A computer technician has been arrested in California for allegedly installing peeping software on women’s computers. The software apparently allowed the man, Trevor Harwell, to remotely access the computers and use their webcams to take pictures and videos of the unsuspecting owners.
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It turns out Citibank was hacked in early May. Wait, you hadn’t heard? Me neither. Well, that’s just because Citibank chose to keep quiet about it until now.
We’re talking a fairly serious hack, too. The personal and account information of some 200,000 Citibank card holders in North America was breached, reports Reuters, including …
You may trust Comcast to provide you with your television, phone and internet, but would you trust the company to keep your house safe? After a trial in Houston last year, Comcast will announce today that it plans to expand its Xfinity Home Security service to six additional cities throughout the U.S., offering customers not only piece …
If there has been a silver lining to the recent security breaches at Sony, it’s that they have exposed how insecure major websites, to which consumers entrust their personal information, can be. They show that users should always take their own security seriously.
Another silver lining is that the tens of thousands of usernames and …
RSA Security, a security data firm which suffered a breach back in March, is now offering to replace all of the security tokens it provides to millions of corporate workers. Is it safe to trust companies when they say our data is secure after a hacking incident yet?
In a letter yesterday, EMC, which encompasses RSA, admitted that …
You may recall that last week, a group of hackers identifying itself as LulzSec were able to break into Sony’s entertainment website, SonyPictures.com, and claimed to make off with passwords and other private information belonging to over a million users.
Looks like LulzSec is at it again, and this time the group’s target is… Sony. …
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Finally. The amazing iPhone 5. Now available in black edition.
…don’t bother opening it. In fact, don’t open it even if you’re curious.
An e-mail purporting to be from Apple and showcasing the non-existent iPhone 5 has started making the rounds, and it does little more than try to trick …
It looks like Google Gmail wasn’t the only online service pummeled in recent hack attacks: It turns out Yahoo! Mail and Hotmail were, too.
That, and while the targeted attacks—technically dubbed “spear phishing” attempts—were carried out independently, the methods were eerily similar to those employed against Google, says security …
Another of Sony’s websites has reportedly been hacked—this time around, the victim is SonyPictures.com. The group claiming responsibility for the breach, “LulzSec,” is the same group behind the recent PBS website hack.
A statement from the group reads, in part:
“SonyPictures.com was owned by a very simple SQL injection, one of the
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Google has revealed that “the personal Gmail accounts of hundreds of users” may have been compromised and that the attacks appear to have come out of China. According to a company blog post:
“[W]e recently uncovered a campaign to collect user passwords, likely through phishing. This campaign, which appears to originate from Jinan,
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PlayStation Network member? Me too, man. Me too. I didn’t have my credit card number on file because I’m cheap like that but I think I may dip into this free identity theft coverage Sony’s offering just in case. The world does NOT need another Doug Aamoth. And I’d hate for an identity thief to get arrested thanks to one of the 38 …
For those of you keeping score in the Mac malware game, we’ve had Mac Defender (and its various spellings), Mac Protector (and its various spellings), and now an even newer “Mac Guard” is making the rounds.
The big difference with Mac Guard—and a worrisome one—is that it can install itself on your computer without prompting you …
