<a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/070811-anonymous-eyes-political-role-but.html">Anonymous</a> has posted names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of Monsanto employees, and is promising action against Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips, Canadian Oil Sands Ltd., Imperial Oil, the Royal Bank of Scotland and others.
Tim Greene | 14 Jul | Read more
The hacker group <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/070811-anonymous-eyes-political-role-but.html">Anonymous</a> claims it has stolen information from government contractor Booz Allen Hamilton that it says will help it hack into resources of other contractors and <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/security.html">security</a> consultants.
Tim Greene | 12 Jul | Read more
Hactivist groups such as <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/061311-turkey-arrests-32-anonymous-hackers.html">Anonymous</a> and <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/062211-lulzsec-ousted.html">LulzSec</a> hearken back to earlier days when Web attacks were done for bragging rights, not profits, says the new CTO of incident-response, forensics company Mandiant.
Tim Greene | 24 Jun | Read more
Incident-response forensics company Mandiant has received strategic investments from two separate investment firms with the aim of expanding the company's field staff that responds to <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/security.html">security</a> breaches as well as investing more in research and development.
Tim Greene | 24 Jun | Read more
A hacking group in the Netherlands promises to publish photos, phone numbers and addresses of <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/062111-lulzsec-census-denial.html?hpg1=bn&ap1=rcb">LulzSec</a> members in response to similar treatment by LulzSec.
Tim Greene | 23 Jun | Read more
Cyber attacks are becoming more frequent and severe, and the vast majority of businesses have suffered at least one <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/032811-mcafee-underground.html">data breach</a> in the past year, a Ponemon Institute survey says.
Tim Greene | 22 Jun | Read more
The hacker group <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/062111-uk-police-arrest-teen-from.html">LulzSec</a> denies it has stolen the entire results of the 2011 census for the United Kingdom, but if someone else has, it endorses the theft.
Tim Greene | 22 Jun | Read more
A new U.S. military program shares classified information about <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/061411-despite-years-of-talk-utilities.html?hpg1=bn">cyber threats</a> with defense contractors and their ISPs as part of a stepped up effort to blunt potential cyber attacks, a Department of Defense official announced on Thursday.
Tim Greene | 17 Jun | Read more
A model of the Internet where the Pentagon can practice <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/060611-cyberwar.html">cyberwar</a> games -- complete with software that mimics human behavior under varying military threat levels -- is due to be up and running by this time next year, according to a published report.
Tim Greene | 18 Jun | Read more
Data loss is rampant among businesses worldwide, with the most common cause of losses being lost or stolen equipment, according to a survey.
Tim Greene | 11 Jun | Read more
Zeus Technology has bought application firewall vendor Art of Defence for an undisclosed amount and promises tighter integration with Zeus' application delivery controller.
Tim Greene | 10 Jun | Read more
A phony anti-virus scam is presenting itself as a near-perfect Microsoft update popup with one notable exception - it appears only on machines using Firefox browsers.
Tim Greene | 10 Jun | Read more
Federal authorities have seized all the cash in a Swiss bank account held by a scareware mogul and scam artist who is charged with selling phony Symantec security software.
Tim Greene | 10 Jun | Read more
BOSTON -- Virtualization, mobility and social networking were flagged as posing most security risk to businesses, partly because there is no accepted set of best practices yet to protect them, IT Roadmap attendees were told.
Tim Greene | 09 Jun | Read more
iPhones, iPads and other employee-owned mobile gear are the most risky devices that can be connected to corporate networks, according to a new survey by ISACA, an international user group devoted to providing benchmarks and guidance for technology best practices.
Tim Greene | 02 Jun | Read more