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A hacker believed to be involved in high-profile cyberattacks on major websites including those of the CIA, the U.S. Senate, PBS, the UK's Serious Organized Crime Agency and Sony was arrested outside London Tuesday. After the arrest, 19-year-old Ryan Cleary was identified by authorities as a major p...
Is it just me, or does it seem like every day there's another breach to worry about? RSA, Epsilon, Sony, now Citibank -- it seems like a day doesn't go by where there isn't another high-profile breach in the news. It seems like everyone's getting hacked, and it seems like it's happening with incre...
Two ad hoc hacker communities often in the headlines of late -- LulzSec and Anonymous -- announced on Monday they intend to team up to attack government websites worldwide. In its "Operation Anti-Security" manifesto, LulzSec said the top priority of this operation is "to steal and leak any classifie...
The hacker community appears to be divided over a break-in suffered last week by Sega's database. The hack reportedly led to the theft of the emails, addresses, dates of birth and encrypted passwords of about 1.3 million members of the Sega Pass online network. This led hacker group LulzSec, whose v...
A new malware attack aimed at stealing BitCoin wallets is on the loose, according to information released by security firm Symantec. The attack has led to reports of at least one theft amounting to approximately $500,000. BitCoins are a form of virtual currency. The relatively unregulated method of ...
The hacker group LulzSec has been carrying out a security-busting blitzkrieg across the Web over the last few weeks, and its targets are getting bigger and bigger. You can tell where it's been by the path of sites left shivering in a fetal position -- sites belonging to organizations like PBS, Sony,...
News of two cybersecurity efforts undertaken by the United States government surfaced Friday. One is the Defense Industrial Base Cyber Pilot, in which the U.S. Department of Defense, partnering with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, will share classified threat information and the knowledge ...
Federal legislation aimed at eliminating loopholes that allow companies like Google and Apple track users using GPS location-based technology was proposed by Senators Al Franken, D-Minn., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., on Wednesday. If signed into law, the Location Privacy Protection Act of 2011 c...
For almost a year, service providers and their clients have been the focus of spear-phishing and other intrusions that have resulted in large-scale direct and indirect data breaches. It's scary stuff, and the worst of it is far from over. Largely, these breaches have come in two flavors: system int...
LulzSec, the shadowy group of hackers that has hammered Sony, blown raspberries at the FBI and tweaked the nose of the United States Senate, set up a hotline Tuesday over which people can request hacks. Response was overwhelming, according to a tweet from the group. It claimed to have 2,500 voice ma...
Four consumer protection organizations, led by the Electronic Privacy Information Center, have filed a complaint with the United States Federal Trade Commission over Facebook's use of facial recognition technology. The complaint states that the process creates an image identification system under th...
Even established e-commerce companies find that the right hosting partner can make a difference by performing a gap assessment that addresses specific requirements for application, network, physical and database compliance. Custom vulnerability scripts and software that ensures application, network,...
Spanish police announced Friday they have arrested the leaders of the Anonymous hacker group in that country. They also claim to have found a server that coordinated and implemented computer attacks on government, financial and business websites worldwide, including the Sony's PlayStation Network, a...
Android apps are becoming more popular as the Android operating system gains ground in the mobile market. IDC expects Android to take more than 40 percent of the worldwide smartphone market in the second half of 2011. However, with Android's growing popularity comes a growing risk of malware attacks...
Facebook has begun rolling out worldwide a tag suggestions feature that uses facial recognition software to automatically suggest tags for the faces appearing in new photos uploaded to its site. The announcement has raised concerns that the feature will impinge upon users' privacy. When a member upl...
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