“In the wake of a rash of hacks on computers owned by small businesses, the FBI and the American Banking Association have issued an alert advising businesses to use only a dedicated PC for online …

“The FBI is investigating a hacker attack on Citigroup Inc. that led to the theft of tens of millions of dollars, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
Citing anonymous government officials, the Journal reported that the …

“The decision to appoint Howard A. Schmidt, an industry executive with government experience who served as a cybersecurity adviser in the Bush administration and who also has a military and law enforcement background, is seen …

“Italian police Friday arrested an alleged hacker with links to organized crime in the Naples area who is accused of defrauding banks and mobile phone operators out of several million dollars.
Fabrizio Iannelli, 33, was arrested …

“Twitter was the target of a cyberattack Thursday that disrupted its microblogging service for many users, especially those accessing it directly through the company’s Web site.
The service appeared to be functioning normally on Friday morning.
In …

“Hackers broke into an online database hosted at RockYou.com and illegally accessed the usernames and passwords for more than 30 million users of Facebook, MySpace, Friendster and Orkut. The hacker may also have accessed usernames …

“The vulnerability is critical, potentially allowing remote code execution, and affects all versions of Acrobat and Reader on all platforms. Adobe has not yet scheduled a patch for the vulnerability, which is being exploited in …

“Hackers may have had access to personal information for about 600 UCSF patients as a result of an Internet ‘phishing’ scam, campus officials said Tuesday.
The security breach occurred in September when a faculty physician in …

“The past 12 months have been a banner year for cyber crime. And that could be bad news for the future of e-commerce.
‘At current trends, in three or four years people will start to think …

“American and Russian officials have different interpretations of the talks so far, but the mere fact that the United States is participating represents a significant policy shift after years of rejecting Russia’s overtures. Officials familiar …