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Seventeen-year-old arrested over TeamPoison attacks

A teenager has been arrested in Newcastle over alleged cyberattacks by the TeamPoison hacking group against Tony Blair and international law enforcement... Read more

10 May, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Defence companies targeted in spear-phishing attack

...finance, pharmaceuticals and energy — are also now actively exchanging data on the cyberattacks they are suffering. "The hub has been set up and is effective... Read more

3 May, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Intel: Data loss from cyberattacks is inevitable

...Intel has admitted it is "inevitable" that some cyberattacks will successfully steal data from the company, and it has acknowledged it... Read more

13 September, 2011 by Jack Clark

Report: Cyberattacks on critical infrastructure increase

...Cyberattacks on critical infrastructure companies are on the rise, with a jump in... Read more

19 April, 2011 by Elinor Mills

McAfee teams with Intel on energy systems defence

...intended to better protect the world's energy utility ecosystem from increased cyberattacks. Under the partnership, announced on Monday, the two companies will develop a... Read more

15 May, 2012 by Rachel King

'No shame' in admitting to cyber-damage, says BIS

...minister David Willetts has urged businesses to overcome their shame about suffering cyberattacks, to help the UK with its defences. Science minister David Willetts has... Read more

24 April, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Symantec exposes wave of cyber-espionage attacks

...report released on Monday. Symantec's report on a recent wave of cyberattacks includes the geographic breakdown of computers used in the attacks. Image credit... Read more

1 November, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Sony boss hails PSN's recovery from cyberattacks

...came back online, and sales are exceeding what we had before the cyberattacks."Stringer gave the impression he was trying to take the offensive in... Read more

1 September, 2011 by Stephen Shankland

UK cyber-readiness is 'patchy', says Chatham House

...the criticism on Thursday, saying that it "recognises that the threat from cyberattacks is real and growing", and adding that it had dedicated £650m to... Read more

15 September, 2011 by Tom Espiner

McAfee: South Korea botnet self-destructed after DDoS

...by the same actor," said Alperovitch. Governments are becoming increasingly interested in cyberattacks, cybercrime and espionage. On Tuesday, the UK government gave its backing to... Read more

7 July, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Reid calls for government to recruit hackers

...people with the necessary information security skills and mindset to deal with cyberattacks. For example, the Cyber Security Challenge has just started its second year... Read more

29 June, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Nato investigates data breach at partner site

...warned member nations about the rising threat of "hacktivism", or carrying out cyberattacks for political purposes. For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see... Read more

27 June, 2011 by Steven Musil

EU nations give nod to tougher cybercrime jail terms

...circumstances are intended to address the emerging threats posed by large-scale cyberattacks, which are increasingly reported across Europe and have the potential to severely... Read more

13 June, 2011 by Jack Clark

Report: Sony may have averted third hack attack

...hackers said at the time that they were planning another wave of cyberattacks against Sony in retaliation for its handling of the PlayStation Network breach... Read more

10 May, 2011 by Erica Ogg

GCHQ details cyber-defence focus

...learned. GCHQ will also put some of the £650m fund towards detecting cyberattacks against UK infrastructure, GCHQ head of cyber strategy Paul Killworth told ZDNet... Read more

21 April, 2011 by Tom Espiner

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