Социальные сети внезапно стали очень популярны. Сейчас социальная сеть – это и способ пообщаться, и найти друзей, а для кого-то – заработать деньги. И нет ничего удивительного, что каждый захотел создать свою соцсеть. Как раз для этого был написан простой, удобный (и, как позже выяснилось, изобилующий уязвимостями) движок

Secretary of the Department for Homeland Security (DHS) Janet Napolitano has announced a new initiative to educate the public and private sector about the need for cybersecurity.

Standard operating procedure for the identity theft industry involves performing high-volume fraudulent transactions as quickly and quietly as possible. But now researchers have found evidence of a new hacking group that takes a different approach--one that's less discreet and more destructive.

More and more personal, private information is being used and stored online than ever before, and at the same time, attacks on that information are increasing in frequency and sophistication. Phishing is a growth industry—it's very profitable to trick people into handing over names, passwords, credit card numbers, and so on, so that their finances can be pillaged. Important activities like banking and filing tax returns are being performed, and these need strong proof of identity

First, Google reported that it, along with a bunch of other major companies, had been hacked, and pointed the finger at China.

The Dutch police and intelligence services tapped at least 3350 internet connections in 2009. An increase of 385 percent since 2006.

North Korea's self-developed software operating system named the "Red Star" was brought to light for the first time by a Russian satellite broadcaster yesterday.

24 марта начнется Pwn2Own 2010 - знаменитый конкурс "взломщиков", традиционно проводимый в рамках конференции по безопасности CansecWest в Ванкувере. Каждый год солидные денежные призы присуждаются тем, кто смог воспользоваться "дырками" и программными ошибками в браузерах и ОС, а также в софте для популярных мобильных устройств, таких как iPhone.

Привет, коллега! Сегодня мы поговорим о таком важном компоненте Windows как диспетчер кэша. Узнав теорию и попробовав практику, ты можешь свернуть горы, поверь мне. Нужно лишь знать азы отладки, а остальное освоим вместе.

M86 Security released a new report revealing its Security Labs research results based on the primary attack vectors on the Web and how the common approaches used to fend off these attacks stand up in today’s dynamic threat landscape.

While Google called a cyber-attack against its network last January a "highly sophisticated and targeted attack," security experts said the techniques show the attackers to be nothing more than "amateurs."

BlackBerry has gained a reputation in the mobile space during the past decade or so as the "most secure" handheld device and mobile platform available. That's largely due to RIM's BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) software for corporate e-mail deployments, which has earned high-level security certifications from some of the world's most demanding information-security organizations, including the U.S

The Obama administration on Tuesday declassified part of its plan for making cyberspace more secure, a move meant to foster greater co-operation between government and civilian groups in an area of increasing urgency.

The biggest threat to the open internet is not Chinese government hackers or greedy anti-net-neutrality ISPs, it’s Michael McConnell, the former director of national intelligence.

How will we ever get a leg up on hackers who are infecting computers worldwide? Microsoft's security chief laid out several suggestions Tuesday, including a possible Internet usage tax to pay for the inspection and quarantine of machines. Today most hacked PCs run Microsoft's Windows operating system, and the company has invested millions in trying to fight the problem.

Software giant Microsoft Corp has won a U.S. court approval to deactivate a global network of computers that the company accused of spreading spam and harmful computer codes, the Wall Street Journal said.