Lost Flash Drive Exposes Florida Children’s Medical Data
Last names, medical record numbers, birthdates, gestational ages, birth weights and dates of hospitalizations may have been exposed.
View ArticleGoogle Android Bug Traps Devices in ‘Endless Reboot Loop’
More details have emerged about a Google Android vulnerability that could be exploited to trap devices in a reboot loop. The vulnerability was publicly disclosed earlier this month by researcher...
View ArticleYes, debit cards make our streets safer. But they make the Internet more...
Cash means crime. It’s as attractive to street thugs as it is to Bond villains. You can spend it anywhere, on anything, and it’s almost completely anonymous.
View ArticleHackonomics: Stolen Twitter accounts ‘more valuable’ than credit cards
According to a new report, the value of Twitter accounts on the black market for hacked wares has eclipsed the value of stolen credit card data.
View ArticleKeeping secrets in a world of spies and mistrust
A new article reviews developments in quantum cryptography and describes how we can keep our secrets secret even when faced with the double challenge of mistrust and manipulation.
View ArticleFor ATMs, why not Windows 8?
Banks are only now getting around to replacing Windows XP on their ATMs with Windows 7, but why bother? Windows 8 should work at least as well and has a longer support life.
View ArticleGlobal Support for Reduction in Govt Control of Web Domain Names
SINGAPORE – A plan to give control of the Internet’s technical operations to a diverse range of groups, including governments and businesses, instead allowing the state sole power, is gathering...
View ArticleCybercrime Fighter ThreatMetrix Raises $20 Million in Series E Funding
ThreatMetrix, a provider of technologies to help organizations detect and block cybercrime, today announced that it has closed a $20 million Series E round of financing. The funding round was led by...
View ArticleSouth Korea Detects Suspected North Korea Hacking Attempt
SEOUL – South Korea detected a suspected North Korean hacking attempt Thursday to steal military data by using a journalist’s notebook computer, defense ministry officials said. The military cyber...
View ArticleRussian Officials Dump iPads for Samsung Tablets Over Spy Fears
MOSCOW – Russian government officials have swapped their iPads for Samsung tablets to ensure tighter security, the telecoms minister told news agencies on Wednesday. Journalists spotted that ministers...
View ArticleWhy your hacked Twitter account is worth more than your credit card info
Your Twitter account may be worth more on the black market than your credit card information, but that’s mostly because the a massive Target credit card breach broke the market by flooding it with 40...
View ArticleObama Says Plan Will End NSA Bulk Data Sweep
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama put forward a plan Thursday to end bulk collection of telephone records, aiming to defuse a controversy over the government’s sweeping surveillance activities on...
View ArticleMS Word zero day does not affect WordPad
WordPad, the free, simple word processor that comes with Windows, is not vulnerable to the zero day RTF bug affecting Word. Will Office 2003 be fixed?
View Article3 Tools for Enforcing Password Policies
User passwords are often a weak link in the corporate security chain. How can security pros make users adhere to strong password policies?
View ArticleCybercriminals Hijack WordPress Websites with Free Premium Plugins
There are a number of websites that offer premium WordPress plugins for free. However, experts warn that these free plugins can actually come at great cost. Researchers from Sucuri have analyzed a...
View ArticleUN Panel Urges US to Rein in Global Snooping
GENEVA – Washington must shake up its overseas surveillance program, shut Guantanamo, hold Americans accountable for “war on terror” violations and stem racism in the justice system, a UN panel said...
View ArticleWebsite of Turkey’s Telecommunications Directorate Attacked by RedHack
Hackers of the RedHack group have launched a cyberattack against the official website of Turkeys Telecommunications Directorate (TIB) in response to the decision to ban YouTube and Twitter in the...
View ArticleCerberus Resets Passwords of over 96,000 Users Following Data Breach
Over 96,000 users of the Cerberus anti-theft application for Android are being advised to change their passwords after the company suffered a data breach. Usernames and password hashes have been...
View ArticleChina Partly Blames US for Spike in Hacking Attacks
Beijing and Washington have been squaring off for months over the issue of cyber attacks, each accusing the other of hacking into sensitive government websites.
View ArticleGoogle Experts: 21 of Top 25 News Organizations Targeted by State-Sponsored...
At the Black Hat conference in Singapore, a couple of security engineers from Google have revealed that 21 of the worlds top 25 news organizations have been targeted by hackers. Shane Huntley and...
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