Thursday, December 29, 2011 12:36 PM/CST
More credit card numbers, email addresses and usernames and passwords were exposed in a hack on specialforces.com
Thursday, April 21, 2011 6:52 PM/CST
Rogelio Hackett, Jr pled guilty to stealing credit card numbers and selling them in a criminal enterprise that spanned nine years.
Sunday, February 27, 2011 4:38 PM/CST
The US Department of Health and Human Services fined two medical institutions for a total of $5.3 million for violating the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). These are the first-ever penalties imposed since HIPAA went into effect in 2003.
Thursday, January 20, 2011 9:53 PM/CST
A new report from Panda Security goes deep inside the cyber-underground.
Thursday, May 27, 2010 7:09 PM/CST
Symantec found 44 million stolen account credentials for popular online games such as "World of Warcraft." But perhaps just as interestingly, researchers uncovered a Trojan being used to check to see if the credentials are valid.
Thursday, April 08, 2010 5:45 PM/CST
Attackers continue to combine technical and social engineering attempts, including hacked pages of well-known sites such as eBay, to successfully target end users.
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 11:26 PM/CST
Leading U.S. cyber-security practitioners and policy makers concede that little progress is being made in helping the nation address pressing matters related to electronic threats.
Friday, February 26, 2010 6:52 AM/CST
Abandoned or unmanaged social networking accounts have become a major point of risk related to the applications.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 7:13 AM/CST
Researchers from Rutgers University are demonstrating a new proof-of-concept for loading rootkits on smartphone devices, attacks that could allow for eavesdropping or even tracking of users.
Saturday, February 20, 2010 9:32 AM/CST
Phishers are using fakes of online auction marketing sites to lure in unsuspecting end users as they continue to broaden and diversify their efforts.