1,400 personal records stolen from Columbia College
Three notebook computers were stolen two weeks ago from an office at the Columbia College, containing personal information, including social security numbers, of 1,400 of …
Zeljka Zorz
Black hat hackers on demand
Everybody knows that malicious hacking is illegal, but there are services out there that seem not very concerned with the fact. Some of them have been operating for 3 years …
Five months to detect a breach
When it comes to cyber attacks and breaches, the hospitality industry has been the most heavily targeted industry in 2009. This surprising information is among the findings …
Google applicants targeted by phony job application response
People who have applied for a position at Google are in danger of being duped by a malicious email purporting to come from Google, thanking the recipients for sending in their …
Inside Cyber Warfare: Mapping the Cyber Underworld
The latest attacks and intrusions on networks of US companies and the speculation about their origins have surely made cyber war a distinctly possible reality in the minds of …
Twitter users asked to reset their passwords after phishing attack
Many Twitter users have been locked out of their accounts today, following a suspected phishing attack. They received a message stating: “Due to concern that your …
Beware of Chinese bearing gifts
UK businessmen have been warned by the British security service against using “gifts” such as memory sticks or cameras given to them when attending exhibitions or …
A closer look at Gili USB Stick Encryption 2.0
USB flash drives are the most popular way to move data from one PC to another. They are easy to use, convenient, affordable, but at the same time they pose a security risk and …
Facebook tops the list of risky social networking sites
Social networks may represent one of the most common infection and data loss vectors today, but it’s patently obvious that they are here to stay. Looking at them from a …
Cloud computing not as safe as they want you to think
Cloud computing has been touted as the perfect solution for our increasingly mobile life-style – everything we need is always online and always accessible. The …
Congressional web sites defaced
Visitors of websites of some Congressional representatives and of a few committees were greeted on Wednesday evening by a short message with colorful language. The websites …
IE vulnerability offers your files to hackers
Jorge Luis Alvarez Medina, a security consultant working for Core Security, has discovered a string of vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer that make it possible for an …