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Alperovitch: Cyber deterrence depends on threat detection, offensive capabilities

Deterrence, as an enforceable strategy, has been much more difficult to understand in cyberspace than in the kinetic domain, said Dmitri Alperovitch, an Internet security researcher and vice Read more...

China suspected in Operation Shady RAT hacks

Online fingers are pointing to China following the August 2 revelation of an at least 5-year hacking plot that targeted the usual slew of companies and government entities--and also the International Read more...

Reports of Chinese Internet traffic hijack exaggerated, researchers say

Internet researchers say it's inaccurate to assert that a state-owned Chinese telecommunications firm rerouted 15 percent of worldwide Internet traffic to pass through Chinese routers for 18 minutes Read more...

Cyber 'cold' war may have started

The federal government better keep its eyes peeled and its defenses up because a cyber cold war is next up on the radar, according to a new report by former White House security adviser Paul Kurtz. Read more...