Advertisers reach out to security experts to create a new research council (exclusive)

November 19, 2012 6:00 AM Meghan Kelly
Meghan Kelly

Solve Media is trying to defeat bots in the advertising industry. It created a new type of advertising that makes people prove they are humans, and now the company is bringing together some well-known names in security to form the "Security Advisory Council."

We need to recycle Anonymous’ talent into the companies they attack

February 29, 2012 6:22 PM Meghan Kelly
Meghan Kelly

Rehabilitating criminals is not a new concept, but their skills aren’t always as specific as those of a cyber criminal. With hacktivist arrests on the rise, perhaps it’s time for companies to realize the potential gain in employing the very …

The “world’s most wanted hacker,” Kevin Mitnick, has gone straight (interview)

October 21, 2011 1:00 PM Dean Takahashi
Dean Takahashi

Kevin Mitnick was once labeled the world’s most wanted hacker. Back in 1992, he tangled with a mystery hacker named Eric, setting off a duel that led to a chain of events that spun out of control.

After a FBI …