The Senate Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee holds a hearing on cyber threats this morning.
It's predicted that cyberspace will become the world's next major battlefield. Major U.S. banks have been recent targets from foreign governments like Iran. Russia and China have also been suspected. Specialists from the FBI and... more »
AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) - The Air Force Academy has won the Rocky Mountain Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition. The contest was held Friday and Saturday in Denver. The academy team advances to the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition in San Antonio next month. In the Rocky Mountain regional competition,... more »
WASHINGTON (AP) - Teens and young adults say they're seeing more harassment and bullying online these days. Fifty-six percent tell an Associated Press-MTV poll that they've been the target of mean behavior, false gossip or tricks on social networking sites or in text messages.
And most of those say... more »
DENVER (AP) - A judge says a Colorado man charged with helping stage a cyberattack on PayPal can be released on bail if he doesn't use the Internet.
Twenty-seven-year-old Vincent Charles Kershaw of Fort Collins appeared in Denver federal court Wednesday on two counts involving damage to a protected... more »
NEW YORK (AP) - After a weekend of strong online sales, retail websites are rolling out the gimmicks on " Cyber Monday " to draw buyers.
The sales promotions on the Monday after Thanksgiving got their name from a retail trade group, which promoted the idea that people, upon... more »
The Pentagon says a foreign spy agency pulled off the most serious breach of Defense Department computer networks ever by inserting a flash drive into a U.S. military laptop.
The previously classified incident took place in 2008 in the Middle East. It was disclosed in a magazine article by... more »
The U.S. is warning about the Chinese military's use of civilian computer experts in clandestine cyber attacks repeatedly aimed at American companies and government agencies.
The Pentagon says the People's Liberation Army is using "information warfare units" to develop viruses to attack enemy computer systems and networks. Those units... more »
The Washington Post is reporting that Google has teamed up with the National Security Agency to halt cyber-attacks.
While the agreement is still be finalized, Google is seeking help analyzing an espionage attack that the firm says originated in China. The series of incursions targeted Google's source code -... more »