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| Exclusive - FBI warns of 'destructive' malware in wake of Sony attack | | Tuesday, December 02, 2014 12:24 AM | |
|  By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation warned U.S. businesses that hackers have used malicious software to launch destructive attacks in the United States, following a devastating cyber attack last week at Sony Pictures Entertainment. The five-page, confidential "flash" warning issued to businesses late on Monday provided some technical details about the malicious software that was used in the attack, though it did not name the victim. ...
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| Obama vows to address 'simmering distrust' between police, minorities | |  By Steve Holland and Julia Edwards WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama made a forceful pledge on Monday to use his last two years in office to address the "simmering distrust" between police and minority communities as he requested $263 million for the federal response to the civil rights upheaval triggered in Ferguson, Missouri. Obama said he would set up a task force to study how to improve community policing with an eye toward building trust between law enforcement and communities of color. ...
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| Cyber ring stole secrets for gaming U.S. stock market - FireEye | |  By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) - Security researchers say they have uncovered a cyber espionage ring focused on stealing corporate secrets for the purpose of gaming the stock market, in an operation that has compromised sensitive data about dozens of publicly held companies. Cybersecurity firm FireEye Inc , which disclosed the operation on Monday, said that since the middle of last year, the group has attacked email accounts at more than 100 firms, most of them pharmaceutical and healthcare companies. ...
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| Son of Brooke Astor, convicted of swindling her as she aged, is dead | |  By Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK (Reuters) - Anthony Marshall, convicted of swindling millions of dollars from his philanthropist mother, Brooke Astor, has died, according to his attorney and a paid obituary on Monday in the New York Times. He was 90. Marshall died early on Sunday morning at New York Presbyterian Hospital, according to his attorney Kenneth Warner. The death notice, placed in the newspaper by his wife, Charlene, did not specify when or where or how Marshall died. ...
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| Intel acquires Canadian IT security firm PasswordBox | |  By Euan Rocha TORONTO (Reuters) - Intel Corp said on Monday it has acquired PasswordBox, a Montreal-based identity management service that gives users a convenient way to log into websites and applications from any device without having to type or remember passwords. The purchase price for the privately held Canadian start-up was not disclosed. ...
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| FBI says it is investigating cyber attack at Sony Pictures | | (Reuters) - The FBI confirmed on Monday that it is investigating the cyber attack that knocked out the computer network at Sony Corp's movie studio last week. In a statement, the FBI said it is "working with our interagency partners to investigate the recently reported cyber intrusion at Sony Pictures Entertainment." Reuters reported on Sunday that the FBI was probing the incident. (Reporting by Lisa Richwine; Editing by Chris Reese)
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| Ferguson protesters lawyer up after scores of arrests | |  By Emily Flitter FERGUSON, MO. (Reuters) - The young man and woman waiting in the dark outside the St. Louis county jail were bundled up in scarves and hats to ward off a light freezing rain, but still they were shivering. Every time someone emerged from the jail they would scurry with the person to a nearby car, which had the engine running and the heat blasting. The pair were one of several teams working in shifts to help some of the more than 100 people who were arrested during last week's sometimes violent protests in Ferguson, Missouri. ...
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| U.S. top court divided over Facebook death threats case | |  By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court appeared conflicted on Monday over whether to uphold the conviction of a Pennsylvania man found guilty of making threatening statements to his estranged wife, law enforcement officers and others on social media. The nine justices, hearing an hour of oral arguments in a closely watched case testing the limits of free speech online, considered an appeal filed by Anthony Elonis, who served prison time for posting a series of statements on Facebook in 2010 after his wife left him. ...
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