The Strange Story Of How Microsoft Seized A Big Chunk Of The Internet, Then...
There’s a group of people at Microsoft who are like internet superheroes on a mission to protect the world from evil hackers .
View ArticleDimension Data to expand Earthwave security services worldwide
Dimension Data plans to expand worldwide a managed security service offering it brought under its wing with the acquisition of Sydney-based Earthwave last year.
View ArticleNSA targets Linux Journal as ‘extremist forum’: Report
The NSA is targeting the Linux Journal as an “extremist forum” and flagging its readers as ‘extremists’, according to source code leaked to German public broadcaster, ARD.
View ArticleModern Androids Reveal WiFi Location History
A feature introduced in Android 3.1 (Honeycomb) that allows the device to seek familiar WiFi and switch to them from mobile data in order to save battery broadcasts the WiFi connection history in the...
View ArticleCryptocat Developer to Deliver Simple Tool for Complex Encryption
A simple solution that delivers strong encryption may soon become available from Cryptocat developer Nadim Kobeissi, as an extension for Google Chrome web browser. The name of the soon-to-be-released...
View ArticleMost IT Pros Don’t Know Where All Corporate Data Resides
Just 16 percent of IT and IT security professionals know the location of all of their sensitive structured data.
View ArticleSyrian Hacktivists Target Israel Defense Forces
Pro-Syrian hacktivists of the Syrian Electronic Army have hijacked the official blog and Twitter account of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the military forces of Israel.
View ArticleGerman Agent Suspected of Spying for US: Reports
BERLIN – An employee of Germany’s foreign intelligence service is suspected of spying for Washington on a parliamentary panel probing US surveillance, media reports said Friday. The federal prosecutor...
View ArticleStolen Laptop Exposes Personal Info of About 3,500 Children
A letter from Multi-State Billing Services LLC informed that the personal details of some children who received Medicaid reimbursements have been exposed to criminals.Parents of the children affected...
View ArticleHackers Controlled Israeli Army Twitter Account For A While
It seems that the Israeli army’s Twitter account too, is a little bit porous, having been hacked for a while by Internet hackers.
View ArticleRussian Lawmakers Pass New Bill Restricting Internet Data Storage
MOSCOW – Russia’s parliament passed a bill on Friday requiring Internet companies to store Russians’ personal data inside the country in an apparent move to pressure sites such as Facebook and Twitter...
View ArticleData Theft Warning from Alabama Department of Public Health
Allegations of personal information theft from Fort Benning, Georgia, the Alabama Department of Corrections and the Alabama Department of Public Health have come to light in a case prosecuted by the...
View ArticleKivars Malware Adapted for 64-bit Systems
With increasing adoption of 64-bit systems, malware authors started to adapt their code to target these platforms. New variants of Kivars, an older piece of malicious software written for 32-bit, have...
View ArticleWilmer Valderrama’s Twitter hacked, uploads naked pictures of Demi Lovato
The 34-year-old actor was forced to shut down his Twitter account after a hacker tweeted out very personal information.
View ArticleKaspersky tracks the return of Miniduke spyware
RUSSIAN SECURITY FIRM Kaspersky Lab has warned that Miniduke spyware attacks are back and are targeting a range of victims.
View ArticleInvisible IM for Whistleblowers and Media Sources
A new project, aiming to provide anonymity for online communications, has been started by a group of security experts. Shaped as an instant messaging tool with file sharing capabilities, Invisible.im...
View ArticleDuo Caught for Banking €130,000 / $177,000 in Phishing Scheme
Two nationals of the Republic of Congo have been arrested by the police in Vienna after emptying no less than 130,000 / $177,000 from the bank account of a victim.It is not known what lure the two...
View ArticleSecurity Think Tank: The dos and don’ts of a good incident response plan
First up, there has to be a security incident plan. At ISSA UK we see plenty of organisations without any incident response plan at all in place, and that means they could find themselves over-exposed...
View ArticleLea Michele Confirms Twitter Hacker Made Fake Pregnancy Announcement
Lea Michele’s social media account revealed some very big news on Friday . The 27 year-old was thought to have announced her first pregnancy via Twitter .
View ArticleNatWest Bank Alert of Unauthorized Access Is a Scam
Some computer users have received a fake email from the NatWest Bank, luring them to click on a link in order to log in and verify, update, or confirm their account information.The email is in HTML,...
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