cybersecurity

Experts in cybersecurity are among the most sought-after professionals in the tech sector, with demand for workers in that field outpacing other IT jobs by a wide margin.

Security researchers have identified an ongoing cyber-espionage campaign that compromised 59 computers belonging to government organizations, research institutes, think tanks and private companies from 23 countries in the past 10 days.

China is by far the most aggressive, but not the only, country attempting the sort of extensive cyberespionage described in security firm Mandiant's dramatic report, released this week.

President Barack Obama's cybersecurity executive order, signed on Tuesday, could significantly expand the list of companies categorized as part of U.S. critical infrastructure sector, security experts said Wednesday.

Secret review shows executive office has broad power to act in cyber emergency.

Security pros and government officials warn of a possible cyber 9/11 involving banks, utilities, other companies, or the Internet

Moscow-based anti-malware firm Kaspersky Lab says it's uncovered a years-long cyber-espionage campaign using phishing to target individuals in business, research and government offices mainly in Russia and Eastern Europe to steal sensitive data. This cyber-spy operation is also suspected to be run by Russian speakers. More about all of this is expected in the next day or so from Kaspersky Lab, which has lent an aura of drama to it all by calling the malware and its use "Red October."

The Business Roundtable, the association of 210 chief executive officers whose companies account for more than $7.3 trillion in annual revenues and 16 million employees, today said that cyberthreats to their businesses have become so severe, a new way of sharing real time security information needs to be set up among companies and with the U.S. government.

A 26 year-old British software developer has been ranked as the best civilian in the 2012 DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge, an unusually demanding round of the Cyber Security Challenge hosted by the US Department of Defense Cyber Crime Centre (DC3).

More DDoS attacks on banks, cyberwarfare, and targeted attacks could well be in store in 2013, security experts warn.