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After evaluating the success of data breach disclosure laws in the U.S., The British government has decided not to implement similar rules for private business. PC Pro reports the UK's Infor... More >
Spam levels are starting to rise again now that some notorious botnets are back online, according to Symantec. Across the globe, spam levels had dropped 75 percent after Internet service pro... More >
Most computer systems are back up at three London hospitals three days after the network connecting all three was shut down to stem a virus, reports The Register . Computer systems at the h... More >
The U.S. Army has banned the use of USB drives and other forms of removable storage because of a worm spreading through its networks, reports Wired . An Army e-mail called it a "virus calle... More >
Following up on the killings at a Santa Clara chip company last week, The San Jose Mercury News talked to experts about heading off workplace violence. IT Business Edge's Rob Enderle wrote e... More >
A computer worm has forced the shutdown of computer systems at three London hospitals for more than 24 hours, reports BBC News . A hospital spokesman said "well rehearsed" emergency procedures wer... More >
The U.S. Computer Emergency Response Team is warning of a phishing scam claiming to come from the U.S. Federal Reserve . Ironically, reports vnunet.com , the message warns users that a "larg... More >
Two Los Angeles traffic engineers have pleaded guilty to hacking into the city's traffic control computer, creating gridlock at four busy intersections, reports vnunet.com . Prosecutors say... More >
The pharmacy benefit-management company that hackers are trying to extort is offering a $1 million reward for information that leads to their arrest and conviction, reports Brian Krebs at The W... More >
A survey sponsored by Secure Computing shows that critical infrastructure insiders believe industries like water, utilities, oil and gas, telecommunications and transportation are ill-prepared for cy... More >
A former San Jose, Calif., computer network administrator faces up to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to a wave of burglaries, hacking incidents and identity thefts, reports The San Jose ... More >
According to a survey by Infoblox, 10 percent of DNS servers are still vulnerable to the cache-poisoning attacks discovered by Dan Kaminsky . The survey shows that 1.3 million nameservers a... More >
The "foreign entity" that hacked into the computer systems of both major presidential campaigns has been named. Financial Times reports that the computer attacks originated from China . A... More >
The FBI is investigating an extortion letter threatening to release millions of patient records unless a a U.S. prescription drug-management company paid up, according to an IDG story in The New ... More >
According to a study by KMPG, more than 280 million people worldwide have been the victim of data breaches. vnunet.com reports that in 62 percent of those instances data was lost rather tha... More >
The computer systems of both major presidential campaigns were hacked by an unknown "foreign entity" that was apparently trying to gain information about how to deal with a new U.S. administration,... More >
AT&T has acquired Wayport for $275 million in cash. The acquisition provides AT&T with 3,000 of Wayport's hotspots which the company will use to create the world's largest hotspot network. ... More >
Malware writers are already targeting president-elect Barack Obama . According to CRN , a Trojan is exploiting users' curiosity with an e-mail claiming to offer news of Obama's victory. The s... More >
Adobe had released patches that fix eight critical vulnerabilities in Acrobat PDF Reader , reports ITProPortal.com . Core Security Technology is credited with bringing one of the vulnerabili... More >
Add fraud to the list of the latest hosted tech services, according to a silicon.com story on ZDNet. Botnets can be hired to mine customer banking information for as little as $299 a month, ... More >
Six people have been arrested in the hacking of French President Nicolas Sarkozy's bank account , according to an Agence France-Presse story in The Strait Times. The suspects include two tw... More >
According to the Associated Press , 383 people may be the victims of identity theft after their passport applications were illegally accessed following a security breach in March. State Dep... More >
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