cyber security

Reuters detailed on Saturday how a group of Russian cyber hackers conducted an extensive campaign against diplomatic targets in the U.S. and abroad using previously unknown flaws in various software to gain unauthorized and undetected intelligence. FireEye Inc (NASDAQ: FEYE), a leading digital...

On the latest episode of 60 Minutes, Steve Kroft dove into North Korea's cyber attack on Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE: SNE) last winter. Kroft interviewed FireEye Inc (NASDAQ: FEYE) Chief Operating Officer Kevin Mandia -- the California-based IT company was hired by Sony to "clean up"...

Cybersecurity stocks have been on fire lately, but not all of the names in the space are familiar to investors. Here’s a list of 30 companies that are working to keep the digital world safe. 1. CyberArk Software Ltd (NASDAQ: CYBR) This Israeli software designer’s stock is already...

For the first time ever, the United States formally accused a foreign power of engaging in cyber-spying against U.S companies in order to steal trade secrets. On Monday, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced indictments against five officers in China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) for “...

You likely remember the days of the desktop or laptop computer. Everybody had one and everybody remembers when viruses were foremost on their mind. Then, as mobile devices slowly took over, the talk of cyber security calmed down because smartphones, in their infancy, hadn’t evolved enough to be...

If you’ve seen the movie, The Shawshank Redemption, you saw an old-school version of a high-tech problem. The film's hero, played by actor Tim Robbins, escapes from prison by taking a route nobody thought to secure: the facility's sewer line. High-tech criminals are constantly looking for ways...

Since the massive Target (NYSE: TGT)security breach news, cyber security has become a household term. But the latest announced breach could involve even larger amounts of people, and nearly everybody using the Internet could be at risk. It’s called the Heartbleed Bug. The reason you likely...

Kevin Mandia made the cover of Fortune Magazine for uncovering major hacks on major U.S. corporations by the Chinese government. China's hacking program is extremely extensive, grounded in attacking America's economy by acquiring trade information. "The thing is, we never know if we know 99...

According to Fox Business, a survey conducted by Zogby Analytics shows investors may refuse to buy stock in companies that have demonstrated vulnerability to cyber-attacks. More than 70 percent of investors, according to the survey, expressed a desire to review the cyber security history of...