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Did Someone Launch a DDoS Attack to Protect Symantec Source Code?

Would it ever make sense for companies to launch a preemptive strike to protect data?

6 jan. 2012 2 mins

Cybercrime Data Breach Data and Information Security

Windows 8 How To: Quick OS Reinstalls

A standout feature in early demos of Windows 8 is the ability to quickly refresh and reset the OS to its original state while keeping your data intact, thus speeding up a process that has long been tedious and unsteady.

5 jan. 2012 3 mins

Computers and Peripherals Small and Medium Business Windows

Irony Alert: Beijing Trying to Stop Chinese Hackers

Non-government-approved attacks stole personal data from China citizens. Popular in-country sites found to have little if any protection for user data.

4 jan. 2012 3 mins

Data Breach Encryption Phishing

Facebook Timeline Scams Prey on Wishful Thinking

If you're not a fan of the new Facebook Timeline design, beware of bogus Facebook groups and pages promising a return to the old design.

4 jan. 2012 3 mins

Facebook Security Social Networking Apps

Smart Grid Security Inadequate, Threats Abound

As password policies become ever-stronger, users have a more difficult time committing them to memory. The most popular workaround is password reuse, a technique that hackers can leverage to breach your systems and servicesu2014as easily as those you

18 jul. 2017

Security

Smart Grid Security Inadequate, Threats Abound

As the Stuxnet attack shows, malicious hackers "clearly have the upper hand" over power grid systems, a new study says. A lack of strict standards and a hodgepodge of products have created today's chaotic state of utility cybersecurity

4 jan. 2012 6 mins

Firewalls Intrusion Detection Software Viruses

New Wave of Hacker Attacks Coming

Smarter hackers, and a new generation of "hacktivists" will launch attacks on mobile banking apps, virtual currency and even your local supermarket in 2012.

29 dec. 2011 5 mins

Cybercrime Mobile Security

Why Did the Chinese Hack into the U.S. Chamber of Commerce?

They spent a lot of money to get access to "trade-policy documents, meeting notes, trip reports and schedules." They probably could have gotten the same info by saying, "Please?"

21 dec. 2011 2 mins

Cybercrime Data Breach Security