Iran claims it shot down a U.S. RQ-170 spy drone, but won't release proof or say if a new Russian electronic counter-measures system brought it down. Killed or crashed, the drone is one shot in a a cyber/real war using malware, murder and explosive sabotage as weapons.
A mass tragedy was averted on New Year's Eve in Moscow, thanks to a spam message sent to a female terrorist who reportedly intended to detonate a suicide belt in a packed Red Square.
Foreign investors in Internet companies pose a potential threat to national security, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told United Russia party members
Hackers targeting Georgia in the midst of its conflict with Russia have started sending out a new batch of malicious spam messages, apparently with the aim of building a new botnet network of remote-controlled computers.
Security researchers Tuesday disputed claims that a well-known Russian hacker hosting network is responsible for cyberattacks against sites belonging to Georgia, the former Soviet republic that has been battling Russian military forces since Friday.