“A malware attack dressed up as an e-mail from organizers of the upcoming Shanghai World Expo targeted at least three foreign journalists in China, in the latest sign of increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks from the country.
The …

“Cyber criminals are focusing on developing expertise in one specific skill–such as coding, hacking or moving money–rather than being generalists as they collaborate with colleagues to carry out computer exploits, a senior FBI cybersecurity official …

“Foreign countries that fail to crack down on cyber criminals operating within their borders could face a host of new economic penalties if a Senate bill introduced Tuesday becomes law.
That legislation, authored by Sens. Orrin …

“Russian authorities have nabbed a man allegedly responsible for masterminding a coordinated global ATM heist that stole $9.5 million from Atlanta-based card processing company RBS WorldPay.
Viktor Pleshchuk, 28, of St. Petersburg, was arrested by the …

“The hacked sites were operated by the PMO and the incident is considered to be a serious security lapse.
‘We have initially detected an Indian IP address
that belongs to Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL), one of …

“A bipartisan bill, unveiled yesterday in the US Senate, proposes closer links between US intelligence agencies and private sector companies active in areas of ‘critical infrastructure’. Drafted and proposed by Republican senator Olympia Snowe and …

“European governments are not doing enough to improve online security – leaving the entire continent vulnerable to cyberattack, according to a new parliamentary investigation.
A report from the House of Lords suggests that officials in Brussels …

“US losses to online crime almost doubled during 2009, reveals a report.
Losses totalled $560m (£371m) in 2009, up from $265m (£176m) in 2008, showed the annual report by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3).
Complaints about …

“A former Transportation Security Administration contractor is being charged in Colorado for allegedly injecting malicious code into a government network used for screening airport security workers and others.
The malicious code, a logic bomb installed last …

“As economic espionage and hacking become growing threats to the West, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service is stepping up efforts to persuade businesses to safeguard secrets deemed vital to national interests.
CSIS’s corporate-outreach program, which started …