CYBER WARS - INDO DAILY

Apr 10, 2012 (AFP)

Three of China's top Internet portals have pledged to work with the government to banish online rumours, as jittery authorities crack down on the web following ...

Apple out to kill widespread Macintosh virus

Apr 10, 2012 (AFP)

Apple on Tuesday said it is crafting a weapon to vanquish a Flashback virus from Macintosh computers and working to disrupt the command network being used by ha...

Anonymous leaks emails hacked from Tunisia's leaders

Apr 08, 2012 (AFP)

Activists claiming affiliation with the hacking group Anonymous published about 2,700 emails Sunday purportedly between Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali an...

British interior ministry probes website attack

Apr 07, 2012 (AFP)

Britain's Home Office interior ministry said Saturday it was investigating reports that hacking group Anonymous had attacked its website over the government's p...

Anonymous says it will hack more Chinese sites

Apr 06, 2012 (AFP)

The hacking group Anonymous said Friday it would continue targeting China, after announcing it had hacked hundreds of Chinese websites to protest against Intern...

Al-Qaeda sites go silent in possible cyber attack

Apr 03, 2012 (AFP)

Al-Qaeda's main Internet sites have gone silent for more than a week in an unprecedented blackout that is most likely the result of a cyber attack, analysts sai...

Cyber-defence slow due to generation gap: US official

Apr 02, 2012 (AFP)

Sluggish moves to counter the rising threat of cyber-attacks can be blamed on a generation of policymakers out of touch with rapid technological change, a senio...

Security firm links cyber spy campaign to Chinese hacker

Mar 30, 2012 (AFP)

Tokyo-based computer security firm Trend Micro on Friday said it linked a hacker in China to a "cyber espionage" campaign targeting India, Japan, and Tibetans. ...

China hits out at Australia after Huawei ban

Mar 28, 2012 (AFP)

Beijing criticised Canberra Wednesday for "obstructing" the operations of Chinese firms in Australia after telecoms giant Huawei was banned from bidding for a b...

Official: FBI losing war on hackers

Mar 28, 2012 (UPI)

America is losing the war against hackers, an executive assistant director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation says. Shawn Henry, who is getting ready to lea...

Lulz Security reborn with military dating site hack

Mar 27, 2012 (AFP)

A Lulz Security hacker group that bade farewell to the world last year appeared to make a comeback on Tuesday with a trove of data looted from a dating website ...

China's Huawei hits back at Australian cyber fears

Mar 27, 2012 (AFP)

Chinese telecoms giant Huawei on Tuesday hit back at claims it was a security risk following its barring from Australia's broadband rollout, with one director l...

Hacker 'command' servers seized in US: Microsoft

Mar 26, 2012 (AFP)

Microsoft on Monday said that cyber crime "command" servers in two US states were seized in an ongoing campaign to sever online crooks from infected computers u...

China bloggers skirt censors with noodles, Teletubbies

Mar 23, 2012 (AFP)

Chinese web users frustrated by the blocking of sensitive terms have come up with a system of bizarre code words to allow them to post on a political saga that ...

Hong Kong 'mock vote' under cyber attack: university

Mar 23, 2012 (AFP)

A university website offering ordinary Hong Kongers a chance to vote for their next leader ahead of Sunday's election is under "systematic attack" from hackers,...

'Hacktivists' biggest data thieves in 2011: Verizon

Mar 22, 2012 (AFP)

Activists with hacker skills were behind more than half the data stolen in cyber attacks last year, according to findings released on Thursday by Verizon Commun...

Online rumour fills information void in jittery China

Mar 22, 2012 (AFP)

Groundless rumours of a coup that have swept Beijing in recent days are a sign of nervousness after the sacking of political star Bo Xilai exposed rifts in Chin...

Northrop Grumman to Provide Cybersecurity Solutions to US Navy Information Operations

Mar 21, 2012 (SPX)

Northrop Grumman has been selected to provide cybersecurity professional, technical and analytical support to a variety of U.S. Navy Information Operations orga...

To combat identity theft, protect computer

Mar 21, 2012 (SPX)

Having a triple-threat combination of protective software on your computer greatly reduces your chances of identity theft, according to a study led by a Michiga...

Multilayer ID theft protection urged

Mar 19, 2012 (UPI)

U.S. researchers say computer users who want to protect against identity theft should use a triple layer of software protection. Computer users running all thre...