November 3, 2015 You are your own digital bodyguard It’s easier to steal your identity than it is to steal your car.
November 3, 2015 Hacker who helped feds gets no more time in prison The infamous hacker known as Sabu who cooperated with the FBI for three years to take down his former associates and help authorities disrupt or mitigate cyber attacks including those targeting U.S. military, Congress and law enforcement websites was sentenced on Tuesday to time served.
November 3, 2015 Missing Malaysian airliner scams strike Facebook Online scammers rarely let a big news event go by without trying to exploit it. The case of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which disappeared more than a week ago and still has not been found, is no exception.
November 3, 2015 Feds dismiss charges against Reddit co-founder Swartz, citing suicide Federal prosecutors in Boston have dismissed charges against Internet freedom activist Aaron Swartz, who was found dead in his New York apartment last week following years of struggle against a legal system that he felt had not caught up to the information age.Â
November 3, 2015 Pornography app snaps user's photo, demands ransom If you've used Adult Player, sorry to hear it: It's an Android porn app that takes a photo of you with the phone's front-facing camera, immobilizes the device, and demands a $500 payment via a locked ransom screen to fix the phone and delete the photo.
November 3, 2015 How stolen data sold to a bald guy landed AT&T with record breaking $25 million FCC fine AT&T is about to pay heavily for a data breach which saw a wealth of personal data stolen and sold from some of its call centers last year.
November 3, 2015 UK goes to war against encrypted messaging apps, because it wants to read everything UK Prime Minister David Cameron has said that should he win the next general election, his party will introduce comprehensive legislation which allows intelligence agencies to gain access to private and encrypted communications sent over the Internet.
November 3, 2015 Beware the militarization of cyberspace In recent months numerous hacking campaigns have been uncovered by security firms. In many cases, they have been attributed to state-sponsored hackers.
November 3, 2015 292 counterfeit domains seized by law enforcement Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland security Investigations and law enforcement agencies from 19 countries have seized 292 web domains that were used for the sale of counterfeit goods.Â
November 3, 2015 Expert: Why the North Korean cyber threat is real With the finger of suspicion now pointing at North Korea in the Sony Pictures hack, a security expert warns that the rogue state has the tools at its disposal to wreak havoc on other western corporate networks.