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Sony: Credit Data Risked in PlayStation Outage

LOS ANGELES -- Sony Corp. said Tuesday that the credit card data of PlayStation users around the world may have been stolen in a hack that forced it to shut down its PlayStation Network for the past week, disconnecting 77 million user accounts. Some players brushed off the breach as a common hazard of operating in a...

Celebrity Hacking 101 -- and How to Prevent It

The FBI reportedly is hunting for a hacking ring suspected of targeting female celebrities and stealing photos and videos from their computers and smartphones. Some 50 celebrities are said to have been victimized. Gossip website TMZ has listed Vanessa Hudgens, Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Alba,...

Hackers in China Reportedly Hit Western Oil Companies

BEIJING -- An American security firm says hackers working from China have broken into computers of oil companies in the United States, Taiwan and other countries. The report Thursday by McAfee says hackers stole sensitive information about operations, finances and bidding for oil fields. The report did not identify the...

What is OpenBSD, and Did the FBI Really Tamper With It?

(Dec. 17) -- Is there anyone on the Internet who isn't either spying or being spied upon? The open-source community is up in arms this week over allegations that, a decade ago, the FBI bribed the developers of operating system OpenBSD to insert a number of backdoors in the system's code. Unless you are a tech wizard...

Hackers Strike Gawker Media, Leaking User Accounts, Passwords

(Dec. 13) -- Gawker media has been hacked in a massive attack that temporarily stopped the company's websites from publishing new material this weekend and compromised 1.3 million user accounts. In a statement on its website, Gawker Media, owned by digital publishing mogul Nick Denton, encouraged registered users on...

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Bluetoothache: Super-Weapon 'Flame' Could Track And Steal Data Via Bluetooh

The online 'super-weapon' known as Flame was able to control Bluetooth chips on infected computers, enabling it to track nearby devices - and potentially locate high-priority targets, according to a security firm.

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Creating Undetectable Computer Virus 'Surprisingly Simple'

Since the Flame computer virus was discovered earlier this week, much attention has been focused on the cleverness of this piece of malicious code.

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âWalking Around Naked On The Internet': McAfee Says 17% Of PCs Globally Lack Malware Protection

Some eye-opening stats out today from McAfee , the Intel-owned IT security company: a study of 28 million computers in 24 countries has found that 17 percent of all PCs do not have any form of security at all on them against viruses, worms, spyware and other Internet malware â a transgression that McAfee compares to...

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'Flame' Malware Spying On Middle East Computer Users, Researchers Say

For at least the past two years, a large, complex piece of malicious software has infected hundreds of computers across the Middle East, stealing victims' data and spying on their online activities, security researchers have discovered.

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New cyberweapon discovered; Iranian computers hit

JERUSALEM -A Russian-based internet security firm says a powerful spyware virus has attacked computers in Iran and elsewhere in the Middle East. Comments by Israel's vice premier have fueled speculation the Flame spyware might come from Israel, which sees Iran's nuclear program as a mortal threat.

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06/02/12 Obama ordered Stuxnet cyber attack on Iran? Source: Today.Az A US daily has revealed that President Barack Obama secretly ordered a cyber attack with the Stuxnet computer virus against Iran to sabotage the country's nuclear energy program.
06/02/12 Cyber criminals using new tricks to steal data Source: San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco CA Remember all those phony e-mails that purport to be from your bank, asking you to click on a link and turn over your account information?
06/02/12 Russian computer experts who detected Flame malware... Source: Boston Herald - Boston MA Computer virus experts at Kaspersky Lab, acting with the blessing of the United Nations, were searching for a villain dubbed the Wiper when they came across a much more menacing suspect requiring a new moniker: Flame.
06/01/12 41st Parameter Recognized as an Industry Leader in the... Source: Sys-Con Media SAN JOSE, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 06/01/12 -- 41st Parameter , the global leader in fraud detection and prevention, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders quadrant of the "Magic Quadrant for Web Fraud Detection" report by Avivah Litan, published May 29, 2012. 41st Parameter was one of 15 companies considered and among four cited as Leaders. 41st Parameter protects some of the most valued brands in the world including the largest global airlines, banks and online retailers.
06/01/12 Cyber Security Experts Warn Against QR Codes Source: CBS Local Chances are good you've seen bar codes on products scanned at the cash register, but how about something called a QR code, a square looking code that is becoming popular.