January 23, 2012 - File sharing sites appear to be panicking in reaction the the FBI's shutdown of the MegaUpload file sharing site. Read on for what each of them are doing to come into line with U.S. law. (continue reading...) Read more
January 23, 2012 - Be careful what applications you install on your computing devices - even if they come from Apple's iPhone/iPad App Store. Read more
January 23, 2012 - Gift card scams are a common sight on Facebook, and this weekend it has been the turn of Amazon.com to be the brand used by cybercriminals as a way of making them cash. (continue reading...) Read more
January 23, 2012 - A database server at DreamHost is illegally accessed by a hacker, and the passwords of some customers may have been compromised. Read more
January 22, 2012 - The FBI's takedown of file sharing site Megaupload continues to make both headlines and waves. Whether company founder Kim Dotcom turns out to be GUILTY or GOOD, he's certainly in a lot of trouble right now. So is anyone (continue reading...) Read more
January 22, 2012 - Apple's most hacker-resistant hardware to date - the iPad 2 and the iPhone 4S, which are built around the Apple A5 chip - can now be jailbroken. Should you rush to slither free of Apple's fiscal tentacles? (continue reading...) Read more
January 21, 2012 - In this week's podcast, Vanja Svajcer joins Chet to talk about the mobile security landscape. Topics discussed include mobile malware, theft, application markets and advice on securing your smartphone. Read more
January 20, 2012 - A popular smartphone app used by the gay community to hook-up with similarly-minded people in their vicinity suffers from a serious security vulnerability that could expose personal information and explicit photos that they have been sent. (continue reading...) Read more
January 20, 2012 - A Romanian who admitted to hacking into NASA servers has received a three-year suspended prison sentence. Being tried in the US wouldn't have guaranteed jail time, so here's hoping the Obama administration wins in its pursuit of a mandatory three-year (continue reading...) Read more
January 20, 2012 - A mere three years after a South African bank spent $1.8 million on a new fraud-detection system, hackers managed to swindle $6.7 million out from under that system's nose. Although customer funds are thought to be safe, would you actually (continue reading...) Read more
January 20, 2012 - Anonymous seems to want revenge after the arrest of Megaupload's founders on piracy charges. Take care what links you click on, you could be launching a denial-of-service attack against the US government and entertainment industry. (continue reading...) Read more
January 19, 2012 - As you can't have failed to have noticed, on Wednesday some of the world's most famous websites chose a variety of ways to protest against proposed anti-piracy legislation in the United States. (continue reading...) Read more
January 19, 2012 - With the another UK citizen facing extradition to the US, this time for copyright offences, should the UK really be doing more to rebalance the US-UK extradition process? Read more
January 19, 2012 - The publication of a detailed probe into the alleged members of the Koobface malware gang appears to have had an instant impact. But there's no sign that the Russian authorities are planning to investigate the alleged gang anytime soon. (continue reading...) Read more
January 19, 2012 - A suspected Russian cybercriminal arrived in Manhattan on Tuesday to face charges of security fraud, computer hacking and ID theft after being deported from Switzerland. Read more
January 18, 2012 - The wrangle between Indian cybercrew The Lords of Dhamaraja and Symantec over a source code breach in 2006 continues. Whatever happened, the fact remains: this was a cybercrime and the "hackers" are the crooks. (continue reading...) Read more
January 18, 2012 - One of TechCrunch's web servers is serving up pages which definitely don't belong at TechCrunch! But it may not be the result of malicious hacking.. Read more
January 18, 2012 - There's an easy way to get around Wikipedia's blackout, using a tool which can also boost your online security. Find out how now. 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 16, 2012 - The in-depth story of how five men have been identified as part of the Koobface gang, in a detailed investigation conducted by independent researcher Jan Drömer and Dirk Kollberg of SophosLabs. A must-read! (continue reading...) Read more