Melissa Hathaway is one of the country's foremost cybersecurity experts, having worked under both Presidents Bush (43) and Obama in executive-level positions.READ»
The internet has opened many doors for business development,
doors which send us to rooms full of knowledge and answers but also it has
given hackers great opportunities to make millions of dollars on the work of
others. IT ...READ»
Imagine what life would be like if your product were never finished, if your work were never done, if your market shifted 30 times a day. The computer-virus hunters at Symantec don't have to imagine.READ»
Both Merchants and Service Providers need to comply with PCI DSS, thus, it is imperative that organizations understand the different levels for compliance and what they actually entail.READ»
It's tax time, and many of us will heed the IRS' suggestion to download forms and file electronically. But as I learned, malicious black hat hackers have hijacked Google's IRS search results to deliver nasty malware. Here’s how. READ»
Another member of the so called "scareware" viruses is the "Personal Antivirus" malware which infected millions of computers worldwide. The Personal Antivirus is a fake antivirus application which gets installed on user's computers ...READ»
Don't panic, residents of the U.S. of A., your interWeb is safe: Soon 10,000 young cyber warriors will be bravely donning their unifo... uh, T-shirts, and clambering into their cockpi... uh, desks, ready to defend your networks from ...READ»
MasterCard has made changes to their SDP program,which essentially now requires both Level 1 and Level 2 Merchants to have an annual on-site assessment conducted by a QSA.READ»
Hands up if you've ever had a PC virus? Yup, thought so. It's a ubiquitous and persistent problem that's dogged Microsoft and its users for decades. Now Microsoft's published a security report that sheds an interesting light on the ...READ»
The continuing Google versus Chinese censorship and cyberattack affair has just taken a bizarre twist: Five Chinese human rights activists Web sites were the subject of DDoS attacks over the weekend, and they are blaming the Chinese ...READ»
PCI DSS compliance requires much more than having the technological infrastructure in place and working in a protected environment. What you will essentially also need is documented policies and procedures for PCI DSS compliance. ...READ»
The U.S.'s cyber security czar Howard Schmidt has obviously been doing something apart from tidying his desk in the three months since being appointed: He's been coming up with a cyber defense plan, which he's just revealed to the ...READ»
The two things that make us waste precious time and ruin our day are the spam junk that we get and sneaky viruses that take control of our computer. READ»
Fed up with trying to interpret those meaningless distorted CAPTCHA word-pictures? New York-based startup Solve Media wants to turn your irritation into ad dollars. READ»
It's getting harder to use the Net -- whether you're sending an email or buying a toy -- without lots of strangers accessing your personal information. Here are some easy-to-use hardware and software tools to help you keep your private affairs private.READ»
Computer security is a famously murky world that tends to generate alarmist headlines--like the ones about Apple's vulnerabilities from last week. Defcon 2009 has just finished, and lived up to this reputation in many, surprising, ...READ»
