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Video: Daily Debrief: Subway cards easy to hack Print E-mail
Written by Rebecca Mints   
Wednesday, 08 October 2008 04:25

If you ride the subway in Boston, Los Angeles, London, Amsterdam, or a handful of other cities worldwide, you're going to want to watch this Daily Debrief. CNET's Kara Tsuboi interviews senior writer Elinor Mills about these global transit systems' vulnerability to "hobby hackers" and what you can to do to keep your identification information safe.
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Gtron Solutions Launches Web Auditor Plus Print E-mail
Written by Rebecca Mints   
Thursday, 02 October 2008 09:11

Web Auditor Plus is a simple and straight forward way for webmasters and site administrators to scan their sites for vulnerabilities online. This eliminates searching and downloading scanning software, knowing the right parameters, and having to read over lengthy manuals. Essentially, just enter the URL of your site, press scan and a detailed report will be generated within a few minutes or hours depending on the size of the site.
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Clickjacking Vulnerability to Be Revealed Print E-mail
Written by Rebecca Mints   
Wednesday, 01 October 2008 02:24

Clickjacking Vulnerability to Be Revealed Next Month

After shelving plans to detail a browser clickjacking vulnerability that is indirectly related to Adobe Systems' products at the company's request earlier this month, a security researcher plans to detail the flaw next month.

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Two-thirds of firms hit by cybercrime Print E-mail
Written by Rebecca Mints   
Monday, 22 September 2008 08:04

The Department of Justice released data from its 2005 National Computer Security Survey last week, finding that two-thirds of firms detected at least one cybercrime during that year.
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"Anonymous" hackers expose VP Palin's e-mail Print E-mail
Written by Rebecca Mints   
Wednesday, 17 September 2008 16:23

Political hactivists claiming to belong to the grassroots anti-Scientology movement Anonymous appear to have compromised a private Yahoo e-mail account belonging to Alaskan governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

 

On Wednesday, open-source information site Wikileaks posted screenshots of the governor's inbox and of several e-mail message from her This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it account obtained from a person affiliating themselves with the Anonymous group, the site stated. The e-mails included messages to Amy McCorkell, a member of the Governor's Advisory Board on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, and Alaskan Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnell, according to a report in Wired News. The site credited members of "the activist group 'anonymous'" with the intrusion.
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