Obama’s election campaign has developed and publicly released an app called ‘Obama for America’. Its purpose is to help campaign volunteers shore up votes – and tout for donations – by locating local Democrats.
South Korea leads nations in PC infections
South Korea surged to first place, vaulting past China and Taiwan, in PandaLabs’ quarterly ranking of countries with the highest percentage of infected PCs.
Reuters got caught up in a Syrian war of disinformation
Reuters has finally come clean on its hack – “a now closed vulnerability in the WordPress software” – but indicates that it is a small part of a widespread war of disinformation being waged between the two sides in Syria.
Microsoft releases internal attack surface analyzer tool
Microsoft has released to the public its internal attack surface analyzer tool, which catalogs changes made to an operating system attack surface by the installation of new software.
ISACA uncovers hidden security costs of cloud migration
In a recent white paper, global IT association ISACA identified five hidden costs of cloud migration, including a number of security-related costs.
Yahoo faces class action lawsuit over password data breach
Yahoo is facing a class action lawsuit over last month’s data breach that resulted in around 450,000 unencrypted usernames and passwords being exposed online.
ICO fines health trust in Torquay £175,000 data breach
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has levied a fine of £175,000 on a health trust in Torquay, England, for publishing sensitive data on over 1,000 employees on its website.
National concerns over the proposed EU Data Protection Regulation
Statewatch, an independent organization that keeps an eye on civil liberties in the EU, has released a leaked copy of European nations’ initial response to the proposed new Data Protection Regulation.
The Anonymous logo is not for sale
A French T-shirt company that trademarked the Anonymous headless man logo and ‘expect us’ wording has closed shop in fear of reprisals.
Red Sky hacker revealed by Anonymous
There are two main factions within Anonymous: the anarchist and the hacktivist. One believes in no rules; the other takes a moral view of its responsibility to society. One of them handed over the Red Sky hacker.