As ‘Like’ Buttons Spread, So Do Facebook’s Tentacles
By RIVA RICHMONDEven if you don’t hit the Facebook ‘Like’ button on an outside site, Facebook can still know that you were there. Read more…
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Hackers Say They Hit Another Military Contractor
By RIVA RICHMONDA group of hackers intensified its assault on government-related targets, claiming to have infiltrated the network of Booz Allen Hamilton, a top technology contractor. Read more…
AntiSec Hackers Hit F.B.I. Contractor
By RIVA RICHMONDA hacker group claims to have found e-mail documents that included a proposal to develop for the F.B.I. a “Special Identities Modernization Project.” Read more…
Hackers Hit Arizona Police Again
By RIVA RICHMONDHackers continued to plague the Arizona state police, releasing online yet another trove of stolen data and defacing eight police Web sites. Read more…
Hackers Release More Data From Arizona Police
By RIVA RICHMONDHackers publicly exposed for the second time information they claimed to have stolen from the computer systems and personnel of the Arizona state police. Read more…
Hacker Group Releases Government Files
By RIVA RICHMONDHackers posted several sets of government files from countries including Brazil and Zimbabwe, and promised more. Read more…
LulzSec Hackers Make Enemies Online
By RIVA RICHMOND and RAVI SOMAIYAA number of people, offended by the exposure of innocent Internet users’ personal information, are working to stop LulzSec. Read more…
Security Professionals Say Network Breaches Are Rampant
By RIVA RICHMONDA study from the Ponemon Institute suggests that network security breaches at companies are occurring much more often than is publicized. Read more…
RSA Gets a Security Chief
By RIVA RICHMONDRSA, the computer security unit of EMC, has named Edward Schwartz as chief security officer, promoting him from the same role at NetWitness. Read more…
Hacker Group Claims Responsibility for New Sony Break-In
By RIVA RICHMONDA hacker group calling itself LulzSec claimed responsibility on Thursday for breaking into a Sony Web site and stealing personal information for about 52,000 customers. Read more…
Wall Street Journal Leak Site Works on Security Fixes
By RIVA RICHMONDA Wall Street Journal site that invites whistle-blowers to submit tips and documents has been criticized by security experts. Read more…
Password Service Warns of Possible Hacking Attack
By RIVA RICHMONDLastPass, a service for managing passwords, said that out of concern about a possible hacking attack, it would force its more than 1 million users to change their master passwords. Read more…
U.S. Says It Shut Down Password Theft Network
By RIVA RICHMONDThe Justice Department and the F.B.I. said they had dismantled a giant network of computers infected by malicious software, one that was used in an eight-year financial crime spree. Read more…
The RSA Hack: How They Did It
By RIVA RICHMONDA combination of a social engineering con and a zero-day attack was used to steal critical RSA information. Read more…
Iranian Hackers Suspected in Recent Security Breach
By RIVA RICHMONDComodo Group, an Internet security software maker, said it was the victim of a hacker attack that may have been sponsored by Iran. Read more…
