The case for tighter security of all Internet-connected devices
July 26, 2011
The rapid and frenetic shift to commerce built around Internet-connected devices and online services continues to far outpace measured consideration of the profound security and privacy implications for individuals, small businesses and large organizations.
We may well be heading for a a day when it will be compulsory to use company-issued locked-down devices for connecting securely to company networks, and separate consumer devices for which …More
LulzSec plans to release trove of News Corp e-mails
July 22, 2011
“If you value your privacy you need to actively participate by choosing who you share your information with carefully and selecting secure passcodes and PINs to protect your information.” — Chet Wisniewski, Sophos
By Byron Acohido, USA TODAY, 22July2011, Page 1B
A group of hackers that has bedeviled companies and governments all summer emerged Thursday as a potentially explosive wild card in the British tabloid scandal.
On Thursday, hacktivist group…More
Why the corporate sector should do more to protect the Web
July 19, 2011
Tabloid snoopers hacking cellphone voice mailboxes. Hacktivist groups bedeviling giant corporations, big media companies and government agencies. The Pentagon maneuvering to win public blessings to engage in proactive, open cyber warfare against China, which has been doing just that for more than a decade. Cyber criminals corrupting search results, web pages, email and social network messaging with malware to pilfer corporate secrets and …More
Caller ID spoofing could spike in wake of British tabloids scandal
July 19, 2011
By Byron Acohido, USA TODAY, 110719, Page 3B
Tabloid magnate Murdoch
Three giant U.S. cellphone service providers do not require consumers to use voice mailbox PIN codes, making their customers vulnerable to the kind of hacks fueling the British tabloids scandal, security and privacy experts say.
AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint allow subscribers to access voice messages without entering a Personal Identification Number.
This practice makes it trivial …More
Mass SQL hacking attacks takes aim at smaller online businesses
July 5, 2011
By Byron Acohido, USA TODAY, 5 July 2011, p 1B
Criminals who infect websites are making the Internet much riskier for small business owners.
Since early June, one gang has been using a uniquely insidious type of automated attack to inject malicious code on some 20,000 to 30,000 sites, many of them small businesses that rely on the Internet to reach customers, says Wayne Huang, chief technical officer at website …More