Cyber security plan proposed by White House

 US officials have said government and private systems are attacked millions of times per day The White House has proposed legislation to protect the country from cyber attacks by hackers, criminals and spies. Under the plan, companies that run infrastructure like power plants and financial systems would get incentives to make sure their systems are secure. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would also have the authority to impose its own security on industry. Similar...

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Hackers tackle secure ID tokens

The SecurID tokens are widely used to grant access to sensitive information Hackers have stolen data about the security tokens used by millions of people to protect access to bank accounts and corporate networks.RSA Security told customers about the "extremely sophisticated cyber attack" in an open letter posted online. The company is providing "immediate remediation" advice to customers to limit the impact of the theft It also recommended customers take steps, such as hardening password...

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Targeted cyber attacks an 'epidemic'

  The attack was aimed at a small number of influential individuals who use Gmail The targeted attack used by hackers to compromise e-mail accounts of top US officials is reaching 'epidemic' proportions, say security experts.The scam, known as spear phishing, was used in a bid to get passwords of Gmail accounts so they could be monitored. Via a small number of customised messages it tries to trick people into visiting a web page that looks genuine so users type in login names....

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Sony network attacked again, hackers claim

  Sony has faced a torrid few weeks as its networks have become targets for hackers A hacker group has claimed it has attacked the Sony network and stolen more than one million passwords, email addresses and other information.Lulz Security said it broke into servers that run SonyPictures.com. Sony said it was aware of Lulz Security's statement and was investigating, the Associated Press reported. In April, hackers broke into Sony's PlayStation Network and stole data from more than...

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Google hacks not from inside Chinese schools says China

President Obama has said he is "troubled" by the attacks on Google. The Chinese government has denied that Google Gmail accounts were hacked into from school computers.Shanghai Jiaotong University and Lanxiang Vocational School were named by US investigators as the likely origins of the hacks. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ma Zhaoxu branded the accusation "groundless". He added that it was "irresponsible" to blame the government for the attacks, which led to Google threatening to pull...

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Technical error hits Google China

Google stopped censoring search results on 22 March Google has said that a problem that meant that Chinese users of its service were unable to access search results on 30 March was due to a technical error.Many reports had speculated that the block may have been put in place by the Chinese government. Earlier this month Google stopped censoring its search results in China in defiance of the government. The company now redirects Chinese users to the uncensored pages of its Hong Kong...

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Microsoft admits Explorer used in Google China hack

Microsoft is working to patch the vulnerability through a software update Microsoft has admitted that its Internet Explorer was a weak link in the recent attacks on Google's systems that originated in China.The firm said in a blog post on Thursday that a vulnerability in the browser could allow hackers to remotely run programs on infected machines. Following the attack, Google threatened to end its operations in China. Microsoft has released preliminary guidance to mitigate the problem...

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Google e-mail accounts compromised by 'Chinese hackers'

 Google said its own security defences were not compromised but that individual users were tricked Hackers in China have compromised personal e-mail accounts of hundreds of top US officials, military personnel and journalists, Google has said.The US company said a campaign to obtain passwords originated in Jinan and was aimed at monitoring e-mail. Google said its security was not breached but indicated individuals' passwords were obtained through fraud. Chinese political activists...

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