Computer users are taking steps to mitigate online security threats, but still only score a paltry 34 out of 100 – a solid “F” – according to a new study by Microsoft.
A report claims the recent hack of Japanese Defense Contractor Mitsubishi Heavy Industries may have led to the theft of sensitive data related to weapons systems and nuclear reactors.
The head of the UK Ministry of Defence’s Cyber Security Program says that targeted attacks have already caused the premature demise of a UK wind turbine maker, and has cost the country $43 billion in lost economic growth already.
Microsoft joined Sesame Street as the latest high profile organization to have its official Youtube channel hacked and hijacked, according to a report from GeekWire.
The hackers who compromised systems belonging to the NASDAQ stock market last year were able to install monitoring software that allowed them to spy on the doings of corporate directors, Reuters is reporting.
In a pattern that is becoming more common, hackers are hijacking XBox Live accounts, then tricking them out with expansion modules and other add-ons before trying to resell them to unwitting third parties.
Sweden has suffered from a barrage of malware over the last two months and saw a 3700% increase in JavaScript-based redirection scripts in September alone, according to a recent post on Securelist by Kaspersky Lab’s David Jacoby.
There is yet another large-scale injection attack going on right now, with nearly 200,000 pages affected so far. The compromised pages are serving visitors with malicious code that sends them off to a remote server for installation of malware.
With virus researchers scrambling to decode a new piece of malware that is based on the code of the Stuxnet worm, an analyst at McAfee is speculating that the new worm, Duqu, may have been created to target certificate authorities.
Thomas Ryan, the independent security consultant who released a trove of e-mail communications from the Occupy Wall Street protesters, said he has been the target of numerous hacks and has received death threats after revealing information on the protestors plans to authorities.
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