Why You Should Consider Outsourcing Computer Security – msnbc.com
Cybercriminals are relentlessly hacking websites to attack unsuspecting visitors, breaking into databases to steal customer information and trade secrets, and infiltrating executives’ PCs to filch financial-account information. Typically, only … “computer security” – Bing News
Many targeted by ‘Wells Fargo’ phishing scam – msnbc.com
PORTLAND — A phishing scam that has already hit victims across the country is now happening in the Portland area. Customers have been receiving calls from scammers, claiming the bank lost their personal information. “We have been informed by a …
Android most attacked mobile operating system – msnbc.com
U.S. computer security software maker McAfee said the number of malware targeted at Android devices jumped 76 percent since last quarter, making Android the most attacked mobile operating system. “This year we have seen record breaking numbers of malware …
Back-to-School Computer Security for College Students – msnbc.com
College campuses around the country are welcoming back students over the next few weeks. Those students’ parents, as they unload armfuls of gadgets and miles of power cords, will remember when the only things in a dorm room that needed outlets were the …
China Hit By Nearly 500,000 Trojan Horse Attacks in 2010 – msnbc.com
China’s National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team (CNCERT) issued figures from an upcoming annual report on Aug. 9 claiming that the country was the target of nearly 480,000 Trojan horse attacks … by botnet viruses in 2010.
After insulin pump hacking, lawmakers seek review – AP – msnbc.com
They cited new research by Jay Radcliffe, a 33-year-old computer security expert from Idaho, who demonstrated at a conference this month that he could hack into an insulin pump he wears on his body and get it to respond to an unauthorized remote control.
Pocket Computer Could Someday Eliminate Passwords – msnbc.com
Frank Stajano, a University of Cambridge computer science researcher … which he presented at last week’s USENIX security conference, Stajano explained that Pico would be small device with a radio and camera that would use cryptography to create and …
Apple’s Mac OS X Lion takes bite out of malware – msnbc.com
Furthermore, security experts still stress that the biggest danger for … but in a more robust awareness among Mac users that every computer, no matter who makes it, is vulnerable.
Why hackers write computer viruses – msnbc.com
Is it mischief, malice, money, or something else entirely? This is the question that was on my mind when I met with Mikko Hypponen, a legendary computer security heavyweight who has been hunting viruses for 25 years — since Brain.a, the first PC virus.
Taiwan opposition says computers hacked by Chinese – msnbc.com
“Some of the computers have been planted with Trojan horse viruses so hackers could monitor … Citing the conclusions of a computer security firm, Huang says one source of Chinese attacks was the Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, bureau of China’s official Xinhua …
