Hackers Hold Australian Medical Center’s Records for Ransom
Photograph by Gunter ZieslerAn Australian medical center is fighting hackers who have encrypted patient records and demanded ransom. An Australian medical center is facing the possibility that its...
View ArticleHow Paper Bills Could Protect You From Cyber Theft
Photograph by Peter DazeleyHackers are increasingly wiring money directly out of victims' online bank accounts - without ever typing a keystroke. As a computer security reporter, I’m often asked for...
View ArticleAttack of the Android Zombies
Photograph by David Paul Morris/BloombergThose free Android apps you download may end up costing you more than you know. (Corrected date when Cloudmark published its report.) A scourge of the personal...
View ArticleAnchorFree to Bundle Mobile and Desktop Security Tools
Photograph by Joseph Eid/AFP via Getty ImagesAnchorFree's services are popular in countries such as Syria where governments may censor online content. Silicon Valley startup AnchorFree makes...
View ArticleFacebook Fixes Webcam Vulnerability After Receiving Tip
Photograph by David Paul Morris/BloombergFacebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg introduced a video-calling feature to his site last year. Facebook has patched a security vulnerability that...
View ArticleA National Digital ID, Courtesy of the U.S. Postal Service?
Photograph by Jin Lee/BloombergPatrons use automated self service booths at the U.S. Postal Service in New York. When China passed a new law two weeks ago requiring people to give their real names...
View ArticleOne-Third of Cyber Attack Traffic Originates in China, Akamai Says
Photograph by ImagineChina/CorbisChina has been the top source of cyber-attack traffic since the last quarter of 2011, according to a study by Akamai. About one-third of the world’s cyber attack...
View ArticleControl-Systems Bugs Jump After Stuxnet Nuclear Plant Attack
Photograph by Bradley C. Bower/BloombergThe control room at Exelon Corp.’s Limerick nuclear power generating station in Limerick, Pennsylvania. Control systems are a dream for hackers and Hollywood...
View ArticleStuxnet Had Earlier, Potentially Explosive Version, Symantec Says
Photograph by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo A technician works at the Uranium Conversion Facility outside the city of Isfahan, Iran, in 2007. The developers behind Stuxnet, the computer worm that damaged an...
View ArticleForget the Batphone. Here Comes the Merkelphone
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is getting a new phone. In fact, she’s buying almost 10,000 of them, for something in the neighborhood of $31 million. This summer, the German government will get the...
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