South Korea raids Google over illegal data collection

Police in South Korea said they had raided Google's Korea head office in Seoul on Tuesday on suspicion that the subsidiary of the search engine company had illegally collected location...

CYBERATTACK ARREST HIGHLIGHTS RISK

WASHINGTON, DC. November 22, 2010 (MSNBC) - How did a hacker in Malaysia manage to penetrate a computer network operated by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland? And what was the...

Why ‘build your own OS’ won’t work for businesses

The Russian government’s move to create a state-sponsored, Linux-based operating system is unlikely to spawn copycats among enterprise IT shops, according to industry analysts. Last week, Russia announced its intention to reduce...

Russia to develop Linux-based OS, increasing digital security

In a move to decrease Russia's dependence on American technology, the Russian government has announced plans to develop a state-sponsored national operating system. Shifting away from Windows would mean both...

Google CEO: China’s Internet censorship will fail

China's strict controls on its Internet usage will eventually fail as more of the country's people go online and express themselves, said Google CEO Eric Schmidt. "Ultimately, the people will...

Wiretapping the Internet: What?

The FBI now wants to require all encrypted communications systems to have back doors for surveillance, according to a New York Times report, and to the nation’s top crypto experts it sounds like a battle they’ve fought before.

Cyber Storm III tests U.S. cyber response capabilities

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced the beginning of Cyber Storm III — a three-day-long, DHS-sponsored exercise that brings together a diverse cross-section of the nation’s cyber incident responders to assess U.S. cyber response capabilities.

Cyber-Security Czar Quits

Rod Beckström, the Department of Homeland Security's controversial cyber-security chief, has suddenly resigned amid allegations of power grabs and bureaucratic infighting.