If you looked at a graph of denial of service attacks, you'd likely see a hockey stick of growth in 2011, according to research by DDOS-protection company Prolexic.
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A Bulgarian digital rights activist is the proud owner of your Facebook name, username, and email today. Bogomil Shopov bought this information for 1.1 million Facebook users for $5.
Hackers stole credit card information and potentially tax information from 3.6 million people in South Carolina. They obtained the data by hacking into the state's Department of Revenue -- a hole which the DOR says it has patched up.
Hackers compromised credit card readers at 63 Barnes & Noble stores, according to the company. The bookseller is urging customers to check their bank statements for fraudulent activity and to change their ATM pins.
T-Mobile says it will start shipping Android phones preloaded with an app-scanning program by Lookout Mobile. The app is called Automatic App Security, and it marks a big partnership for the mobile security company.
Sometimes stolen money does come back to you. Facebook gave $250,000 to team of cyber security research students at the University of Alabama Birmingham today after the group helped track down hackers associated with the Koobface virus, which plagued the social network for some time.
Someone claiming to be a member of hacker collective Anonymous who previously claimed to take down GoDaddy and Facebook has claimed responsibility for today’s big Amazon’s EC2 cloud outage.
Now parents can control exactly what their kids see on the Kindle Fire HD -- and for how long.
Researchers say that poor data encryption by Android apps can expose user data to theft, but the problem may be larger than just Android.
Seven cameras, multiple sensors, computers and other gear could make police cars into high-tech vehicles.
A special White House investigation couldn't find any evidence of Chinese spying through Huawei telecommunications systems, though the U.S. recently warned businesses using the vendor that it "cannot be trusted to be free of foreign state influence."
It sucks when your PC gets clogged with viruses, slows to crawl, and generally makes your life miserable. But what if it put your life in danger? With medical facilities all around the United States running outdated software that can't install new security patches, that very well may become the case.
Facebook serves anti-virus software to over 30 million people through its AV marketplace -- a function you probably didn't realize Facebook had. The company added eight new security companies to the mix today that will provide virus protection and security tools to Facebook users.
Researchers announced a new malware called miniFlame today that may be monitoring and stealing data from specific, highly profitable victims. It is a sister to the Flame malware that made headlines earlier this year.
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is freaked out, and for good reason. He advised America today that the country is in danger of a cyber attack that could end in civilian death.
Anonymous and Wikileaks have seemingly broken a longstanding partnership after Wikileaks put up a paywall over a number of leaked documents on its website.
Facebook says reports that its servers have been hacked by Anonymous are false, and that the company is actually experiencing outages on the European continent.
Thursday, Facebook experienced technical difficulties in parts of Europe. Proclaimed Anonymous security leader Anonymous Own3r claimed responsibility for the downtime, but the social network denied an attack took place.
Here's more proof that even low-profile organizations are at risk. A Northwest Florida university revealed yesterday that the school's servers were hacked, revealing personally identifiable information for up to 300,000 students and employees, already resulting in identity theft.
