Black Hat conference reveals how public Wi-Fi networks are a bigger security threat than ever before.
Public Wi-Fi networks such as those in coffee shops and airports present a bigger security threat than ever to computer users because attackers can intercede over wireless to "poison" users' browser caches in order to present fake Web pages or even steal data at a later time. That's according to security researcher Mike Kershaw, developer of the Kismet wireless network detector and intrusion-detection system, who spoke at the Black Hat conference.
Project leaders say the servers don't appear to have been attacked in a way that compromised TOR
The TOR Project is advising users to upgrade to a new version of the software following a hack that compromised three of its servers.
New report shows Aussie business drained by security breaches
Cybercrime is taking its toll on Australian businesses, costing them more than $600 million according to the latest report from the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC).
Chief risk officer: No breached companies have been compliant with the data security rules
Visa's top risk management executive Thursday dismissed what she described as "recent rumblings" about the possible demise of the PCI data security rules as "premature" and "dangerous" to long-term efforts to ensure that credit and debit card data is secure.
Former pension fund executive is accused of stealing computer tapes.
The New York Police Department (NYPD) is telling thousands of police officers that their personal information may be compromised due to a suspected data theft done by an insider in the police pension fund, according to reports in New York's daily newspapers Thursday.
Company says recent breach alerts involved ongoing probe of earlier system intrusion
Days after Visa seemingly confirmed that a data breach had taken place at a third payment processor, following on the recent breach disclosures by Heartland Payment Systems and RBS WorldPay, the credit card company is now saying that there was no new security incident after all.
Employees at U.S. government security agencies including the DoD and DHS are being notified after a virus breached security at SRA International.
Employees at U.S. federal security agencies are being notified that their personal information may have been compromised after hackers planted a virus on computer networks of government contractor SRA International.
Five million customers are being notified following the December 2 breach at online bill payment processor CheckFree.
CheckFree and some of the banks that use its electronic bill payment service are notifying more than 5 million customers after criminals took control of several of the company's Internet domains and redirected customer traffic to a malicious Web site hosted in the Ukraine.
