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Article | 1/02/2012 Bitdefender Internet Security 2012
Bitdefender Internet Security 2012 comes in third in our 2012 roundup of security suites. But although it earned the bronze overall, it captured the h...
Article | 14/09/2011 Microsoft, Adobe unleash flood of security updates
Today is Patch Tuesday again. The ninth of the year already. Microsoft has released five new security bulletins, and Adobe has joined the party with s...
Article | 7/09/2011 Comodo CEO says DigiNotar hack was state-sponsored
An attack on a Dutch company that issues certificates used to authenticate websites was state-sponsored, according to the chief executive of Comodo, a...
Article | 25/08/2011 Anonymous leaks nude images of BART spokesman
The hacking group Anonymous has waged a full-on war on BART, the San Francisco subway system, over cellular shutdowns to stifle protests. Following tw...
Article | 4/08/2011 McAfee warns of massive 5-Year hacking plot
Every company in every conceivable industry is compromised by hackers - or will be shortly - according to a report from McAfee, a major maker of cybe...
Article | 3/08/2011 Cybercrime fight costing companies more this year
Cybercrime cost corporations 56 percent more this year than last, according to an annual study from the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by ArcSight, a...
Article | 29/07/2011 Wrong LulzSec suspect may have been nabbed
UK police may not have gotten their guy when they arrested a 19-year-old Scotsman believed to be LulzSec spokesman "Topiary." The website LulzSecExpos...
Article | 26/07/2011 DoD debuts a brand-new Linux for telecommuters
With all the hundreds of Linux distributions already available for practically every niche and purpose, users of the open source operating system are ...
Article | 20/06/2011 SCADA Systems: Achilles Heel of Critical Infrastructure
Our critical infrastructure is an attractive target for enemy nations, terrorist groups, or even run-of-the-mill cyber criminals, and many security ex...
Article | 17/06/2011 We owe LulzSec a thankyou
LulzSec has been making headlines on a virtually daily basis for a month or so now. The hacker group has compromised servers and exposed sensitive inf...
Article | 14/06/2011 IMF hacked; no end in sight to security horror shows
The recent online intrusion into International Monetary Fund servers may have been the work of malicious hackers working for a foreign government, acc...
Article | 14/06/2011 Sony hacker arrests: 5 questions
Arrests in Spain related to the Sony Playstation Network hacking case have computer users wondering whether the loosely organized Anonymous hacker coa...
Article | 4/06/2011 Sony Hacked Again: How Not to Do Network Security
Yes. As unbelievable as it may seem, Sony was hacked again. It is not (entirely) Sony's fault that it is the target du jour for hackers everywhere. Bu...
Article | 6/06/2011 Nintendo servers hacked, you're next Xbox
Nintendo reports that a Web server for its U.S. unit was hacked. The attack on Nintendo shows that this new era of hacking isn't going to end any time...
Article | 3/06/2011 Sony Pictures falls victim to major data breach
LulzSec, a hacking group that recently made news for hacking into PBS, claimed today that it has broken into several Sony Pictures websites and access...