Computer Security News

After someone sniffed out his password at a free WiFi hotspot and successfully hacked his computer, Igor Mello stays home for the majority of his Web use.

Of the 135 people Fortune 500 employees targeted by social engineering hackers in a recent contest only five of them refused to give up any corporate information whatsoever.

Scammers and spammers are flooding Apple's newly-launched Ping music-related social network with fraudulent messages, says security firm Sophos.

Lord Prescott has said he is prepared to take legal action to find out whether News of The World journalists hacked into his phone messages.

Twitter is launching its own URL shortening service to increase the transparency of links posted on its social networking site.

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The last government stubbornly insisted there was nothing wrong with the Act - while rejecting overwhelming support for Gary instead to be tried in the UK.

Security experts are issuing warnings following the discovery of a phishing attack based on fast food chain McDonald's. According to security firm Sophos, the attack claims to be a customer survey.

Above are messages left by a stalker using a hacked Facebook account. A Sydney mother-of-three, her daughter and daughter's friends have been subjected to a two-week ordeal at the hands of a Facebook stalker and they have been unable to get the social networking company to intervene.

FishNet Security, the nation's leading provider of information security solutions that combine technology, services, support and training, today announced the results of its 2010 IT security trends and spending survey.

Computing: Quantum cryptography is unbreakable in theory. But like any security system, in practice it is only as safe as its weakest link IT SOUNDS foolproof.

Authorities are questioning a man who was allegedly cutting off the tail of a whale on a South Florida beach.

New investigation suggests Coulson 'actively encouraged' phone hacking at the News of the World.

Network security supplier Stonesoft has made its MobileID authentication software token available for five new mobile platforms to allow access to mission-critical systems.

As worldwide chief technology officer for security company McAfee, George Kurtz took part in the investigation - called Operation Aurora - earlier this year of the attacks against Google and a number of other companies that apparently targeted high-value sensitive information.

Source: The Star The website of the National Institute of Public Administration has suffered a cyber attack believed to be by Indonesian hackers.

SEATTLE Dick's Drive-In has been hacked. The famous Seattle burger chain says someone has broke into its website and spiked the numbers on a poll that asks customers where Dick's should put its next restaurant.

Security vendors are warning users of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Information Services 6 Web server software that a new online attack could put their data at risk.

Microsoft has released a Fix-It tool to help mitigate the latest DLL load hijacking issue that exposes Windows users to remote code execution attacks.

NORCO Hits PC Market with Network Security Barebone BIS-7870 Recently, NORCO has introduced a brand new product, the BIS-7870 which is a network security barebone, to the IPC market.