Tens of thousands of Americans may lose their internet service Monday unless they check their computers for infection. We've posted about this before, and Monday is the deadline. But the FBI believes that about 64,000 computers in the United States are still infected. So, this weekend, make sure...
Enjoy the Games, but Use Caution, Common Sense Online Cybercriminals might use the 2012 Summer Olympic Games as an opportunity to ramp up malware, scams, data theft and DDoS attacks, as well as a platform for high-profile "hacktivism," warns a May 17 report released by the Department of Homeland...
Breaking news is that 6.5 million encrypted LinkedIn passwords have been hacked! You can read more about it here http://mashable.com/2012/06/06/6-5-million-linkedin-passwords/ and here: http://www.businessinsider.com/linkedin-hacked-2012-6 On its own home page, LinkedIn is urging users to change...
With last week's high-profile announcement that a new form of spyware called "Flame" is almost certainly a state-developed program, the topics of cyber warfare and state-sponsored snooping have captured attention. At least, they have captured the attention of Google, which today announced that...
Yesterday the White House hosted a meeting of government officials and corporate honchos to discuss a very serious problem. World peace? The economy? No, they met to discuss botnets. What is a botnet? Here's how the Industry Botnet Group, a voluntary group of companies, trade associations and...
