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Lawmakers debate increasing video surveillance in U.S.

, Apr 21st 2013 Discuss [0]

Authorities are debating whether or not video surveillance should be increased in the United States due to their importance in uncovering the suspects of the Boston Marathon bombings. Lawmakers are in talks about the importance of increasing surveillance and how CCTV (close-circuit television) cameras will be able to increase security and protect citizens as well as help authorities track down suspects. Read The Full Story

Hackers take control of several CBS News Twitter accounts

, Apr 20th 2013 Discuss [0]

It looks like CBS is the latest victim in a series of Social Network account hacks that seem to be prevalent this year. Today, CBS stated that several of its Twitter accounts, including 60 Minutes, 48 Hours, CBSDenver, and its official Twitter account were all compromised earlier today. The hackers used the accounts and tweeted things like, "General Dempsey calls for #Obama's arrest under new anti-terror laws #48hours". Read The Full Story

Reddit suffers down-time due to DDoS attack

, Apr 20th 2013 Discuss [0]

Reddit was targeted by a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) attack earlier yesterday morning, resulting in some unpleasant downtime for Redditors all around. Why it became the target of an attack is still a mystery, but a Reddit representative told the Huffington Post that "All we know is it is blatantly malicious." Some speculate that the DDoS attack was related to Reddit's manhunt for the Boston Marathon terrorists. Read The Full Story

Lookout security announces “BadNews” Android malware family discovery

, Apr 19th 2013 Discuss [0]

In an announcement that should have Android users having a double-check of the applications they've downloaded in the recent past, the mobile security group Lookout has identified what they call the "BadNews" malware family. The applications affected by BadNews have, according to Lookout, potentially affected between 2,000,000 and 9,000,000 users due to the number of downloads recorded in the apps that have been tagged. Lookout has made it clear that not all downloads of these apps (especially early versions) contained malicious code, all those on the list should be cautious. Read The Full Story

LulzSec hacker “Recursion” sentenced to a year in prison

, Apr 18th 2013 Discuss [0]

It has been a long process, but one of LulzSec's hackers who went by the name "Recursion" has been sentenced, receiving one year in prison for his part in a cyberattack on Sony Entertainment. After serving his year, the hacker, who's real name is Cody Kretsinger, will have to perform 1,000 hours of community service and home detention. Kretsinger plead guilty to a single count of conspiracy and unauthorized impairment of a protected computer, according to Reuters. Read The Full Story

House passes CISPA bill with flying colors

, Apr 18th 2013 Discuss [0]

After being squashed in the Senate last year, the CISPA bill has made a reappearance in the House of Representatives once again, and it passed with flying colors. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, as it's called, passed in the House by a majority vote of 288 to 127. It's now on to the Senate to get a yea or nay. Read The Full Story

Google to roll out new Chrome safeguard against malicious extensions

, Apr 17th 2013 Discuss [0]

Google is mighty proud of Chrome's security, something it has taken a proactive stance on. Back in December, the Internet giant put the kibosh on silent extensions, which are the sleeper-cell kind that slip in unnoticed and unwanted, installing by default. This move has been expanded on, with the company announcing earlier today a new safeguard that ensures malicious extensions stay out of your browser. Read The Full Story

DDoS Bandwidth usage skyrockets in Q1 2013

, Apr 17th 2013 Discuss [0]

The average bandwidth used by DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks had dramatically increased in Q1 2013. A report from Prolexic Technologies, a DDoS protection and mitigation service provider, discovered that the average bandwidth usage by DDoS attacks, which used to be at 6 Gbps, has increased 8 times to 48 Gbps. It has also discovered that 10% of all DDoS attacks it had mitigated reached speeds of 60 Gbps. Read The Full Story

NQ: Malware on mobile devices grew 163% last year

, Apr 17th 2013 Discuss [0]

According to a security report from NQ Mobile Security, mobile malware is on the high rise. In 2012, malware infections grew by 163% year-over-year. There were 65,227 newly discovered mobile malware floating around, compared to the 24,794 that were discovered back in 2011. The malware is beginning to spread to various markets, including China, India, Russia, the United States, and Saudi Arabia. Read The Full Story

Microsoft begins rolling out two-factor authentication

, Apr 17th 2013 Discuss [0]

The popularity of two-factor authentication is too much for Microsoft, as they will buckle under the pressure and offer two-factor authentication for all 700 million Microsoft accounts. The company announced today that they will be rolling out the new feature over the next few days, giving Microsoft users a little more piece of mind. Read The Full Story

Microsoft reports that 24% of all PCs are unprotected

, Apr 17th 2013 Discuss [0]

Many of you are probably sporting some kind of anti-malware software on your computer, whether it'd Norton, McAfee, Kaspersky, etc. However, it turns out that almost a quarter of all PCs in the world are unprotected, leaving them wide open for all kinds of havoc that no one really wants lurking around. Read The Full Story

Symantec security report reveals attacks up and spam down

, Apr 16th 2013 Discuss [0]

Symantec has published its 2013 Internet Security Threat Report, revealing data about the state of the Internet and the threats in it. According to the security report, small and medium businesses have seen the greatest increase in threats, with over all targeted attacks in 2012 jumping to 42-percent, with 31-percent of those attacks being aimed at companies with less than 250 employees. Read The Full Story
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