The hacktivist group Anonymous apparently gained control over the Boston Police Department's community policing website in retaliation for the police crackdown on the Occupy Boston protests.
08 February 2012
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is backing the creation of a privately led steering group to tackle the complex process of creating an online trusted identities environment designed to protect consumers and companies from online fraud and identity theft.
08 February 2012
The volume of cybersecurity job ads declined in the fourth quarter in the US, compared to a four-year high in the third-quarter of 2011, according to a survey by WANTED Analytics.
08 February 2012
Two US lawsuits, both involving producers of adult content, raise interesting questions: is the owner of an unsecured WiFi responsible for all downloaded material, and can you copyright pornography?
08 February 2012
Malicious spam grows, Blackhole dominates and critical national infrastructures are targeted, says M86 in its latest report.
08 February 2012
A survey by BridgeHead Software shows disaster recovery (DR) is increasingly prioritized for investment by IT professionals within the health industry.
08 February 2012
The food and beverage industry is the top target for cybercriminals for the second year in a row, according to the 2012 Global Security Report by Trustwave SpiderLabs.
07 February 2012
Spammers are targeting QuickBooks users in a tax-related scam that links to a BlackHole exploit kit.
07 February 2012
South Korean researchers are warning that a number of political events this year could trigger an increase in cyberattacks from North Korea.
07 February 2012
Australia’s central bank is seeking help from information security providers to beef up its protection against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.
07 February 2012