Quantcast
Channel: DataProtectionCenter.com - Tech and Security » Security
Browsing all 2490 articles
Browse latest View live

Black Hawk Mines Online News Microsoft’s new Cybercrime Center combines...

The maker of the most popular computer operating system in the world is launching a new strategy against criminal hackers by bringing together security engineers, digital forensics experts and lawyers...

View Article


vBulletin.com Hacked, Forums Shut Down Due to News of Zero-Day Exploit

In a statement published on their forums a couple of days ago, vBulletins Wayne Luke revealed that their security team discovered a sophisticated cyberattack on their systems. Very recently, our...

View Article


The “Unhackable” Computer

So, you are totally fed up, your computer is always being infected with Viruses, Malware, Spyware, Trojans, Adware and pop-ups are driving you crazy, and you want to make sure that no one can possibly...

View Article

Website of Peru’s President Hacked and Defaced by LulzSec Peru

Hackers of LulzSec Peru have breached and defaced the official website of Perus President (presidencia.gob.pe). The attack took place on Sunday, and the administrators quickly took down the website. At...

View Article

vBulletin.com Compromised

The vBulletin team recently announced that they suffered a compromise which allowed the attackers access to vbulletin.com servers and database. On their own words: We take your security and privacy...

View Article


Understanding Google’s Blacklist – Cleaning Your Hacked Website and Removing...

Today we found an interesting case where Google was blacklisting a client’s site but not sharing the reason why. The fact they were sharing very little info should not be new, but what we found as we...

View Article

Twitter Also Beefs Up Encryption After NSA Leaks

Twitter on Friday became the latest tech giant to beef up encryption in response to disclosures about government eavesdroppers scooping up Web traffic.

View Article

NSA malware infected over 50,000 computer networks worldwide

A new slide leaked by Edward Snowden shows where the NSA infected more than 50,000 computer networks worldwide with malware, according to Dutch media outlet NRC.

View Article


Kaspersky Publishes Spam Report for October 2013

IT security giant Kaspersky has released its spam report for October 2013. According to the company, the percentage of spam in email traffic increased by 6.6%. This isnt really surprising considering...

View Article


Police say NY teen made bomb threats on Facebook

Police say a teenager from New York’s Hudson Valley has been arrested for making bomb threats through a hacked Facebook account.

View Article

LI teen accused of hacking into student records

Newsday reports that 17-year-old Matthew Calicchio is accused of hacking into the Sachem School District’s computer system in 2012 and 2013.

View Article

Senior Information Security Specialist / Project Manager

Thank you for your interest in the Senior Information Security Specialist / Project Manager.

View Article

Security Brief: OpKillingBay, CryptoLocker, GitHub Attack, vBulletin Hack

Weve had some interesting information security stories over the past week. Check them out in case you havent been online much. They mostly focus on Anonymous OpKillingBay campaign, the CryptoLocker...

View Article


Energy industry is target for cyberattacks

Last year the hacker group Anonymous broke into computer systems of oil companies including Shell, Exxon Mobil and BP as a protest against Arctic drilling.

View Article

Sophos Launches Mobile Control For Comprehensive Mobile Device Management

Currently available, Sophos Mobile Control enables organizations of all sizes to use mobile devices such as iPhone, iPad, Android and Windows Phones, to get work done – simply, securely and reliably.

View Article


Hack Proof Your ASP.NET Application Part 3

This is part 3 of my series Secure your ASP.NET Applications. In this article, I will describe what exactly Cross Site Request Forgery is and how hacker exploit it and how we can prevent from CSRF attack.

View Article

Trend Micro Warns of New AutoCAD Malware

The malware creates a user account with administrative rights on the infected system.

View Article


UCSF Acknowledges Second Breach in Two Months

8.294 patients’ personal and health information may have been exposed when a physician’s laptop was stolen.

View Article

Evernote Recommends Password Changes Following Adobe Breach

Users whose e-mail addresses appear on a list of those exposed in the Adobe breach are being advised to consider changing their passwords.

View Article

Teen Arrested for Allegedly Hacking Into Long Island School District

Matthew Calicchio allegedly published thousands of student’s personal information online.

View Article
Browsing all 2490 articles
Browse latest View live