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Column: China, Espionage and the Law of Cyberwar
Big News Network.com To that end, an international group of military strategists and legal scholars is hard at work to help define where online espionage ends and military actions begin, with the goal of detailing what international law says can be done in response to either. |
Twitter CEO Costolo steps down
Embattled Twitter CEO Dick Costolo will leave his post atop the micro-blogging company on July 1, bowing to intense pressure from investors disappointed with slow revenue growth and the failure to turn a profit. Co-founder and Chairman Jack Dorsey will serve as interim CEO while the company looks for a new boss; Costolo will remain on Twitter’s board of directors.
Oculus launches a consumer Rift headset, Xbox controller
In advance of the E3 gaming expo next week, virtual reality headset maker Oculus on Thursday took the wraps off a consumer version of its Rift headset, which will ship next March with a wireless Xbox controller. The company also showed prototypes of two ring-shaped controllers that will let players interact with objects in games like they might in real life.
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Records on 4 million people stolen in huge government data breach
In what may be one of the biggest data breaches ever affecting the U.S. government, hackers broke into the systems of the Office of Personnel Management and the records of approximately four million people have been stolen. Investigators suspect hackers based in China and have linked this latest intrusion to earlier hacks into health insurers Anthem and Wellspring, the New York Times reports. An executive of security firm iSight told the Times that researchers believe the hacking group is creating a huge database of personally identifiable information “that they can reach back to for further activity.”
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Kaspersky – 2.2Bn Malicious Attacks Intercepted During Q1 of 2015
SPAMfighter News (press release) Kaspersky – 2.2Bn Malicious Attacks Intercepted During Q1 of 2015. According to Kaspersky's 'IT Threat Evolution Report' Q1-2015, an overwhelming 2.2 Billion+ notorious attacks on computers and mobiles were mounted during Q1-2015, twice the quantity … |