Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Security breaches no longer 'fun and games:' Vendor Internet Identity says the commercialization of crimeware was one of the top security trends the company spotted in 2011
Thursday, December 08, 2011
Hacker gets Ice Cream Sandwich onto Kindle Fire The hack is incomplete, lacking support for audio, Wi-Fi, the accelerometer and the light sensor
Monday, December 05, 2011
BB Playbook Gets Rooted, Hulu Comes Along for the Ride Developers rejoice! The BlackBerry PlayBook has finally been rooted, giving access to tinker away
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Surprise! Canadian security study shows fewer breaches Telus and the Rotman School of Management release their fourth annual research, which shows a big drop in incidents but more targeted attacks. Plus: How to Province of Ontario is grappling with increasingly sophisticated malware
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Fake iTunes gift certs could make for a sad Black Friday Security vendor Sophos reports that malware developers are using the lure of a free $50 iTunes gift card to spread malware
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Hungarian nabbed after hacking hotel chain for job After breaking into the computers of Marriott International, man threatened to release its data unless he got an IT job
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Unemployed Romanian accused of hacking into NASA Robert Butyka, 26, allegedly caused US$500,000 damage to NASA's systems
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
FAQ, What's the big deal about Duqu? It could pose a grave threat to the industrial control systems
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Mystery 'virus' disrupts New Zealand ambulance service Malware sends operators back to manual communication
Monday, November 14, 2011
Is the Anonymous threat on Toronto credible? OPINION The City is taking the hacking collective seriously when it threatens to remove Toronto from the Internet if members of the Occupy Toronto movement are evicted.
Friday, November 11, 2011
Think before rushing to fix security holes: Forrester Forrester Research this week published a report that advises security professionals not to jump the gun on fixing security deficiencies immediately after a data breach is identified since that could destroy valuable evidence needed to prosecute cyber-criminals
Wednesday, November 09, 2011
Canadian companies 'overconfident' in data security: Study A study commissioned by security software provider Websense has found that a whopping 81 per cent feel “confident” in the security they currently have
Friday, November 04, 2011
High profile hacker gets hacked Marketplace that advertises information allegedly stolen from Websites belonging to the U.S. Army, the U.S. Department of Defense broken into, claims group
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
SQL injection attack compromises nearly 200,000 sites Attackers have planted malicious JavaScript on ASP.Net sites that causes the browser to load an iframe that tries to plant malware on the visitor's PC
Thursday, October 13, 2011
'Hollywood Hacker' Collared by FBI The FBI says it has arrested a man who it claims is responsible for hacking into actress Scarlett Johansson's e-mail account