Once perceived as a badge of honour, the term ‘‘ hacker’ ’ and the practice of hacking have over the years acquired a taint. It was the technologically proficient computer geeks, having excellent problem-solving skills, who were called hackers. But today, hackers are identified with crimes like financial fraud and identity theft.

Nearly seven months after highlighting the vulnerability of banking, energy and communications systems to Internet attacks

Efforts hampered by lack of agreement on meaning as the Defense Department puts its new Cyber Command in place to defend the military information infrastructure

Karen Evans understands the need for online security — and for people who really know how to implement it properly.

We’ve become so obsessed with cyber-crime – a “petty” offense in the grand scheme of things – that we’ve overlooked the bigger picture.

Without global security, cyber crime is growing danger to global economy. The best weapon against the online thieves, spies and vandals who threaten global business and security would be international regulation of cyberspace, luckily for them, such cooperation does not yet exist.