Sony Pictures Acquiring New Steve Jobs Biography For Major Feature Film (Mike Fleming/Deadline.com)

Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:Sony Pictures Acquiring New Steve Jobs Biography For Major Feature Film  —  EXCLUSIVE: I’ve just learned that Sony Pictures is making a hefty deal to acquire feature rights to Steve Jobs, the upcoming authorized biography by former CNN chairman and Time Magazine managing editor Walter Isaacson.


Major North Korean Cyber Attack on South – Front Page

The attack on Nonghyup Bank came through the infected laptop of a contractor. The hackers were able to use the laptop to disseminate viruses throughout the bank’s computer networks, and on April 12, half of its servers suddenly crashed.


Mediocre hackers can cause major damage – Washington Times

The computer systems that control vital industrial machinery in nuclear power plants, water treatment facilities and many other factories are vulnerable to deadly sabotage by hackers with even moderate skills, security researchers say. Dillon Beresford …


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Major labels, music publishers lining up behind Apple’s iCloud (Alex Pham/Company Town)

Alex Pham / Company Town:Major labels, music publishers lining up behind Apple’s iCloud  —  Apple Inc. has just sewn up its contracts with the four major record labels Thursday for a cloud music service, with agreements from music publishers to follow on Friday, according to sources familiar with the negotiations.


Lockheed network suffers major disruption: sources (Reuters)

Reuters:Lockheed network suffers major disruption: sources  —  (Reuters) – Lockheed Martin Corp, the Pentagon’s No. 1 supplier, is experiencing a major disruption to its computer systems that could be related to a problem with network security, two sources familiar with the issue said on Thursday.


Mac Defender fake antivirus software is first major attack on Apple computers – Crave

The old saw that Macs don’t get viruses … computer — but all they’re after is your cash. Mac Defender is fake antivirus software that dupes Mac owners into handing over their credit card details. It’s the first time these tactics have been employed to …


Phishing emerges as major corporate security threat – Computerworld

Computerworld – The successful use of phishing emails to breach secure organizations like Oak Ridge National Laboratory and EMC’s RSA security division is a stark reminder of the serious threat posed by a type of attack that was previously dismissed as low …


Phishing emerges as major corporate security threat – Network World Fusion

The successful use of phishing emails to breach secure organizations like Oak Ridge National Laboratory and RSA are stark reminders of the serious threat posed by what some experts have dismissed as as a low-tech method of attack. Oak Ridge, a U.S …


Phishing emerges as major corporate security threat – Australian Techworld

The successful use of phishing emails to breach secure organizations like Oak Ridge National Laboratory and RSA are stark reminders of the serious threat posed by what some experts have dismissed as as a low-tech method of attack. Oak Ridge, a U.S …