone in 12 hours.

US seeks Google Street View engineers over WiFi data scandal

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 23 July 2010 2:08 PM

Wants to know how snooping code was allowed through.

Redundancy key to net-centric Defence

In Web/client - By Liz Tay, 29 April 2010 8:56 AM

Lessons from academia and enterprise IT.

US government drops demands for Yahoo email details

In Risk - 20 April 2010 12:30 PM

Electronic Frontier Foundation announces victory in privacy case.

School laptop spying case inspires new law

In Risk - By Iain Thomson, 19 April 2010 9:09 AM

Court filings show thousands of images taken of students.

Wikileaks cracks encryption on journalist murder video

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 9 April 2010 11:41 AM

Video said to show US military helicopter killing Reuters journalist in Iraq.

US student loans guarantor loses data of 3.3m people

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 31 March 2010 2:16 PM

Data containing names, addresses, Social Security numbers and dates of birth stolen.

US military plan to destroy Wikileaks leaked

In Web/client - By Iain Thomson, 17 March 2010 10:00 AM

Bush administration planned to discredit leak site.

Iran accuses US of cyber warfare

In Hackers - 16 March 2010 10:29 AM

Authorities claim to have uncovered an important anti-Islamic Republicnetwork.

Google in discussions with Chinese government

In Web/client - By Phil Muncaster, 12 March 2010 10:23 AM

Eric Schmidt reported as saying he expects movement 'soon' over the dispute.

Cyberwar test shows US vulnerable to attack

In Risk - By Iain Thomson, 18 February 2010 4:19 PM

Test highlights vulnerability of national networks.

Massive cyber attack against US due on Tuesday

In Risk - By Iain Thomson, 12 February 2010 12:45 PM

Cyber Shockwave set to strike.

US branded dirtiest web hosting nation

In Web/client - By Phil Muncaster, 4 February 2010 11:46 AM

Sophos report warns that US hosters need to clean up their act.

China responds to Clinton allegations

In Risk - 25 January 2010 10:01 AM

China does not restrict internet freedom, apparently.

Full body airport scanners 'can store images'

In Risk - By Rosalie Marshall, 13 January 2010 9:41 AM

Privacy group exposes flaw in plans.

US Congress to undergo cybersecurity overhaul

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 17 December 2009 11:40 AM

Training and malware scans on the agenda.

Malware hidden in English language text

In Applications - By Robert Blincoe, 1 December 2009 9:59 AM

How hackers could evade antivirus protection.

US government data trawling exposed

In Risk - By Iain Thomson, 12 November 2009 12:07 PM

Indymedia case shows embarrassing levels of snooping.

FBI takes down US/Egyptian phishing ring

In Hackers - By Iain Thomson, 8 October 2009 10:42 AM

Gang transferred cash to bogus accounts.

Lost hard drive could affect 70 million military veterans

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 6 October 2009 12:06 PM

Lost data possibly worth billions.

Men indicted for largest data theft in US history

In Hackers - By Iain Thomson, 18 August 2009 9:56 AM

More than 130 million credit and debit cards stolen.

eCrime Symposium: Live coverage

In Risk - By Nate Cochrane, 4 August 2009 11:37 AM

Editor-in-chief Nate Cochrane tweets live from the eCrime Symposium.

Mass attacks on government and financial sites continue

In Hackers - By Chuck Miller, 9 July 2009 11:22 AM

Researchers remain unsure of the source of an ongoing distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that is affecting a number of US and South Korean government websites, along ...

US government weighs in on Chinese filtering row

In Web/client - By Shaun Nichols, 25 June 2009 2:05 PM

The United States government is pressing China to reconsider its mandate on web filtering software.

McKinnon makes final plea against US extradition

In Hackers - By Rosalie Marshall, 10 June 2009 10:56 AM

British hacker Gary McKinnon is making a final attempt to prevent his extradition to the US to be tried for computer fraud against the US government.

Hackers hit US Army websites

In Hackers - By Chuck Miller, 2 June 2009 12:10 PM

A group of computer hackers based in Turkey breached the sites of two U.S. Army facilities, leveraging SQL injection attacks.

Obama unveils US cybersecurity plan

In Risk - By Shaun Nichols, 1 June 2009 1:08 PM

President Barack Obama has outlined his plan to enhance cyber security protections in the US.

AusCERT09: US Military inspects student laptops for security threats

In Risk - By Nate Cochrane, 18 May 2009 2:56 PM

If you have a problem with your staff or students installing unauthorised applications, or your network is groaning under malware, Colonel Joe Adams from the United States ...

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