The EU Civil Liberties Committee has backed a draft law that would update existing EU legislation on cyber attacks which would see any cyber attack on any IT system treated as a criminal offense punishable by at least two years in prison. Tags: EULaw and OrderHackers

Shawn Henry, who is preparing to leave the FBI after more than two decades with the bureau, said in an interview that the current public and private approach to fending off hackers is "unsustainable.'' Computer criminals are simply too talented and defensive measures too weak to stop them, he said. Tags: HackersFBIIndustry ...

Hackers have broken into the database for a military dating website and stolen passwords, e-mail addresses, and other information from nearly 171,000 accounts, according to a posting on Pastebin this weekend. The leaked data includes in email addresses from us.army.mil, navy.mil and microsoft.com domains, but what is interesting to note is ...

Kaspersky Lab researchers have found a criminal gang playing cat and mouse with Google by releasing several variations of its malware laden Chrome extensions, hosting them on the official Google Web store. The malware pretends to be a Flash Player installer but instead downloads a trojan which writes messages a victim's ...

Wikileaks has issued a formal invitation to Malaysian Prime Minister, Najib Razak to discuss the future of Malaysia together with leader of the opposition party, Pakatan Rakyat, in a debate session which would be moderated by Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange. Tags: wikileaksMalaysiaIndustry News

I’m Adrian Stone, and I am the Director of the BlackBerry Security Incident Response Team (BBSIRT) here at Research In Motion. The BBSIRT is responsible for responding to potential security issues and investigating vulnerability claims that may impact RIM’s products. Security is a priority for our customers, and that’s why ...

Nine months ago, Pwned List was created to answer a simple question for users: Is your account among the millions whose credentials have been spilled onto the web? Head over to PwnedList.com, type in your email address or username, and the site will check it against a database that has now grown to ...

Nine months ago, Pwned List was created to answer a simple question for users: Is your account among the millions whose credentials have been spilled onto the web? Head over to PwnedList.com, type in your email address or username, and the site will check it against a database that has now grown to ...

The development of online privacy protections is at the critical moment as policymakers in both the US and the European Union push for changes to their own privacy rules. The US and EU have always had very different approaches to privacy enforcement, with the US focused more on enforcing privacy promises ...

The development of online privacy protections is at the critical moment as policymakers in both the US and the European Union push for changes to their own privacy rules. The US and EU have always had very different approaches to privacy enforcement, with the US focused more on enforcing privacy promises ...