Cyber criminals are turning their attention to social networks and cell phones, according to this year’s Internet Security Report by Symantec.
It makes perfect sense, if you think about it. Just like pickpockets on the street, internet criminals are going to do better if they hang out where most people are.
A decade ago, that was …
Unscrupulous Android users are the target of a new malware app, which aims to humiliate software pirates by sending text messages to all their contacts.
The app is called Android.Walkinwat, and was reported by security firm Symantec. But unlike the two malware apps that appeared in the Android Market last month, this one is only …
It’s a paranoid conspiracy theorist’s dream – well, nightmare, really – come true: officials are tracking the movement of visitors to Copenhagen International Airport in real time using their mobile and WiFi devices.
The New York Times has the story, and despite attempts to paint the whole thing as benign (movements are being tracked …
Thursday, the RSA Security division of EMC Corporation reported a security breach, potentially leaving many corporations and governments vulnerable who rely on its products.
In an open letter, the company revealed that the “advanced persistent threat” had managed to pull information from the company. According to CNET, these …
First Google did it, then Facebook, and now Twitter’s following suit, adding an option to permanently shore up your account’s defenses courtesy the Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure, commonly abbreviated HTTPS.
Normally you type ‘http’ into your URL bar to conjure a website, but if you’ve ever used a service like online banking, you …
Good news everyone: Thanks to the protests of parents and other activists who were worried that Google was using children’s social security numbers for nefarious activities, kids no longer need to provide the last four digits in order to enter the Doodle 4 Google contest.
To recap, New York Magazine pointed out that the first five …
Big day!
This marks the first time I’ve ever sourced an article from TMZ. But enough about me; Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg apparently has a stalker.
His name is Pradeep Manukonda, he’s 31 years old and according to legal documents filed by Zuckerberg, he’s allegedly seen fit to “follow, surveil and contact Mr. Zuckerberg using …
Computerworld is reporting that the London Stock Exchange may have been hacked in August of last year as it prepared to switch its systems from Microsoft’s .Net platform to a Linux-based platform. It’s once again preparing to attempt the same switchover this month.
According to the article:
“There were major problems on the exchange
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Confusion no more! If the US Commerce Department has its way, juggling multiple different passwords for all your different online accounts will be a thing of the past. The department is heading up a plan for a new online security system that will use one single log-in at the start of any session to grant you access to any and all …
Has it been 25 years already? Jump in the Wayback Machine and check out this TIME article that details the first ever PC virus.
Brothers Amjad and Basit Alvi of Lahore, Pakistan ran a neighborhood computer shop specializing in PC repair and software sales. After Amjad caught wind that one of the programs he’d written was being …
Remember early June? Summer nights, trendy flip flops, drinks on restaurant patios, etc.? June 10th shattered all those fuzzy feelings with news of a massive security breach affecting iPad 3G owners. “Shattered” might be a bit overdramatic, but let’s just go with it in the interest of moving the story along.
The short and skinny …
Updated 2:30 pm near bottom of post, to clarify recipient of a letter from Yahoo’s lawyers.
The tech world is abuzz with a remarkable display of backbone by Twitter in the Wikileaks case. It deserves wider notice.
Federal prosecutors want to indict Julian Assange for making public a great many classified …
