Hacking

Migrating starlings fly at dusk past electricity pylons silhouetted by the sunset of a clear autumn evening in the Kent countryside, in Graveney, Britain, October 26, 2015.

Hackers infiltrated power grid controls in the US and abroad

Hackers have gained unprecedented access to power grid controls in the US and abroad, according to a new report by the cybersecurity firm Symantec.

Hackers infiltrated power grid controls in the US and abroad
Russian President Vladimir Putin uses a pair of binoculars as he watches a display during the MAKS 2017 air show in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow.

How Putin learned to stop worrying and love internet espionage

How Putin learned to stop worrying and love internet espionage
Phone

How criminals could ‘eavesdrop’ on your phone’s motion sensors, and steal your PIN

How criminals could ‘eavesdrop’ on your phone’s motion sensors, and steal your PIN
Israeli tenth-graders are learning cyber security skills. The military won't allow photos that show their faces because many of them may later be recruited to Israel's version of the NSA.

Israel teaches cybersecurity skills to its high schoolers

Israel teaches cybersecurity skills to its high schoolers
Computer screen

What the ‘hack’?

What the ‘hack’?
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is seen during an interview in Damascus in January.

How pro-Assad hackers pretending to be women tricked Syrian rebels

There's a cyberwar being waged in Syria. And while the hacking is high tech, the methods being used are very old.

How pro-Assad hackers pretending to be women tricked Syrian rebels
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the Korean April 26 Cartoon Film Studio in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

When the Internet goes down in North Korea, there aren't many to notice

No one know who's responsible for taking out North Korea's Internet on Tuesday, but most North Koreans aren't especially concerned. They use an "Intranet" called Kwangmyong, or "Bright Star," and for them, nothing changed.

When the Internet goes down in North Korea, there aren't many to notice
A cyber security analyst works in a watch and warning center at a Department of Homeland Security cyber security defense lab at the Idaho National Laboratory.

A huge intelligence screw-up turned the government and private companies into cyberwarfare partners

Today, many private companies have serious cybersecurity chops — but it hasn't been that way for long. Journalist Shane Harris describes the major hacking incident that forced corporations to get serious about cyberwarfare in an excerpt from his book, "@WAR: The Rise of the Military-Internet Complex."

A huge intelligence screw-up turned the government and private companies into cyberwarfare partners
The Cyber Warrior

Meet the hacking prodigy you definitely want on your side

Chris Doman doesn't want to scare you, but cyber attacks are only getting worse. That's why some hackers like him are pouring their time into "network defense," trying to keep out cyber intruders that want to steal everything from credit card numbers to industrial secrets.

Meet the hacking prodigy you definitely want on your side
A magnifying glass is held in front of a computer screen in this picture illustration. A Russian gang has stolen private information from 1.2 billion internet users around the globe in a new story published by The New York Times on August, 5, 2014.

A record Internet data heist can't be fixed with a password change

A group of Russian friends have stolen private information from 1.2 billion Internet users around the world, but the public doesn't know who was hit. We do know that it's hard to say your password is safe — and changing it probably won't help.

A record Internet data heist can't be fixed with a password change
Darth Vader and his storm troopers terrorize the galaxy as hackers.

Cyber war, what is it good for? A lot more than you might think

Cyber attacks are a very real concern in Israel. So real, the country's electric corporation is putting on training classes for its staff, to help them identify and combat cyber attacks.

Cyber war, what is it good for? A lot more than you might think