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The Anonymous flyer for the hack attack that took down Government websites. Source: news.com.au Hackers take down Government websites Protesting claims of new porn censorship Same group behind Scientology protests COMPUTER hackers disabled several Australian government websites today in coordinated attacks protesting against a planned internet ...

THE Chinese government did not get involved in nor support cyber attacks, a senior Cabinet official said yesterday.

In this Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010 photo, Chris Tarnovsky poses for photos after speaking at the Black Hat Briefings in Arlington, Va.

LAHORE: The CIA police here on Monday claimed to have foiled an attack on Americans staying at a five-star hotel and arrested six terrorists, including a suicide bomber.

The computerized critical infrastructure of the US is "severely threatened" by malicious cyberattacks now occurring on an "unprecedented scale with extraordinary sophistication." That's the headline Dennis Blair, director of national intelligence, offered the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence last week.

KUALA LUMPUR: Cyber attack in Malaysia is still under control, due to government efforts in ensuring a safe electronic environment in the country, said CyberSecurity Malaysia's Chief Executive Officer Husin Jazri.

Security software developer Veracode Inc. has raised $12.3 million in venture capital.

Police in central China have shut down a hacker training operation that openly recruited thousands of members online and provided them with cyberattack lessons and malicious software, state media said Monday.

Deep inside millions of computers is a digital Fort Knox, a special chip with the locks to highly guarded secrets, including classified government reports and confidential business plans.

Tech-security companies are poised to become Wall Street darlings this year, thanks in part to Google 's tiff with China.

The Director of National Intelligence, Dennis Blair, has warned that the US could face a crippling cyber attack, as cyber threats grow in scope and sophistication.e said the computerized critical infrastructure of the US is severely threatened by malicious cyber attacks now occurring on an unprecedented scale with extraordinary sophistication.

Verint Systems Inc. today announced the acquisition of Iontas, a privately-held provider of desktop analytics solutions.

More than 300 Web sites are being pestered by infected computers that are part of the Pushdo botnet, according to security researchers.

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois, is seeking information from 30 technology companies in advance of a hearing he is planning on their human rights practices in China.

Chances are you or someone you know is on a social network, so if you think from the perspective of a cyber criminal sites like Facebook or Twitter are a goldmine of personal information and connections.

Identity theft continues to be a serious problem nationwide, and according to the nonprofit Identity Theft Resource Center, the economic recession may be a cause in the rise in scams, thievery and hacking.

A security researcher is accusing Verisign Inc. of not acting fast enough to take down several dozen sites that he says are known to be spewing malware.

The Washington, D.C.-based Electronic Privacy Information Center has filed a legal request for information on Google Inc.'s reported plans to team with the National Security Agency in analyzing a recent cyber-attack originating in China.

Cyber crooks are rigging the Internet with booby-trapped blog commentary, chat rooms, email messages and websites, according to a Websense report released Thursday.

Industry watchers report that while an economic recovery won't guarantee that IT jobs return to pre-recession levels, increased interest in emerging and existing technologies will drive internal training and external hiring decisions IT professionals looking to find new employment or upgrade their current positions should investigate job ...