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• U.S. seeking to build international unity around cyberdefense for industrial control systems

  SAVANNAH, Ga. -- In the interests of thwarting cyberattacks on critical infrastructure such as energy, water and manufacturing, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is quietly reaching out to other governments around the world to find what problems may exist elsewhere and what research can be shared to improve industrial control systems (ICS).

• FBI: Cyberattacks grow as national security menace

  WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Cyberattacks are starting to eclipse terrorism as a threat to the country, say top officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, speaking before an audience of security professionals here at the GovSec Conference today.

• WikiLeaks site crashes

  The controversial WikiLeaks website, which contains thousands of US embassy cables, has crashed during an apparent cyberattack.

• Cyberattacks expose network weaknesses

  A hacker group has brazenly ramped up its antics as unrelenting waves of cyberattacks expose how poorly defended many networks are against internet marauders.

• US Treasury Web sites hacked, serving malware

  Three Web sites belonging to the US Department of the Treasury have been hacked to attack visitors with malicious software, security vendor AVG says.

• Iran hacks opposition Web sites, arrests cyber activists

  Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps hacked into 29 Web sites affiliated with U.S. espionage networks, Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency reported on Sunday.

• Security industry faces attacks it cannot stop

  At the RSA Conference in San Francisco last week, security vendors pitched their next-generation of security products, promising to protect customers from security threats in the cloud and on mobile devices. But what went largely unsaid was that the industry has failed to protect paying customers from some of today's most pernicious threats.

• US expert: Chinese gov't likely behind massive cyberattacks

  The Chinese government is likely behind recent cyberattacks on U.S. government Web sites and on U.S. companies in an apparent effort to quash criticism of the government there, an expert on U.S. and Chinese relations said Wednesday.

• Security experts wrestle with cyberattack scenario

  Imagine a scenario in which a downloadable application turns smartphones into network-clogging bots, causing U.S. mobile-phone networks to fail, and eventually spreads to the wired Internet.

• China: We are biggest victim of cyberattacks

  China on Tuesday denied any role in alleged cyberattacks on Indian government offices, calling China itself the biggest victim of hackers.

• Juniper, Symantec investigating after Google attack

  Juniper Networks and Symantec said Thursday that they were investigating a widespread cyber-espionage incident that has hit dozens of technology companies, including Google and Adobe.

• Google seeks to reassure business users after attacks

  Google moved quickly on Tuesday to reassure its enterprise customers that their data is in safe hands, following its disclosure that it was targeted in December by a "highly sophisticated" cyberattack from China.

• Twitter taken down by denial-of-service attack

  The Twitter micro-blogging and social networking service was hit with a denial-of-service attack Thursday morning that has rendered the site unavailable for users.

• iPhone SMS attack to be unleashed at Black Hat

  Apple has just over a day left to patch a bug in it's iPhone software that could let hackers take over the iPhone, just by sending out and SMS (Short Message Service) message.

• Investigation into cyberattacks stretches around the globe

  British authorities have launched an investigation into the recent cyberattacks that crippled Web sites in the U.S. and South Korea, as the trail to find the perpetrators stretches around the world.