LONDON - A campaign of "ransomware" is locking people out of their computers in Europe unless they pony up the right amount of money. Spotted by security blog abuse.ch, the malware taps into an exploit kit known as "Blackhole." Sold underground, Blackhole is used by criminals to infect computers through security holes in the browser
SAN FRANCISCO - Malware targeted to Android devices is getting delivered through compromised Web sites, a first in the mobile world, says security firm Lookout. Android users are now facing another malware twist. A new Android Trojan dubbed "NotCompatible" is being spread through compromised Web sites, CNET News.Com reported. Though the threat seems to be
WASHINGTON DC - An international plot to provide China with highly classified U.S. military technology has been foiled, U.S. federal agents said. Two Taiwanese nationals were arrested after they told American undercover agents they were working for "associates" in the Chinese intelligence community and wanted to buy a surveillance drone and stealth technology related to
WASHINGTON DC - The Pentagon says it is making progress in developing weapons for its newest battleground - cyberspace - but still faces funding, technology and policy challenges. U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General Michael Basla, vice commander of Air Force Space Command, told industry officials the service was approaching its work on cyber capability as
MOSCOW - Russians, as a nationality, were the best hackers in 2011, grabbing a $4.5 billion share of the global cyber crime market, double what they stole the year before. And we?re talking a big worldwide black market for purloined credit card numbers, intellectual property, and just plain cash, $12.5 billion last year, says Moscow-based
LONDON - When it comes to Olympics security, the chief information officer for London 2012 is quite clear: "We will get cyber-attacks, for sure. Previous Games have always been attacked, so we will be attacked. We are working with partners and government to make sure we have the right defences," Gerry Pennell said. Speaking in
WASHINGTON D.C. - The US and China have been discreetly engaging in "war games" amid rising anger in Washington over the scale and audacity of Beijing-co-ordinated cyber attacks on western governments and big business, the Guardian newspaper has learned. State department and Pentagon officials, along with their Chinese counterparts, were involved in two war games
MOSCOW - Flashback, a piece of malware targeting users of Apple's Mac OS X, is now estimated to be quietly running on more than 600,000 machines around the world. That number, which came from Russian antivirus company Dr. Web earlier this week, was confirmed by security firm Kaspersky. More than 98 percent of the affected
LONDON - Anonymous launched a Distributed Denial of Service against several UK government websites amid a massive recruiting campaign on social media, a call to arm to protest the extradition of U.K. citizens to the United States. The Operation named ?Operation Trial At Home,? fight the European Arrest Warrant that could lead to the extradition
SAN FRANCISCO - A new variant of a piece of Android malware dubbed LeNa (Legacy Native) has been modified so that it does not require user interaction to take control of a device, mobile security firm Lookout reported. LeNa has been seen on alternative Android markets and not Google Play, so its spread will be