Booz Allen CEO downplays effect of Anonymous hack
A July cyberattack on Booz Allen Hamilton will not materially harm the company's bottom line, its CEO said Tuesday.
View ArticleStudy finds Android app-makers careless with some data
A lot of the software written for Google's Android mobile phones falls short when it comes to user privacy and security.
View ArticleiPhone thief accidentally IDs himself via Photobucket
Photobucket has a cool mobile application that allows users to automatically upload mobile pictures to the company's photo-sharing website. That's something that Korey Heess is unlikely to forget...
View ArticleWas this the email that took down RSA?
"I forward this file to you for review. Please open and view it."
View ArticleFive Things CIOs Need to Know about Anonymous
1. Nobody's in charge. "We are Anonymous. We are legion." This cryptic slogan is used by a band of hackers who call themselves Anonymous. Active for nearly a decade now, the group catapulted into...
View ArticleDigiNotar certificates are pulled, but not on smartphones
Browser makers have generally been quick to react to the computer compromise at digital certificate issuer DigiNotar, but that hasn't been the case for all mobile phone makers.
View ArticleAfter digital certificate hack, Mozilla seeks reassurances
Following the high-profile hack of DigiNotar, the makers of the Firefox browser are asking issuers of digital certificates to take a hard look at their internal security and to report back in a week.
View ArticleRSA spearphish attack may have hit US defense organizations
The hackers who broke into EMC's RSA Security division last March used the same attack code to try to break into several other companies, including two U.S. national security organizations, according...
View ArticleAnonymous supporters claim NBC News Twitter hack
Hackers calling themselves the Script Kiddies took control of the NBC News Twitter account on Friday afternoon and used it to send out a series of hoax Twitter messages claiming there was a repeat...
View ArticleWith help from Intel, McAfee links security to the chip
Nearly seven months after Intel shelled out $US7.68 billion for antivirus vendor McAfee, the two companies are offering a glimpse of their future.
View ArticleMan stole data from U.S. service members via P2P
A California man who dug up sensitive information belonging to U.S. service members on peer-to-peer networks, and then used it to order iPods, cameras, and even washing machines from an online store,...
View ArticleMySQL.com hacked to serve malware
The website for the open-source MySQL database was hacked and used to serve malware to visitors Monday.
View ArticleOn the front line against the next Stuxnet
Something has gone terribly wrong on the plant floor at ACME Specialty Chemical International Inc.
View ArticleFirefox advises users to disable McAfee plugin
It's the last thing McAfee would want users to hear about one of its products, but the Firefox browser is advising users to disable McAfee's ScriptScan software, saying that it could cause "stability...
View Article111 arrested in massive ID theft bust
Prosecutors call it the biggest identity theft bust in US history. On Friday, 111 bank tellers, retail workers, waiters and alleged criminals were charged with running a credit-card-stealing...
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