site.news_by_theme cyber attack
Monica Lewinsky says she was cyber-bullying Patient Zero
Monica Lewinsky said she was one of the first victims of cyber-bullying, becoming "Patient Zero" after falling in love with Bill Clinton.
21 October 2014
Cost of cyber atacks jumps for US firms: study
Cybercrime costs are escalating for US companies and attacks are becoming more complicated to resolve.
16 October 2014
Cyber crime costing US billions: FBI chief
China is waging an aggressive cyber-war against the United States which costs American business billions of dollars every year.
06 October 2014
Singapore boosts cyber security after hacking incidents
Singapore announced new measures to strengthen cyber security to prevent a recurrence of attacks on government websites.
26 August 2014
Bekmametov's take on cyber bullying premier at Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal
Timur Bekmambetov has presented a horror film Cybernatural that engages with provocative theme of cyber bullying at the Fantasia International Film Festival 2014 in Montreal.
05 August 2014
Kazakhstan in fight against Internet terrorism
To combat internet terrorism Kazakhstan requires intercalibration of the legislation.
31 March 2014
Cyber thieves blamed for Bitcoin heist: researchers
A gang of cyber criminals using an army of infected computers made off with at least $220,000 worth of Bitcoins and other virtual currencies.
25 February 2014
'Anonymous' hack puts Singapore on alert
Activist group Anonymous hacked a Singapore newspaper website Friday and threatened wider cyber attacks over Internet freedom.
01 November 2013
13 members of Anonymous indicted on US hacking charges
Thirteen alleged members of the loosely organized hacker collective known as Anonymous were indicted Thursday in connection with a series of online attacks on US companies and trade groups.
05 October 2013
Researchers warn of 'hit and run' cyber attackers
Security researchers said Wednesday they uncovered a "cyber mercenary" team which specializes in attacks on targets in Japan and South Korea, and warned of more operations of that nature.
27 September 2013
Cyber attacks hit Twitter, New York Times
Twitter and The New York Times were hit with cyber attacks on Tuesday, with credit quickly claimed by a group backing embattled Syrian strongman Bashar Al-Assad.
28 August 2013
Philippine hacker publishes president's 'personal mobile numbers'
A Philippine hacker has posted online what he claimed to be the president's personal mobile telephone numbers, with Benigno Aquino's spokesman Saturday denouncing the act as "cyber vandalism".
15 June 2013
Obama to confront Xi on cyber spying
President Barack Obama will tell Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping that he must deal with cyber spying and hacking of US targets that originate inside his country when they meet for talks this week.
05 June 2013
'Bazooka' attacks slowing Internet: security experts
A "bazooka" cyber attack described as the most powerful ever seen has slowed traffic on the Internet, security experts said Wednesday, raising fresh concerns over online security.
28 March 2013
Microsoft added to hacker hit list
Microsoft joined Facebook and Apple on Friday on the list of US technology titans targeted in recent cyberattacks.
23 February 2013
Hackers hit Apple in wake of Facebook attack
Apple on Tuesday said it suffered a cyber attack similar to the one recently carried out against Facebook, but that it repelled the invaders before its data was plundered.
20 February 2013
Cybersecurity battle looms after Obama directive
President Barack Obama's order aimed at ramping up protection from cyberattacks will address only a small portion of threats and sets up a fresh battle in Congress over legislation.
14 February 2013
Twitter hit by 'sophisticated' cyber attack
Twitter said Friday it was hammered by a "sophisticated" cyber attack similar to those that recently hit major Western news outlets, and that the passwords of about 250,000 users were stolen.
03 February 2013
S. Korea says North behind cyber attack on newspaper
South Korean police on Wednesday said North Korea was behind a cyber-attack that paralysed operations at a major conservative newspaper last year.
16 January 2013
US thinks Iran behind cyberattack in Saudi: ex-official
The United States believes Iran was behind a major cyberattack on Saudi Arabia's state oil company and a Qatari gas firm.
14 October 2012