Hacking America
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The "worst Internet attack ever" slowed down millions of computers worldwide.
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The White House is taking a cue from Silicon Valley and adopting what Mark Zuckerberg calls the "hacker way."
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Software makers Microsoft and Symantec said they disrupted a global cyber crime operation by shutting down servers that controlled hundreds of thousands of PCs.
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Facebook says that it was hacked last month in what it called "a sophisticated attack." But it says no user data was compromised.
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Hackers breached the Twitter account of fast-food chain Burger King, posting the online equivalent of graffiti and sometimes making little sense.
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A recently discovered new form of Android malware cannot only infect your smartphone, but also target your PC to spy on you.
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CNBC's Eamon Javers interviews Pat Calhoun, McAfee's senior vp and general manager of network security on how the sequestration will affect cyber security in the U.S., and how McAfee is defending against malware threats.
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CNBC's Scott Cohn reports on the growing problem of cyber attacks. Even Ben Bernanke addressed it in his testimony to Congress this week. Many companies, however, are wary of reporting attacks, he says, and that's a problem.
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Disastrous cyber-war attacks that could be life threatening are not far off if the government and businesses do not take action soon.
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Chinese hackers are one problem. But so are employees who put company information online with their smartphones and tablets.
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Twitter and the Washington Post are the latest media companies to reveal that they too were victims of cyber attacks.
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Small businesses are driving the evolution of the cyber security space, with Francis Desouza, Symantec; James Reese, TigerSwan CEO; and CNBC's Eamon Javers.
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The majority of Americans fear the U.S. will become the the victim of a major cyber attack, or target another country with cyber weapons, according to a recent survey.
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The threat of a cyber-attack tops the threat of losing money as the primary risk business executives worry about, according to a new survey sponsored by insurance giant AIG.
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As a Former Nortel Systems Security sr. advisor, Brian Shields was confronted with intruders on the company's network. Shields tells CNBC Chinese cyber spies cost him his job and are threatening to steal other Americans' livelihoods as well.
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The Federal Reserve said that one of its websites had been briefly breached by hackers, though no critical functions of the U.S. central bank were affected.
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Should investors be extremely concerned about the widespread theft of information from corporate networks?
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Just because you're a small-business owner doesn't make you immune to security issues. Here are five tips for protecting your company.
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CNBC's Eamon Javers interviews Mike Brown, a retired Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy, and the current General Manager of RSA's Federal Business. Brown explains that the sequester will hurt U.S. cyber security and affect the private sector. He also believes that greater awareness of cyber-attacks is needed.
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The Cybersecurity Executive Order is another good step for government-industry coordination, says the chief exec of one utility organization, but more still needs to be done to protect the nation's power grid.
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An omission by the Obama administration last week underscored the U.S.'s heightened sensitivities over how directly to confront China's new leadership over hacking.
Contact Hacking America
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Senior Correspondent Cohn leads CNBC's investigative unit and also appears on "NBC Nightly News," "Today," and MSNBC.
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Co-anchor of CNBC's "Squawk on the Street," Faber is also a coproducer of CNBC's acclaimed original documentaries.
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Javers ia a reporter based at CNBC's Washington, D.C. bureau appearing on business day programming and CNBC.com.
Investigations Inc.: Cyber Espionage
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By attacking business computer networks, hackers are accessing company secrets and confidential strategies and creating huge losses for the overall economy.
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China is working feverishly to counteract its slowest GDP growth in recent years, and one of the ways it’s doing so, say U.S. officials, is through the theft of American corporate secrets.
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US businesses are enduring an unprecedented onslaught of cyber invasions from foreign governments, organized crime syndicates, and hacker collectives, all seeking to steal information and disrupt services, cybersecurity experts say.
Technology
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Facebook's new Home application for Android devices may put the social giant at further odds with Google.
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Facebook just got serious about mobile, showcasing its new software for Android devices called 'Home.'
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has invested a "significant" amount of money in Business Insider, according to an internal memo.
Technology Explained
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Cloud computing means being able to access the Internet anywhere, anytime and being able to use any or all of the data and applications you want.
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It's hard to stay out of trouble on the Internet. Even if you avoid sites with questionable content, there are plenty of pitfalls and traps that subtly install programs which then wreak havoc on your computer.
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The transition to the next generation of wireless communications is already under way. The latest is called 4G — and all of the carriers are peppering their marketing with the phrase.