Malware Attacks Weaken Confidence in Web Kevin Fogarty, November 21, 2013 5 min read Android/Repane malware downloads malicious payload, not X-ray capabilities. Malware and spam are on the rise for...
Fear Makes Cybercrime More Likely: Gartner Kevin Fogarty, November 7, 2013 4 min read October's HP/Ponemon study shows cost of cybercrime rose 78 percent in four years. More frequent reports of data...
How NSA Hacked Yahoo, Google Datacenter Networks Kevin Fogarty, October 30, 2013 5 min read Secret NSA diagram shows where it broke Google's encryption. The National Security Agency secretly broke into the...
Adobe Source Code, Customer Information Stolen Nick Kolakowski, October 4, 2013 3 min read Adobe has suffered a massive security breach, with cyber-attackers stealing information related to 2.9 million...
Hacking a Bluetooth-Enabled Toilet Nick Kolakowski, August 5, 2013 3 min read Think it’s bad when someone hacks your PC or smartphone? Welcome to our interconnected future: thanks to...
The Easy Way to Eavesdrop on Smartphones Kevin Fogarty, August 1, 2013 4 min read Wireless carriers and enterprise customers should immediately stop using femtocells as a way to extend...
How to Activate Twitter’s Two-Factor Authentication Nick Kolakowski, May 23, 2013 3 min read Twitter: Now a little more secure. Twitter is now offering two-factor authentication, a feature that could help...
“Winnti” Attacks on Online Gaming Servers Dissected Mark Hachman, April 11, 2013 4 min read Kaspersky Lab has completed a detailed analysis of "Winnti," a group of Asian hackers who target servers hosted by...
Did Chinese Hackers Penetrate Your Network? Mark Hachman, March 19, 2013 3 min read Has China’s APT1 hacker group probed your network? Lancope's StealthWatch Labs has published a number of IP...
Newsom’s “Citizenville” Argues for Open Government Data, Cloud Nick Kolakowski, February 11, 2013 6 min read Gavin Newsom has enjoyed quite a career in government: after serving two terms as mayor of San Francisco, he became...
