Security
25 November 2011
Today is Black Friday, a day that is now reviewed by many retailers, particularly in the US, as the start of the Christmas shopping season.
Security
27 October 2011
In what is arguably the largest-scale security breach so far in Sweden, a leak of 93,678 password-email combinations became public.
Security
26 October 2011
Researchers in Germany claim to have found flaws in Amazon Web Services (AWS) that they believe will exist in many cloud architectures.
Security
21 October 2011
The US government has warned that Anonymous could be planning to launch attacks on industrial control systems (ICS) that are vital to the safe operation of key facilities including water, chemical and energy plants.
Security
21 October 2011
Distributed denial of service and SQL injection are the main types of attack discussed on hacking forums, according to new research from security vendor Imperva.
Security
29 September 2011
Microsoft has shut down the Kelihos botnet, billed as the successor to Waledec.
Security
05 August 2011
Google touts the Chrome OS as being free from traditional security concerns like malware, but it's still vulnerable to entirely different kinds of attacks, two researchers from the firm WhiteHat Security told Black Hat attendees here today.
Security
05 August 2011
Microsoft today announced that it will give out $250,000 in BlueHat Prize rewards for innovative research on computer security defence.
Security
29 July 2011
Some web applications are being attacked as often as 25,000 times in one hour, as organised criminal gangs take advantage of automated, botnet-based technology to compromise systems, according to the latest research from database and app security firm Imperva.
Security
20 July 2011
Google announced today it is inplementing a malware warning system on its search results pages to alert users to the possibility that their computer is infected.
Security
20 July 2011
Hotmail is banning passwords such as 'password', '123456', 'ilovecats' and 'gogiants', in an attempt to make it harder for spammers to hijack users' email accounts.
Security
30 June 2011
More than four million PCs have been enrolled in a botnet security experts say is almost 'indestructible'
Security
30 June 2011
The hacker group LulzSec made headlines recently with its data breaches against Sony, the U.S.
Security
27 June 2011
LulzSec, the hacker group that has hacked the CIA, U.S.
Security
23 June 2011
The FBI has cracked a pair of international scareware rings that stole as much as $74 million.
Security
20 June 2011
Citigroup has revealed the details of a recent hack, admitting that about 360,000 customers details were compromised, and not 200,000 as initially reported.
Security
14 June 2011
US officials said they have ordered a security review after hackers managed to break into the Senate website at the weekend.
Security
02 June 2011
Google today said that it's "detected and disrupted" a plan to gain access to hundreds of Gmail accounts through phishing attacks.
Security
10 May 2011
Internet infrastructure service provider Verisign issued the results of two commissioned studies on the impact of DDoS attacks among companies with significant online operations this week, indicating that "a significant percentage" of those organizations are poorly equipped to prevent and respond to failures caused by DDoS attacks.
Security
05 May 2011
Apple said it would take a while to issue an iOS update to fix a handful of bugs related to the storage of location data, but it's taken just seven days between that announcement and the appearance of iOS 4.3.3.
Security
03 May 2011
Google today patched 27 vulnerabilities in Chrome as it boosted the "stable" build of the browser to version 11 on Windows, Mac and Linux.