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Report: China’s developing cyber skills pose threat to U.S.
China’s strengthening cyber capabilities will complicate U.S. efforts to defend itself against industrial espionage and possible military confrontations in places such as Taiwan, according to a new congressional report released on Thursday.
The...
Anonymous Leaves Digital Clues About How They Attack After Failed Attach on the Vatican
Anonymous is one heck of a dangerous hactivist group. The collective has managed to break into and disseminate thousands of classified and downright dirty emails and records, take down dozens of major sites, all the while managing to be...
Digital Playground becomes hackers’ playground
From hacking Government websites to Adult websites, is this better? The Digital Playground porn site has reportedly been hacked. Big time. The site that advertises “Porn worth paying for” may find itself paying dearly for asecurity breach...
2012, the year for more IT security flaws?
There are a lot of discussions going around lately about IT security and how to protect yourself from hackers and scams. Most people think that the strength of your password will protect you from hackers, but in reality, the bulk of your...
Secret Service Hits $250 Million Cell Phone Cloning Ring
Cellphone security is an ever increasing topic of discussion, the more people use cellphones to conduct online banking, trading stocks, call family, and keep their online life organized, the more the criminals are going to want access to the...
Hackers Infect WordPress 3.2.1 Blogs to Distribute TDSS Rootkit
It was only a matter of time before computer hackers figured out a way to infect WordPress – a popular blogging platform. Computers security experts are still not sure how the websites are being compromised, but there are publicly known...
Stealth Hackers Jeopardize Economies, Lives, Budgets
The computer networks that make the global economy work are under constant siege by criminal groups and state-sponsored hackers who want to harm economies and the military. In the U.S., an estimated 5,000 cyber attacks go undetected each day....
Judge: Order to Decrypt Laptop Does Not Violate Fifth Amendment
A Colorado judge this week ordered a woman to decrypt her laptop so that law enforcement officials could use the information against her in a pending fraud case.
“I find and conclude that the Fifth Amendment is not implicated by requiring...
Anonymous Takes Revenge After the Megaupload Takedown: DoJ, RIAA, MPAA, US Copyright and UM are All Offline
In an Anonymous documentary, a quote that was read by one of the members said: “Do you want to see what Anonymous is really capable of, try to shut down the message, try to censor the internet, then you’ll know what Anonymous is...
Understanding SOPA – How It Will Affect Our Life and Your Children’s Life
You’ve heard about SOPA and PIPA, but do you really know what the law is about? this is a great short documentary explaining what SOPA and PIPA is in a very clear, simple way. It also explains how the bills will affect us in every way...
