A very public row between the New York Times motor correspondent John Broder and Tesla Motors is entertaining motor enthusiasts and worrying privacy advocates. The NYT delivered a negative review, but Tesla had logged every part of the test drive.
Educause hit with server-side data breach
Educause, a non-profit community for IT professionals focused on the higher education vertical, is warning that a data breach has affected its 1,800 college and 300 corporate members.
Security firm accuses Chinese military of involvement in worldwide hacking
Mandiant, a security firm with a close relationship with both US and UK governments (one of the five companies in GCHQ’s new Cyber Incident Response scheme) has made the clearest statement yet: the Chinese military is behind the hacking team known as A…
French data privacy regulator plans to take on Google
France’s National Commission for Computing and Civil Liberties (CNIL) has warned Google that its response to earlier demands over its privacy policy are inadequate, and that an action plan against Google would be discussed by the Article 29 Working Par…
We can’t block YouTube, Egypt’s telecomms authority tells the court
On February 9, Egypt’s Judge Hassouna Tawfiq ordered that YouTube be temporarily banned in Egypt for 30 days following Google’s refusal to remove the Innocence of Muslims video from YouTube.
What will the future of enterprise security look like?
With the year 2020 approaching, join our panel of experts who will examine what near-term advances in information technology may hold, and how enterprises can get ahead of the security curve in anticipation
Facebook is the latest media company to admit it was hacked
On Friday Facebook admitted to being just another hacked media company, joining the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and Twitter in admitting a recent breach – although Facebook claims that no user data was lost.
ZeroAccess is top bot in home networks
When it comes to buggy home LANs in the US, the rate of home network infections actually decreased from 13% to 11% in the fourth quarter of 2012 – translating to about one in 10 households. But out of that, 6% exhibited high-level threats, such as bots…
The zombie apocalypse is more than just a prank – it’s a wake-up call
On Monday a few TV stations in Michigan, California, Montana and New Mexico broadcast a warning “the bodies of the dead are rising from their graves and attacking the living.”
Jeremy Hammond’s legal team seeks judge’s recusal
Hacker Jeremy Hammond is accused of being part of the Stratfor breach. Presiding judge Loretta Preska’s husband, Thomas Kavaler, appears on a list of Stratfor ‘victims’. Hammond’s legal team says this creates an appearance of partiality, and has demand…