Content Tagged ‘Hackers’

Today’s networks are evil.

January 12, 2012 - Says the first line of the presentation entitled “Building a Distributed Satellite Ground Station Network – A Call To Arms” given some time ago at the 28th Chaos Communication Congress (28C3) in Berlin by hackers from the (continue reading...) Read more

Security Beyond the Desktop

January 4, 2012 - A defensive posture no longer suffices for the protection of the devices and data that have become ubiquitous in today’s digital world. Rather than simply rushing to install defenses on computers, in networks, and in the cloud, we urgently need (continue reading...) Read more

Fighting Mobile Phone Impersonation and Surveillance

December 28, 2011 - Yesterday at the 28th Chaos Communications Congress (28C3), in Berlin, security researchers along with Karsten Nohl and Luca Melette showcased a number of flaws and solutions in GSM mobile phone networks. (continue reading...) Read more

Xbox Live customers not hacked but phished

November 22, 2011 - Xbox Live customers are the latest gamers to fall victim to an online attack with thousands of accounts hit across 35 countries. Read more

DARPA pleads with hackers for help in cyberspace war

November 9, 2011 - In a first-ever conference, officials warned that bloated security software is no match for lean, nimble malware as the country battles unnamed enemies. Read more

Hackers would never be hired by security vendors….right?

November 4, 2011 - Customers build a relationship based on trust with security vendors. After all, customers who buy security solutions like anti-virus or anti-spam grant security companies access to update computers and devices. Question is should security companies open their doors to people (continue reading...) Read more

Human Security Weaker Than IT Security

November 3, 2011 - Information technologies have evolved to a level at which the developers, programmers, and security specialists all know what they’re doing, and are able to produce products and services that work and are reasonably secure. Of course, there’s always room for (continue reading...) Read more

No Holidays for Hackers in France

August 26, 2011 - In France, July and August are the holiday season. Like my compatriots, I abandoned my workplace for several weeks in the southern sun. But I have to confess it was not an absolute desertion. From time to time, I had (continue reading...) Read more

FLAMING RETORT: Hacktivism, hacking and hackers – what do these words really mean?

August 8, 2011 - I keep getting asked - by journalists, friends, colleagues, competitors, delegates at conferences, people on the bus - what my attitude is to hacktivism, hacking and hackers. I usually answer by saying, "What do you mean by hacktivism?" And the answer (continue reading...) Read more

Going on the Offensive—Standing up against Cyber-Attacks

July 28, 2011 - After the explosive March hack that infiltrated over 24,000 key files, Pentagon officials are ready to change their strategies regarding U.S. cyber security. While the incursion was one of the worst single incidents the U.S. (continue reading...) Read more

Hackers Slurp over a million user accounts from Washington Post

July 14, 2011 -   The Washington Post website has been hit with a double security breach. Hackers have made off with around 1.3 million user IDs and email address from the “Jobs” section of the (continue reading...) Read more

eSafe Version 8.6 Has Been Released

July 6, 2011 - Discover eSafe Content Security v8.6 When it comes to content security, it is essential to stay ahead of the times by incorporating new features and functions for a more secure email and web gateway. We are glad to announce (continue reading...) Read more

Hackers break into Tony Blair’s webmail server, disclose former PM’s address book

June 24, 2011 - A hacking group known as TeaMp0isoN have published private information belonging to former Prime Minister Tony Blair. TeaMp0isoN have been in the news recently for allegedly hacking into a web site they claimed (continue reading...) Read more

Hacker showdown, cable modems at high noon

June 24, 2011 - The story goes like this. . . A former military hacker goes toe to toe with an anonymous group of hackers. Then some folks who may or may not have been working with this group get impatient and decide to (continue reading...) Read more

Hackers may face 20 years in jail if seen to threaten US national security

June 20, 2011 - The Obama administration has been lobbying congress to increase sentences for those who break into government computer networks, or potentially endanger the country's national security. The request includes doubling (continue reading...) Read more

Take Two Of These Pills And Call Support In The Morning…

June 17, 2011 - “McAfee launches a range of pharmaceutical anti-viral medications to thwart the growing problem of Biological computer viral attacks”   Sounds far fetched? Maybe not given that researches at Caltech have successfully engineered a biological computer which can calculate square roots using (continue reading...) Read more

Citibank victimized by hackers, insists cardholders are safe

June 8, 2011 - Reuters is reporting that Citibank's systems were hacked, resulting in a loss of Personally Identifiable Information (PII). Citibank says that data for 1% of (continue reading...) Read more

Sony Pictures attacked again, 4.5 million records exposed

June 2, 2011 - The same hackers who recently attacked PBS.org have turned their attention back to Sony by releasing the latest dump (continue reading...) Read more

Is Apple Poised To Become The Achilles Heel Of The Enterprise?

May 9, 2011 - The growth in market share for the iMac and MacBook is what first got the attention of hackers; then came the iPhone and shortly after that, the iPad. Anyone that thinks they have a “security by obscurity” advantage is mistaken. You (continue reading...) Read more

What’s scarier to businesses: losing data or hackers?

April 5, 2011 - Yesterday, the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) and the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) issued a press release revealing their survey results on accidental data loss vs hackers. They surveyed 500 compliance professionals. The upshot of (continue reading...) Read more

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