Spam & Hackers
Gmail’s AI Hack Scare: Security Warning For 2.5 Billion Users
Phishing attacks are one of the oldest tricks in an attacker’s handbook that has proven effective time after time. We usually consider that these attacks would only work on uninformed, or not-too-educated ...
Internet Archive Hacked: Sensitive Data Leak Affects 31 Million Users
The Internet Archive has recently undergone an unpleasant event in its history. According to the latest news available, an anonymous hacker successfully hacked the Internet Archive, and this news was later confirmed ...
Adobe Resets Passwords after Massive Data Breach
The massive breach into Adobe’s networks may have been the work of the same attackers who compromised LexisNexis and other organizations, using the same techniques. Security professionals around the world should be ...
Sarah Palin Testifies in E-Mail Hacking Case
Sarah Palin has testified against her accused e-mail hacker. A 22-year-old man allegedly hacked into Palin’s Yahoo e-mail account during the 2008 presidential race. The former Alaska governor said she used the ...
Google Hackers Reportedly Targeted Password System
Hacker attacks on Google traced to China appear to have been directed at Gaia, a Google system now named Single Sign-on, which allows cloud users to access apps with one password. Access ...
CIOs Battle Hackers Using Olympic-Themed Attacks
Hackers are changing tactics, with e-mails identifying with the Olympics but hiding malicious Trojans that elude most antivirus programs. Where hackers formerly favored Microsoft Word documents, now they are turning to other ...
MySpace Still Denies Security Holes
Following widespread reports that the MySpace pages of music bands are regularly being infected with malware, Andrew Storms, director of security operations for nCircle said he agrees that there is a yet-to-be-reported ...
Stopping Today’s PC Spies at the Gate
“If you want to avoid spyware, there are certain parts of the Web you should stay away from,” says Dave Cole, director of Symantec Security Response. “They’re the dark alleys of the ...