“Billions of dollars in government stimulus money are encouraging utility companies to ignore security risks that could plummet large metropolitan areas into darkness, security experts say.
In 2009, the Obama administration provided nearly $4 billion to …
“About 117,600 customers who downloaded the app since March 2009 had their account numbers and security access codes saved to a hidden file on their smartphone or music player, the Wall Street Journal reported. Those who synced their iPhone with their home computer might have also unintentionally saved the sensitive information there.
The new version of the app, released July 19, does not stow users’ banking info and deletes previously stored baking info.
Citi does not believe that criminals exploited the security flaw, which was revealed in a routine security review, and that clients should be unaffected, “
Sphere: Related Content“The Committee on Science and Technology’s Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation held a hearing yesterday to discuss cyber attack attribution technology and its importance in reducing the impact of network attacks and intrusions.
During the hearing, …
“Apple said a hacker who manipulated sales data on its online App Store broke into the accounts of about 400 iTunes users in the process, according to a published report.
Clayton Morris, a blogger and host …
“Now, with a new fraud alert service developed by Microsoft, institutions will have a faster way to know that a customer’s account information has been compromised. People who find customer credentials will have a place …
“North Korea has mounted a cyber campaign — using stolen identities of South Korean Internet users — to spread its claim that Seoul faked evidence on the sinking of a warship, officials said Tuesday.
Intelligence officials …
“Officials in charge of the reliability of the U.S. electric grid are taking a closer look at how to respond to cyberattacks and other possible catastrophic events.
The North American Electric Reliability Corp., or NERC, and …
“Media Temple, the Web host for Adobe, ABC, Sony, NBC, Time, Volkswagen and Starbucks, was recently shut down by a distributed denial of service attack.
‘The outage began about 3:50 p.m. PDT [Tuesday], when Media Temple’s …
“The past decade may be portrayed as a period of growing cyber threats, or at least as a period of increasing fear and a growing conviction regarding cyber insecurity. Among many different cyber-vulnerable industries, critical …
“Like convenience stores and fast-food restaurants, phishing is no longer a mom-and-pop operation, according to a study released today.
A single crime syndicate dubbed ‘Avalanche’ was responsible for some 66 percent of the phishing traffic generated …
“Hackers have begun using compromised servers instead of client PCs to launch more powerful denial of service attacks.
Hundreds of web servers are infected with a DoS application that transforms them into zombie drones, according to …
“Asked about the possibility of using military force after a cyber assault, James Miller, undersecretary of defense for policy, said: ‘Yes, we need to think about the potential for responses that are not limited to …
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“The hacker is believed to have stolen the IDs of 1.5 million Facebook users. If accurate, that means one out of every 300 Facebook users may have been victimized. Kirllos is selling the information on …
“China on Monday accused a U.S. congressional advisory panel of bias for a report in which it said the Chinese government appeared increasingly to be piercing U.S. computer networks to gather useful data for its …
“Landis initially won the famous Tour de France cycle race in 2006, but was later stripped of his title when tests indicated that he had taken performance-enhancing drugs.
The cyclist is now wanted in connection with …
“Initially discovered in February 2010, the mobile virus, ‘MMS Bomber,’ has been spreading quickly in China, primarily on Nokia and Samsung devices.
Installed as an application, the virus automatically sends MMS containing a malicious URL to …
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