A Pennsylvania man has been arrested for hacking into computer networks at the Department of Energy (DOE), the University of Massachusetts (U-Mass), and a number of companies and trying to sell access to these networks to an uncover FBI agent.
Fake anti-virus comes to Android – or does it?
Webroot has reported the arrival of fake anti-virus, one of the most prevalent of PC threats, on the Android mobile platform. Beware of the Android Security Suite Premium – it’s a trojan.
Governments spend too much on cyber surveillance and not enough on catching crooks
A report from academics including Ross Anderson and Richard Clayton from Cambridge University suggests current cyberdefense is misdirected: too much money is spent on preventing cybercrime rather than apprehending cybercriminals.
Nuclear regulator warns about cybersecurity lapses at California power plant
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is warning Southern California Edison that it might take enforcement action against the utility because of cybersecurity lapses found in a May security audit of its San Onofre nuclear power plant.
Customers’ bank details stolen from Glasgow City Council
Glasgow City Council has been forced to write to 37,835 suppliers and residents following the theft of an unencrypted laptop from its offices in Cochrane Street.
Anonymous and law enforcement: unlikely allies
Anonymous and the various law enforcement agencies would, at first glance, appear to be pitted against each other. But events suggest that their intentions are remarkably similar.
Teen site Habbo Hotel suspends chat after pornographic content reports
Finnish online teen community Habbo Hotel has shut down its chat functions after reports of pornographic content, the site announced Wednesday.
Enterprises should employ a “no jailbreak” policy on mobile devices, say analysts
Gartner’s John Girard and Lawrence Pingree went in depth on mobile security risks at this week’s Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit outside Washington DC. The primary risk to data breaches, as they see it, are allowing jailbroken or rooted dev…
ICO re-opens Google Street View probe in the UK
The UK’s data protection watchdog, the Information Commissioners Office, has written to Google demanding further information about the collection of personal data via its Street View project.
One-third of CEOs have never been briefed by CISO on security
A disturbing 36% of chief executive officers (CEOs) have never received an information security report from their chief information security officer (CISO), a survey sponsored by CORE Security found.