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US charges Chinese ex-IBM employee with Espionage

The United States federal authorities have boosted charges against a former IBM Corp. software developer in China for allegedly stealing valuable source code from his former employer in the US.

Chinese national Xu Jiaqiang, 30, was arrested by the FBI in December last year, when he was charged with just one count of theft of a trade secret.

However, Jiaqiang has been charged with six counts:

Hack the Pentagon: Hackers find over 100 Bugs in U.S. Defense Systems

The “Hack the Pentagon” bug bounty program by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) has been successful with more than 100 vulnerabilities uncovered by white hat hackers in Pentagon infrastructure.

In March, the Defense Department launched what it calls “the first cyber Bug Bounty Program in the history of the federal government,” inviting hackers to take up the challenge of

North Korean Hackers Steal thousands of Military files from S. Korea

Hackers aligned with North Korea have always been accused of attacking and targeting South Korean organizations, financial institutions, banks and media outlets.

Recent reports indicate that North Korean hackers have hacked into more than 140,000 computers of at least 160 South Korean government agencies and companies, and allegedly injected malware in the systems.

The cyber attack was

Over 51 Million Accounts Leaked from iMesh File Sharing Service

How many more data dumps does this hacker have with him that has yet to be exposed?

Well, no one knows the answer, but we were recently made aware of another data breach from Peace – the same Russian hacker who was behind the massive breaches in some of the most popular social media sites including LinkedIn, MySpace, Tumblr, and VK.com.

The hacker under the nickname “Peace” (or Peace_of_mind

NSA wants to Exploit Internet of Things and Biomedical Devices

The cyber attack vectors available to hackers will continue to grow as the Internet of Things (IoTs) become more commonplace, making valuable data accessible through an ever-widening selection of entry points.

Although it’s not the hackers alone, the NSA is also behind the Internet of Things.

We already know the United States National Security Agency’s (NSA) power to spy on American as well

Mitsubishi Outlander Car's Theft Alarm Hacked through Wi-Fi

From GPS system to satellite radio to wireless locks, today vehicles are more connected to networks than ever, and so they are more hackable than ever.

It is not new for security researchers to hack connected cars. Latest in the series of hackable connected cars is the Mitsubishi Outlander plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV).

A security expert has discovered vulnerabilities in the