security

A computer-security expert has now said that the e-mail “phishing” attack that stole the details of thousands of online e-mail accounts provided Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo!, could not possibly have been a phishing scam, as he believes the sheer size of the attack suggests it may have been a keylogging scam.
Amichai Shulman, employee of Imperva, [...]

Facebook security officials have said that the attacks, which threatened huge Web services Google, Facebook and Twitter yesterday, were carried out in an attempt to silence one internet user, pro-Georgian blogger, “Cyxymu.”
Yesterday, Twitter was knocked offline for almost two hours, while Google noticed problems with its services, primarily Gmail and YouTube, and Facebook users reported [...]

A research paper has been published which suggests that all of the keystrokes made on a computer user’s keyboard could be released into the outside world for fraudsters, criminals and thieves to see - via the target’s power socket.
Andrea Barisani and Daniele Bianco of Inverse Path, a self claimed “international consultancy dedicated to helping clients [...]

Do you or your partner find yourselves leaving lights on at night or when you go out in daylight and expect it to be dark when you return. Do you think you may targeted in the community as a potential house to burgle? Do you have some much expensive and priceless stuff that you just [...]