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Despite Recent Threats American Infrastructure is Still Vulnerable to Cyber Attack
(Feb 5, 2012 20:33)
When most people think of cyber crime and cyber terrorism, they think of credit card information being stolen, identities being compromised, and, most recently, massive DDOS attacks by organizations like Anonymous and Lulzsec. What they don't tend to think of is the water coming from their faucet, t..

Pwn2Own Contest Puts Bounty on Browser Vulnerabilities
(Feb 5, 2012 20:33)
Dog the Bounty Hunter, known for his shirtless leather vest approach to dressing and his less than tactful approach to apprehending bail jumpers, may not be ready for the next round of bounties coming down the pike. This year, at the CanSecWest in Vancouver, companies like HP and Google are offering..

AVG makes its first IPO of $125 million
(Feb 5, 2012 20:33)
AVG technologies is the maker of one of the most successful pieces of anti-virus software in the world, and they are going public. AVG Makes Its First IPO Of $125 Million Founded in 1991, and based in the Netherlands, AVG not only offers their widely used free anti-virus software, but they also offe..

Amazon gains new cloud security partner
(Feb 5, 2012 20:33)
Amazon Web Services has made the decision to team up with Check Point Software Technologies to offer their customers reliable security services. Amazon Gains New Cloud Security Partner Check Point announced the release of the Virtual Appliance for Amazon Web Services , which according to Check Point..

HashDOS: Important Vulnerability Coming into the Spotlight.
(Feb 5, 2012 20:33)
A presentation at a German security conference has many people worried about a this newly realized vulnerability that is present is most web frameworks. HashDOS: Important Vulnerability Coming into the Spotlight. According to a post from Sophos , "The type of hashing used by PHP, Java, Python and Ja..

Mobile Security Will (Probably) Always Be More Difficult
(Feb 5, 2012 20:33)
When is comes to security for mobile platforms, there is a very serious learning curve to getting it right and keeping it strong. Mobile Security Will (Probably) Always Be More Difficult Every day that goes by, mobile devices are getting smaller, sleeker, and more powerful, and to some people out th..

Widespread Xbox Live phishing scams plague gamers
(Feb 5, 2012 20:33)
Users of the popular online gaming service have been getting phony emails from sites claiming to give away Microsoft points (the online currency for Xbox Live). Widespread Xbox Live Phishing Scams Plague Gamers These emails are made to look very official and many unwary consumers have been getting d..

Facebook Gets Hacked!
(Feb 5, 2012 20:33)
Recently Facebook, headed up by billionaire entrepreneur Mark Zuckerberg, was hacked and violent, pornographic photos were posted on millions of users profiles. Facebook Gets Hacked! Apparently, this attack did not actually compromise any user data, but at the same time, that does not mean it wasn't..

Online Game Service Steam gets Hacked!
(Feb 5, 2012 20:33)
Valve corporation, make of many popular game series' such as Half-Life, Team Fortress and Portal, had its popular video game on-demand service hacked on November 6th, although it is not yet known whether they all were taken or not . Apparently an outrageous 35 million possibly had their personal inf..

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness month
(Feb 5, 2012 20:33)
Since 2004, October has been deemed Cybersecurity Awareness month in an attempt to spread information about this increasingly important subject. October Is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month As time goes on and our livelihoods are more and more dependent internet-related technology, it is necess..