Security News

PSN Hack Dings Sony’s Bottom Line
2011-05-27 07:02

http://mashable.com/2011/05/26/sony-playstation-network-170m/ By Todd Wasserman Mashable.com May 26, 2011 Sony expects the hacker attack on its PlayStation network to cost the company about $170...

Sony Begins Providing ID Theft Protection for PlayStation	Hack
2011-05-26 05:02

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2385909,00.asp By Mark Hachman PCMag.com May 25, 2011 Sony has begun sending out formal emails advising users of its PlayStation Network how to sign up for the...

New hack on Comodo reseller exposes private data
2011-05-25 07:51

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/24/comodo_reseller_hacked/ By Dan Goodin in San Francisco The Register 24th May 2011 Yet another official reseller of SSL certificate authority Comodo has...

SCADA hack talk canceled after U.S., Siemens request
2011-05-19 06:45

http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20064112-245.html By Elinor Mills InSecurity Complex CNet News May 18, 2011 Two researchers say they canceled a talk at a security conference today on how to...

Researcher hacks Facebook to expose rival's private	photographs
2011-05-18 08:48

http://news.techworld.com/security/3280301/researcher-hacks-facebook-to-expose-rivals-private-photographs/ By John E Dunn Techworld 17 May 11 An Australian security researcher has compromised...

Hack attacks on US could spark military action
2011-05-18 08:36

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/17/white_house_cyberspace_strategy/ By Dan Goodin in San Francisco The Register 17th May 2011 The Obama Administration has put the world on notice that hack...

Cyber attackers try Treasury hack at least once a day
2011-05-17 05:15

http://www.csoonline.com/article/682397/cyber-attackers-try-treasury-hack-at-least-once-a-day By Anh Nguyen CSO May 16, 2011 'Hostile intelligence agencies' made hundreds of attempts to hack into...

Former Teen Stock Swindler Sentenced to Three Years on New	Hack
2011-04-01 06:28

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/03/dinh-2/ By Kevin Poulsen Threat Level Wired.com March 31, 2011 A former teenage hacker who once served time for an online stock-trading scheme was...

NSA to Investigate Nasdaq Hack
2011-03-31 06:09

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/03/nsa-investigates-nasdaq-hack/ By Kim Zetter Threat Level Wired.com March 30, 2011 The National Security Agency has been called in to help investigate...

RSA hack -- a lesson in how not to handle a PR disaster!
2011-03-23 07:10

http://eskenzi.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/rsa-hack-%E2%80%93-a-lesson-in-how-not-to-handle-a-pr-disaster/ By yvonneeskenzi March 21, 2011 I’ve been doing PR for the IT security industry for 16...