Completely anonymous website challenges anyone to expose its owner
The goal: send a postcard reading “I see you” to the mystery challenger’s real-life address.
On May 1, 2013 by Tim Sampson
This popular messaging app could open your phone to hackers
Viber, a messaging app with 175 million users and counting, has a flaw that could let hackers take over Android phones.
On Apr 25, 2013 by Curt Hopkins
Skype hack hijacks your computer, puts it to work making Bitcoin
Someone’s using a Skype vulnerability to create a Bitcoin-mining botnet.
On Apr 5, 2013 by Curt Hopkins
Did this journalist just reveal the identity of a notorious hacker?
Internet security blogger Brian Klebs may have just dug up the real identity of Phobia, who perpetrated one of the biggest hacks of 2012.
On Mar 19, 2013 by Kevin Morris
A guide to Web security for newbies
Don’t have the first clue about how to stay safe on the Web? Here’s how to get a bit of security with very little effort.
On Mar 18, 2013 by Curt Hopkins
Stop what you’re doing and disable Java in your browser
Java accounted for 50 percent of software-based hacking exploits last year, and it’s not getting any safer. Before you click another link, just turn it off.
On Mar 4, 2013 by Curt Hopkins
Dot Dot Dot: From guns and ammo to bits and bytes
There’s a new kind of world war going on. And a new kind of weapon needed.
On Feb 28, 2013 by Nicholas White
This is how easy it is to game Amazon’s customer service
That replacement Kindle is on its way, whether you ordered it or not.
On Feb 14, 2013 by Fidel Martinez
Your Twitter account is about to get much harder to hack
Twitter is working on two-factor authentication—a security feature already used by Google and others—after last week’s hack of 250,000 passwords.
On Feb 5, 2013 by Kris Holt
Java exploits sell for $5,000 on the Internet’s seedy black market
Yet another reason to disable Java in your browser now.
On Jan 18, 2013 by Curt Hopkins
18% of U.S. Internet users have had an account compromised
A Google security researcher ran the numbers in a post on his personal blog.
On Jan 15, 2013 by Kevin Collier
Department of Homeland Security wants you to disable Java
Only one of two critical zero-day bugs in Java has been fixed by a recent patch. The remaining vulnerability could put your computer at risk.
On Jan 15, 2013 by Curt Hopkins
Are DDoS attacks an effective form of protest?
We asked the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, security researchers and Anonymous members.
On Jan 9, 2013 by Curt Hopkins
Report: U.S. State Department still has major security holes
An audit of State’s security revealed that some of the vulnerabilities exploited by Bradley Manning and Wikileaks still haven’t been fixed.
On Nov 13, 2012 by Kevin Morris
Pinterest Zoom application identified as adware
Pinners beware: a new add-on may not be what it claims to be.
On Sep 20, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III
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