February 9, 2012 - Can hackers really cause as much bloodshed as 353 Imperial Japanese Navy fighters, bombers and torpedo planes launched from six aircraft carriers? Can hackers really kill 2,402 U.S. citizens, leave 1,282 wounded, lose 65 of their own attackers in the process, (continue reading...) Read more
February 7, 2012 - The editor of The Times has apologised, after he admitted a journalist had hacked into a serving police officer's email account. Read more
February 3, 2012 - A recording of a confidential conference call between the FBI and UK law enforcement officers at the Metropolitan Police has been released by Anonymous on the internet. Read more
February 2, 2012 - Internet giant VeriSign was admitted it was hacked repeatedly during 2010, but its IT staff only informed senior management in September 2011. Read more
January 31, 2012 - Working in the computer security industry, we're pretty used to seeing malware and hacking misrepresented on our TV and movie screens. Here are some of our favourite examples. Read more
January 25, 2012 - No more jimmying doors with a Slim Jim, bricks through windows, extracting lock cylinders with a dent puller, or hot-wiring ignitions. Automobiles today are being built to include wireless capabilities that allow for remote unlock, remote start, and of course, (continue reading...) Read more
January 25, 2012 - Videoconferencing equipment is often left wide open for hackers to creep in and peep around organizations. Read more
January 18, 2012 - A data-stealing Trojan horse may have smuggled out login information to gain access to a cargo shuttle that carries food and equipment to the International Space Station (ISS). Read more
January 17, 2012 - Just received cool new suede Pumas from Zappos last week, and this week I received an email explaining that my account was breached. Turns out that the popular online shoe (continue reading...) Read more
January 10, 2012 - Evidence is given to the Leveson Inquiry that a journalist working for The Times was disciplined after being found involved in computer hacking. Read more
January 9, 2012 - After a hacking group published thousands of credit card details, the Israeli government has promised to retaliate in the same way it would treat terrorists. Read more
January 6, 2012 - A hacking group has gained access to some of the source code for Symantec's anti-virus product, that they claim they stole from Indian government servers. Read more
December 30, 2011 - You just got a new wireless router for Christmas, but when you set it up it asks about wireless security. Do you want WEP, WPA, WPA2 or any of the other alphabet soup options they give? While it’s easiest to (continue reading...) Read more
December 29, 2011 - Recently we noted that unencrypted credit card storage was on the rise in 2011, and also highlighted the expense involved to the company in the event of a credit card breach. Now we see personal data – including (continue reading...) Read more
December 19, 2011 - It’s no surprise that conversation at Avast is focused on computer security. The Tuesday release of the new film, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, has sparked even more (continue reading...) Read more
December 14, 2011 - A British student has pleaded guilty to charges that he breached security at Facebook earlier his year, despite arguing that his intentions were not malicious. Read more
December 9, 2011 - In September, I had the pleasure of giving the keynote speech at “Hacktivity 2011″ in Budapest, Hungary. I was very excited to see the large audience, about 1,000 visitors, among them very serious and well-known security professionals, instructors, and security (continue reading...) Read more
December 8, 2011 - The FBI is investigating claims that the USA and English bids to host the 2018 soccer World Cup competition had their email accounts targeted by hackers. The successful Russian bid has denied that it participated in any dirty tricks. (continue reading...) Read more
December 1, 2011 - Academic researchers have demonstrated flaws in the Android permissions system that could allow rogue applications to gain access to SMS messages, GPS or even record audio from affected devices. Read more
November 30, 2011 - A senior police chief has been warned by British authorities that he may have been targeted by tabloid journalists and his computer hacked into. Read more