Cyber Security

With the hacks into the Ukraine power grid, and the latest cyber attack on Israel’s Electric Authority, attention has returned anew to the vulnerabilities of the U.S. power grid.

For a business that depends on secrecy, maintaining confidentiality should have been a core competency. It apparently wasn’t.

According to the IRS, the cyber thieves who stole tax return information from 100,000 Americans may have used social media to get in the door. Are you 'over-exposed' online?

In the wake of hacks at companies like Sony and Home Depot, businesses have been ramping up efforts to combat cybercrime. Uber announced Thursday that it has hired its first Chief Security Officer and the White House issued an executive order aimed at foreign hackers.

Last year saw a 58% rise in the number of global technology transactions from 2013, the most in over five years, according to a new report from CB Insights that identifies 2,886 tech deals, with 79 IPOs and 2,809 M&A transactions taking place.

Sony Pictures said it will make the comedy movie, "The Interview," available for rental and purchase online on Wednesday on Google's YouTube site, Google Play, Microsoft Xbox Video and on its own dedicated website.

Both eBay and Facebook were experiencing technical difficulties on Wednesday, but the source of the outages was unclear.

White Box or Trojan Horse? Cyber evildoers are tapping traditional spying tools to take control of your system.

AOL launched an investigation into a “security incident” involving unauthorized customer and employee data access – including encrypted passwords.

Network equipment makers are warning customers that a bug found in a widely-used Internet encryption tool also affects some of their products.

Google Inc won a significant legal victory as a U.S. judge decided not to combine several lawsuits that accuse the Internet search company of violating the privacy rights of hundreds of millions of email users into a single class action.

Hacktivists appeared to carry out the attacks on Las Vegas Sands out of anger for Sheldon Adelson's close ties to Israel and controversial comments.

With more people carrying $500 mini-computers loaded with secret and personal data, mobile device theft is picking up -- and it’s not just to steal your hardware.

Experian PLC said a data breach may have compromised the personal information of roughly 15 million consumers in the U.S., including those who had applied for T-Mobile US Inc. subscription services or devices over two years through Sept. 16.

CISOs and CIOs, this is your big your chance. Seize it.

The threat of a U.S. Ebola outbreak is making headlines every day and the scammers are doing their best to take advantage of the panic.

Industry experts warn that demand for cybersecurity professionals far exceeds supply. The NSA is looking to right that disparity with an academic program that molds millennials into cyber talent.

Cyber threats are constantly bombarding companies’ defenses—so it’s imperative you have the best lines of defense.

MapR offers enterprise tools based on Hadoop, an open-source, big-data platform.

Facebook says it has resolved issues that prevented people from temporarily accessing their Timeline and Pages.