The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the professional association responsible for developing IT and other industry standards, admitted to a breach of its network and the possible theft of its members’ credit card information.
Oklahoma hospital suffers data breach of 84,000 patient records
A computer containing personal information on 84,000 patients was stolen from the Saint Francis Health System in Tulsa, Okla., the facility admitted recently.
Android trojan gathers personal data, publicly ridicules downloaders
Google Android users are being warned about a ‘free’ version of the popular Walk and Text app, a piece of software that allows users to view what is in front of them while they are texting.
For $1,000, new portal allows rumours to be quashed
In what sounds like an April Fool, but isn’t, a new site allows internet users prepared to stump up $1,000 to deny accusations on other websites. The site – iCorrect – reportedly has 35 founder members, most of whom are celebrities.
Google reportedly developing facial recognition smartphone technology
Google is reportedly developing an app that uses facial recognition to overlay existing apps and offer auto-identification of users on the internet.
Android trojan publicly ridicules downloaders
Google Android users are being warned about a ‘free’ version of the popular Walk and Text app, a piece of software that allows users to view what is in front of them whilst they are texting.
Chinese RSA attack domains designed to taunt US government
The silence from RSA over the hack of its servers a couple of weeks ago has been close to deafening, but now it seems that the rumours surrounding the attack are starting to gel. According to one security researcher, the domain names used for the RSA a…
Comodo admits two more registration authorities hacked
Digital certificate authority Comodo has admitted that two more of its registration authorities (RAs) have been hacked. The hacks appear to be separate from the so-called Iranian lone hacker incident earlier in the month when at least five accounts wer…
BBC news and iPlayer portals go down for 65 minutes – not a DDoS attack says the corporation
Proof that even the largest organisation can be hit by unexpected downtime came on Tuesday overnight as the BBC iPlayer, BBC news portal and several other services crashed for just over an hour.
European IBM Institute for Advanced Security debuts
IBM has announced it is sponsoring the creation of a heavy-duty IT security research operation that will operate on a cross-company initiative to assist in helping secure cyberspace.