US warns businesses of hacking campaign against nuclear, energy firms

TORONTO: The US government warned industrial firms this week about a hacking campaign targeting the nuclear and energy sectors, the latest event to highlight the power industry's vulnerability to cyber attacks. Since at least May, hackers...

Mobile & Apps 01 Jul, 2017

Cyber attack sweeps globe, researchers see 'WannaCry' link

Wave of disruption started in Russia and Ukraine Virus spreads to major global companies Asian businesses report disruptions, though wider impact limited Cyber security experts blame ransomware virus MOSCOW/KIEV/WASHINGTON: A...

Women 28 Jun, 2017

China, Canada vow not to conduct cyberattacks on private sector

China and Canada have signed an agreement vowing not to conduct state-sponsored cyberattacks against each other aimed at stealing trade secrets or other confidential business information. The agreement was reached during talks between Canada's...

Mobile & Apps 26 Jun, 2017

Under pressure, Western tech firms bow to Russian demands to share cyber secrets

WASHINGTON/MOSCOW: Western technology companies, including Cisco, IBM and SAP, are acceding to demands by Moscow for access to closely guarded product security secrets, at a time when Russia has been accused of a growing number of cyber attacks...

Mobile & Apps 24 Jun, 2017

US blames North Korea for hacking spree, says more attacks likely

WASHINGTON/TORONTO: The US government on Tuesday issued a rare alert squarely blaming the North Korean government for a raft of cyber attacks stretching back to 2009 and warning that more were likely. The joint warning from the US Department of...

Mobile & Apps 14 Jun, 2017

Germany's Merkel says digital world needs global rules

MEXICO CITY: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday that the digital world needs regulations like those that exist for financial markets in the G20 and for trade under the World Trade Organisation. Global policymakers are facing uncharted...

Mobile & Apps 11 Jun, 2017

After talks, France's Macron hits out at Russian media, Putin denies hacking

VERSAILLES:   French President Emmanuel Macron rolled out the red carpet for Russia's Vladimir Putin on Monday, but past suspicions of Russian meddling in the French election resurfaced with Macron denouncing Russian media and Putin denying...

Women 30 May, 2017

North Korea's Unit 180, the cyber warfare cell that worries the West

SEOUL: North Korea's main spy agency has a special cell called Unit 180 that is likely to have launched some of its most daring and successful cyber attacks, according to defectors, officials and internet security experts. North Korea has...

Mobile & Apps 21 May, 2017

Ukraine imposes sanctions on Russian web firms, citing cyber threat

KIEV: Ukraine imposed sanctions on Russia's largest internet group Yandex and other popular online firms on Tuesday, saying it wanted to guard against cyber attacks, and the Kremlin threatened retaliation. The restrictions froze any assets held...

Mobile & Apps 16 May, 2017

French candidate Macron claims massive hack as emails leaked

FRANKFURT/PARIS:  Leading French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron's campaign said on Friday it had been the target of a "massive" computer hack that dumped its campaign emails online 1-1/2 days before voters choose between the centrist and...

Women 06 May, 2017

Putin-linked think tank drew up plan to sway 2016 US election: documents

WASHINGTON: A Russian government think tank controlled by Vladimir Putin developed a plan to swing the 2016 US presidential election to Donald Trump and undermine voters’ faith in the American electoral system, three current and four former US...

Women 20 Apr, 2017

Symantec attributes 40 cyber attacks to CIA-linked hacking tools

SAN FRANCISCO: Past cyber attacks on scores of organizations around the world were conducted with top-secret hacking tools that were exposed recently by the Web publisher Wikileaks, the security researcher Symantec Corp said on Monday. That...

Mobile & Apps 11 Apr, 2017