Ukrainians and Russians have been at the vanguard of hacking for almost as long as the Internet has been around. But now, with the government in Kiev hamstrung by a recession and a pro-Russian insurgency in the country’s industrial heartland, the number of computer attacks is skyrocketing.
European authorities have taken action to take down a cyber espionage campaign believed to be linked to Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard, the first operation of its kind since Tehran signed a nuclear treaty, according to security researchers. The hacker group -- dubbed "Rocket Kitten" by security experts who have been hunting the hacker group since early 2014 -- has mounted cyberattacks on high-profile political and military figures globally since that time, according to researchers from several cyber security firms who have monitored its activities.
Cox Communications Inc. is being fined by the The Federal Communications Commission over a data breach that affected customers, including a well-known Internet security expert. The Federal Communications Commission’s Enforcement Bureau says the fine is the FCC's first privacy and data security enforcement action with a cable operator.
Hackers who breached the AOL email account of CIA Director John Brennan have not only evaded arrest, but now are suspected of another embarrassing set of intrusions, including accessing a sensitive FBI-run law enforcement portal and a private email account of the FBI's No. 2 official. The hackers, who call themselves Crackas With Attitude, posted personal data of law enforcement officials that appears to have been stolen from the Law Enforcement Enterprise Portal.
Complaining about the co-op or condominium board is practically a blood sport in New York, an unfortunate side effect of living under the rule of elected volunteers. Usually, disputes go no further than a heated exchange at the annual meeting. Much like a family feud, the dirty laundry is rarely aired in public. But thanks to the Internet, that is changing.
Websites will not be forced to honor consumers' "Do Not Track" requests as the Federal Communications Commission dismissed a petition that would have imposed new requirements on companies like Google and Facebook. Consumer Watchdog had petitioned the FCC to "initiate a rulemaking proceeding requiring 'edge providers' (like Google, Facebook, YouTube, Pandora, Netflix, and LinkedIn) to honor 'Do Not Track' Requests from consumers."
Students in Cañon City, Colo., could face criminal charges after an investigation found they were trading hundreds of nude pictures of themselves and other teenagers on their phones using special apps to keep the images secret, the schools superintendent said. Officials at Cañon City High School determined that students had been circulating between 300 and 400 illicit photos involving at least 100 students, said George Welsh, the superintendent of the Cañon City School District.
A group of schools and community groups has won an 11th-hour order preventing Sprint from shutting down its older WiMax network as it had planned to do. Massachusetts superior court judge Janet Sanders granted a temporary halt, saying that the groups had demonstrated a likelihood of success in proving their case that Sprint and its Clearwire unit were violating their contracts with the shutdown.
Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard military force hacked email and social-media accounts of Obama administration officials in recent weeks in attacks believed to be tied to the arrest in Tehran of an Iranian-American businessman, U.S. officials said. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, has routinely conducted cyberwarfare against American government agencies for years. But the U.S. officials said there has been a surge in such attacks coinciding with the arrest last month of Siamak Namazi, an energy industry executive and business consultant who has pushed for stronger U.S.-Iranian economic and diplomatic ties.
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Harvard, and Carnegie-Mellon universities studied 110 apps available on Google Play and the Apple App Store. They found 73% of the Android apps shared users' email addresses, and 47% of the iOS apps shared location data.
Foreign business lobbies have asked China to substantially revise proposed cyber security regulations for the insurance industry, signaling a dispute that started with the publication of similar bank technology rules earlier this year may widen. The draft regulations, announced by the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) last month, state that insurance companies, along with their holding companies and asset managers, should prioritize the purchase of "secure and controllable" products, including domestic encryption technologies and local hardware and software.
The Senate Commerce Committee is inching closer to passing legislation to limit gag clauses that can discourage customers from posting negative online reviews on sites such as Yelp, Angie's List and TripAdvisor. The Consumer Review Freedom Act is slated for a markup in the next couple weeks, but it will receive a few tweaks before the committee vote.
European Union regulators are keeping their options open as to whether to sanction Google for abusing its market power or settle the long-running case with the company, Europe's chief competition regulator said. The comments by European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager came as her officials reviewed Google's response to EU charges laid out in April and waited for feedback from more than a dozen complainants.
The internet activity of everyone in Britain will have to be stored for a year by service providers, under new surveillance law plans. Police and intelligence officers will be able to see the names of sites people have visited without a warrant, Home Secretary Theresa May said
The maker of Polaroid cameras is suing wearable-camera maker GoPro Inc. for allegedly infringing on its patent for cube-shaped cameras, a dispute between old and new in the industry that poses another problem for GoPro’s latest product. C&A Marketing Inc., the exclusive maker of Polaroid-branded cameras, filed a patent lawsuit against GoPro on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Newark, N.J.
British police have made a fourth arrest in connection with a cyber attack on telecoms company TalkTalk in which the company said bank details of more than 20,000 customers were hacked. A 16-year-old boy from Norwich in eastern England was in custody and his address was being searched, London police said in a statement.
The Motion Picture Association of America is hailing a success in the ongoing fight against piracy with word that the trade association has won the shutdown of the "official" Popcorn Time fork as well as torrent outfit YTS. In an announcement, the MPAA says that Popcorntime.io closed after a court order in Canada.
The Federal Communications Commission plans to fine Hilton Worldwide Holdings $25,000 for obstructing its investigation into whether the hotel operator blocked Wi-Fi hotspots being used by customers. In an order, the FCC said Hilton must provide information and documents to assist the investigation or it could face a "significantly higher fine."
Google owner Alphabet Inc. accused European Union regulators of making an unexplained about-face in their decision to file antitrust charges against the U.S. search giant, and warned that there was “no basis” for imposing fines, according to a redacted copy of Google’s response seen by The Wall Street Journal. The response, which runs to almost 130 pages and leans heavily on legal opinions and case law, suggests that Google is gearing up for a protracted legal battle against the charges brought by the European Commission.
Jawbone — which makes fitness trackers, speakers and Bluetooth headsets — has filed a counterclaim against Fitbit in a patent infringement case brought by the latter company against its rival in September. In the countersuit — embedded below along with Fitbit’s patent suit — Jawbone denies all Fitbit’s infringement allegations and calls the suit a “frivolous” misuse of Fitbit patents.
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