Cybercrooks do not go on summer break, warn experts – Silicon India
Online stalking, spams, phishing attacks and illegal content including pornography are the various tools used by cybercrooks and parents need to exercise extra caution to protect children, they say. Do you think ITBP is justified in asking reimbursing …
Sony servers now hit by phishing scam – Silicon Republic
This latest attack is separate to the hacking attack that forced the PlayStation Network’s closure in recent weeks. F-Secure discovered the phishing site running on Sony’s official Thailand website that redirected users to a phishing site that …
Smartphone more vulnerable to virus attacks – Silicon India
This reassures the solid foundation of Apple in the market. In anticipation of such attacks computer security companies like Norton and Kaspersky started developing their anti-virus software even before the first attacks were launched against the smartphones.
DROPBOX: We’ll Turn Your Files Over To The Government If They Ask Us To (Steve Kovach/SAI: Silicon Alley Insider)
Steve Kovach / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:DROPBOX: We’ll Turn Your Files Over To The Government If They Ask Us To — This is nothing groundbreaking, but Dropbox has updated its security Terms of Service to say that if the government asks, they will have to decrpyt user’s files and turn them over. — That’s standard [...]
Silicon Valley Hiring Perks: Meals, iPads and a Cubicle for Spot (New York Times)
New York Times:Silicon Valley Hiring Perks: Meals, iPads and a Cubicle for Spot — By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER and JENNA WORTHAM — SAN FRANCISCO — Eric Firestone began a new job at a Web start-up here three weeks ago, and he’s already thinking about what he might do next. But that’s just fine with his [...]
Cyber criminals exploit Japan earthquake with SEO attacks – Silicon Republic
Blackhat SEO attacks lure internet users to pages that suddenly infect their computers with viruses and malware. Major security software vendors are warning that SEO Blackhat hackers are exploiting the catastrophe in Japan to infect users’ computers with …
Steve Jobs: Tablets Are Not PCs And Our Competitors Don’t Get It (Matt Rosoff/SAI: Silicon Alley Insider)
Matt Rosoff / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:Steve Jobs: Tablets Are Not PCs And Our Competitors Don’t Get It — The iPad is not a computer, and competitors who approach it like the PC market will fail, says Apple’s Steve Jobs. — Like he did at last year’s iPad introduction, Jobs closed today’s iPad 2 event [...]
Cassidy: Linux could ease schools’ tech crunch – Silicon Valley
Maybe the answer for local schools facing daunting technology challenges lies with the penguins. You know, penguins — those who worship free and open-source software, including Linux and the operating system’s mascot …
New malware can bypass any anti-virus protection – Silicon India
… provided by anti-virus … attack is not completely realistic, since the size of the code required would have to be large to work. A quickie download wouldn’t be possible, so the attack would likely have to find its way onto a target computer
A Russian Star Rises in Silicon Valley (Olga Kharif/Business Week)
Olga Kharif / Business Week:A Russian Star Rises in Silicon Valley — Yuri Milner’s DST has quietly acquired 10% of Facebook — Yuri Milner keeps a telescope in his office on the 57th floor of Moscow’s Nabarezhnaya Tower to check out what’s happening across the city. Judging by his investment portfolio, you’d think it was [...]
